Board of Directors
Michael Hare
President
Michael Hare serves as Executive Director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). He brings nearly two decades of experience in government affairs, coastal restoration, environmental markets, and strategic communications to the role.
Barrett Jenkins
Vice-President
Barrett is the area manager for Davey Mitigation and is based in Raleigh, N.C. He began work with Restoration Systems in 2006 after receiving his undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Carlene Taggart Bahler
Secretary & Founding Board Member
Founder of AEMI in 2019, and President of JT&A, inc., Carlene Bahler joined JT&A, inc. over 30 years ago, developing and leading programs drawing together diverse stakeholders and creating education and outreach products.
Adam Riggsbee, Ph.D.
Treasurer
Adam is the founder and President of RiverBank. He is the current president of the Ecological Restoration Business Association (ERBA), a national trade association representing more than 65 companies in the restoration industry.
Greg DeYoung
Mr. DeYoung is a co-founder of WES. He has four decades of experience in planning, environmental review, wetland mitigation, and endangered species conservation. His background includes the permitting of mitigation and conservation banks and large-scale mitigation projects in the West, the Rocky Mountains, and the Southeast.
Martin Doyle
Martin is the director of the Water Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability and a professor of river science and policy at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment.
Tim Male
Tim founded the Environmental Policy Innovation Center in 2017 and currently serves as its Executive Director.
David Urban
Dave is the Managing Director, Operations, for Ecosystem Investment Partners. He is a licensed professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience in wetland and stream restoration.
Rebecca Power
Rebecca is a program officer in the Environment Program’s Mississippi River Initiative, where her grantmaking focuses on natural infrastructure and managing the river as an interconnected system.
(In Memoriam) Stuart A. Haney
Founding Board Member
It is with great sadness we lost Stuart Haney on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Stuart gave his "ALL" to AEMI. A forward-thinking and out-of-the-box visionary, Stuart saw AEMI strengthening investment in the environment by connecting the "silos" and supporting proven science and tools.