Carlene Taggart Bahler
Chairman of the Board
A Co-founder of AEMI 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.
She has a passion for creating balanced programs and products that reach beyond geographic borders, politics, and the different perspectives around the world. Under her leadership role at JT&A, Carlene has been involved in developing and producing a broad range of programs and education and outreach initiatives in agriculture, the environment, aerospace, healthcare, and others, connecting diverse stakeholders from government, corporate, nonprofit and academia in the U.S. and abroad. She led the successful development and distribution of the award-winning and patented EnviroScape® series, now in use in all 50 states and globally, reaching across all ages and breaking through cultural and language
Prior to her current role, Carlene worked at the United States Foreign Agricultural Service at the Office of the United States Special Trade Representative in Geneva, Switzerland and at the Embassy in East Berlin, Germany. She was assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Administration at the United States Department of Agriculture and served on the staff of Senator Robert Dole (Kansas). Originally from Hutchinson, Kansas, Carlene graduated cum laude and holds a BA in Marketing from Georgia State University.
