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Todd Gartner is a Senior Associate for the World Resources Institute’s People and Ecosystems Program. He focuses on developing new ways to finance conservation and restoration though the use of conservation incentives and market-based strategies, such as habitat mitigation, payments for the protection of drinking water, and carbon markets. Todd assists with all facets of conservation program development including - convening, design, pilot operations, and growth. He works with a broad range of stakeholders including policy makers, landowners, regulators, fortune 500 companies, and local partners to achieve conservation objectives both domestically (Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Northeast, and West) and abroad (Africa and Caribbean).

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Gartner’s previous work included developing and running the Conservation Incentives program at the American Forest Foundation, field forestry work in New England, fire ecology and eco-tourism research in Botswana and India, business consulting for the USDA Forest Service and several years as a corporate financial consultant.

Gartner earned his Master of Forestry degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a B.S. in finance from University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. He is also a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow, Switzer Environmental Fellow, Environmental Leadership Program Fellow, and Property and Environmental Research Center Fellow.

Todd is based in Portland, OR and is an avid hiker, rock climber and Baltimore Ravens fan.