Connecting Forestry & Carbon Finance

Carrie Gombos is co-CEO. She is responsible for providing executive oversight of the company with a focus on the Legal, Operations, People, and CORE Carbon business units. Prior to this role, Carrie was Senior Vice President, responsible for managing the company’s contracting, legal and compliance requirements, and operations for compliance and voluntary carbon project portfolios and collaborating with senior leadership on risk management, legal strategy, and development of company policies.

Prior to joining Finite Carbon in 2016, Carrie worked for eight years at The Conservation Fund, where she was the Director of Carbon Compliance and worked on all aspects of The Conservation Fund’s carbon portfolio including the California compliance offset program and the Fund’s voluntary carbon program, Go Zero. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School.

When she’s not working, you can find Carrie hiking with her family, including her two sons and golden retriever, or immersed in a good novel.

Brandon Vickery is co-CEO. He is responsible for providing executive oversight of the company with a focus on the Development, Commercial, and Finance business units. Prior to this role, Brandon was responsible for managing the company’s Development Team as a Senior Vice President, and earlier, serving in an analytical role developing forest carbon offset projects.

Brandon has over 20 years of forestry related experience including forest conservation, investment, modeling, and analytics. Before joining Finite Carbon, Brandon worked with Mason, Bruce and Girard providing analytical support for forest management planning projects, harvest scheduling, timberland valuations, inventory, and appraisal analysis. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

When not working, Brandon spends most of his free time with his wife and two children enjoying Portland, Oregon and exploring the Pacific Northwest.

Daniel manages, motivates, and leads Finite Carbon’s commercial teams (and initiatives) including forest carbon project origination, marketing, and credit sales. Prior to his current role, Daniel served as Finite Carbon’s Senior Commercial Director and Director of Acquisitions. Before joining Finite Carbon, he was an employee-owner of Resource Management Service (RMS) supporting a variety of client-facing investment management and business development functions. During his time in these roles, Daniel managed a multi-national timberland fund with assets in Australia, New Zealand, China, and Brazil, and contributed to $1+ billion in new capital raised for investment into the forestland asset class. Daniel also served as a Forest Analyst for RMS and Hancock Forest Management working to improve the efficiency and efficacy of silvicultural operations across several millions of acres of private forestland investments. Daniel began his career as a Timberland Appraiser for James W. Sewall Company completing annual valuation updates for timberland assets in the continental US, Brazil, and Uruguay. Daniel is a Registered Forester in Alabama and received a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Auburn University.

Whitney Flanagan is Finite Carbon’s Director of Marketing. She specializes in translating strategic business goals into effective marketing solutions, brand development, and communications. As a creative director, marketer, writer, and filmmaker, she’s motivated by a desire to demonstrate impact and uplift stories about world issues.

Whitney most recently directed Global Corporate Marketing at Climate Impact Partners, an international voluntary carbon offset provider, where she led the newly merged company’s branding and messaging efforts. Prior to that she directed Marketing and Communications at The Conservation Fund. Whitney holds a B.F.A. from East Tennessee State University where she graduated with honors.

Outside of work, you can find Whitney trail running, singing and playing guitar and searching for the next best vegetarian meal.

Jordan Golinkoff is Finite Carbon’s Senior Director of Research and Development. Based in Oakland, CA, Jordan leads the science and engineering effort to develop large scale estimates of carbon stored in forests driven by remote sensing data. Prior to joining Finite, Jordan worked as a data scientist focused on quality at both SiriusXM/Pandora and Apple.

Before entering the tech world, Jordan worked for 10 years developing forest carbon offset projects with the Conservation Fund. Jordan has experience developing data visualizations and models at scale. Jordan’s PhD in forestry from the University of Montana focused on developing wall-to-wall estimates of carbon stocks by leveraging high resolution imagery, LiDAR and inventory plot data. He holds a B.A. Computer Science, Yale University, a M.F. Nicholas School, Duke University, and a Ph.D. Forestry, University of Montana.

