Board of Directors
Barrett Jenkins
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.
Liam Brooks
LIAM BROOKS is Director of Underwriting at EIP, where he is responsible for the underwriting, pricing, and structuring of portfolio investments and is involved in all aspects of the firm’s asset management process. Liam has also led the development of EIP’s proprietary market research platform and played a key role in the implementation of new…
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.
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.
Emma Toovey
Emma manages a team of ecological and land management specialists to ensure technical excellence across Environment Bank’s Habitat Bank projects. With a dedication to high-quality nature restoration, Emma ensures that sound ecological principles and technical integrity underpin every decision Environment Bank makes as a business. After playing a vital role in the development of Environment…
(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.