Board of Directors
Carlene Taggart Bahler, 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.
She has played a key role in facilitating the successful growth and expansion of two key environmental market platforms - the Environmental Markets Conference and the Global Environmental Markets and Finance Summit, serving as a visionary leader on both.
Carlene's leadership role in environmental markets began nearly 30 years ago as the host of the Environmental Markets Conference (formerly the National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference) , the well-known and respected independent and balanced annual forum convening 800 attendees to advance environmental solutions with public and economic benefit.
George Kelly
George leverages his deep experience in ecosystem markets, environmental finance, and environmental law to advance outcomes-based environmental solutions using market- and performance-based tools.
George most recently served as the CEO and Founder of Bespoke Mitigation Partners (BMP) and Partner of Earth & Water Strategies. Prior to forming BMP, he was the Chief Market Officer for Resource Environmental Solutions (RES). George led market initiatives for RES, with a focus on expanding the organization’s client base, geographic footprint, and wetland, stream, nutrient, and species offset markets. In this capacity, George spearheaded RES’ efforts to open nutrient and stormwater markets in the Chesapeake Bay Region; species markets in the Appalachian, Western, and Mid-Western U.S.; stream markets in Texas and the western U.S.; and wetland and stream restoration projects for water quality and carbon markets.
Stuart A. Haney 1957 - 2020
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. More on Stuart below.
Former General Counsel, Jack Kent Cooke Incorporated and
Founding Board Member, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Stuart Haney previously served as in-house counsel to Jack Kent Cooke and his companies including The Washington Redskins, The Chrysler Building (New York), Cooke CableVision, The Los Angeles Daily News, and Elmendorf Farm (a thoroughbred racing and breeding operation located in Lexington, Kentucky). Stuart served as Co-Executor of Jack Kent Cooke’s estate and formerly served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Salamander