Outside of work, Jordan is likely spending time with his three young kids, on the tennis court, or doing a project in the garden.

Jacob Handel is Finite Carbon’s Director of Forest Carbon Origination in Canada. He brings over two decades of experience working in Indigenous relations and knowledge and involvement engaging with Indigenous people in resource industries throughout North America. Jacob has supported and guided strategic direction in the environmental field, and led Indigenous and stakeholder engagement, strategy development, regulatory processes, and negotiation. This includes working for a leading Canadian paper and forest products manufacturing company, governments, and industry in the resources and energy sector and nonprofits.

Jacob supports and guides the design and implementation of strategic carbon initiatives that unlock value for Finite’s clients, while also meeting Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) objectives and tackling climate change.

Jacob holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Conservation Sciences from the University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Nate Hanzelka is Finite Carbon’s Director on the Project Development Team. He is responsible for managing the design and modeling of our voluntary project portfolio, leveraging his extensive knowledge of applied forestry and advanced skills in Remsoft and FVS. Nate also works closely with our sales team to assess prospective projects and provide analytical support.

Nate comes from a timberland investment background, working for Hancock (Manulife) Forest Management before joining Finite. In this role, he performed harvest scheduling on 2+ million acres of forestland, developed cashflow reports, and formulated strategic and tactical management plans. He carries a bachelor’s from UW – Stevens Point and a master’s from Virginia Tech.

Nate spends his free time fixing his house, riding his mountain bike, and exploring the PNW with his 12-year-old lab, Laika.

Dylan Jenkins is Finite Carbon’s Vice President of Portfolio Development. He leads U.S. project origination and client relations and has over twenty-five years of experience working with private forest landowners toward the protection and sustainable management of working forestlands.

Dylan joined Finite from The Nature Conservancy where he developed market-based strategies integrating land protection, certified forest management, and forest carbon markets and started his career as an extension forester at Virginia Tech. He was SAF’s National Young Forester of the Year, served on the SAF National Committee on Forest Policy, and chaired SAF’s Certification Review Board. At home he enjoys outdoor projects and mountain biking the Appalachians with his wife and kids.

Dylan holds a B.S. Forest Resource Management from Clemson and a M.S. in Forest Management and Economics from Virginia Tech.

Dylan Murray is Finite Carbon’s Director of Commercial Analytics, bringing over a decade of experience working on natural climate solutions to the company. He leads the company’s efforts to help our landowner clients navigate the carbon market, advising on aspects ranging from carbon pricing to policy developments.

Prior to joining Finite Carbon in 2021, he worked on conservation and carbon markets at the Nature Conservancy. He holds a B.A. from the College of William and Mary and an MBA from Yale University. Born in Maryland, he now lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

Paul is a Forest Carbon Analyst and a member of Finite’s Development Team. He specializes in forest carbon modeling, feasibility assessment, and project maintenance.
Paul completed a dual-degree Master of Forestry and Master of Environmental Management graduate program at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in 2021. His Master’s research focused on the biogeography of American chestnut restoration in the Eastern US.

Prior to joining Finite, Paul worked as a consultant for a reforestation-focused carbon offset startup. In the past, he has also obtained a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Middlebury College, worked on an organic farm, and managed visitors and wildlife in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Outside of work, Paul enjoys running, gardening, gaming, photography, and the outdoors.

Mark Norek is Finite Carbon’s Chief Financial Officer. He brings more than 30 years of senior financial experience and is responsible for overseeing our financial operations. He was formerly CFO at Skill Survey, Inc., where he served for 10 years. While there, he strengthened the controls and reporting during the rapid market and revenue growth into profitability. Prior to Skill Survey, Inc., Mark was the Finance Director for Constantia Colmar, where he helped improve operational areas.

Mark held roles as Senior Director of International Accounting Operations at Amkor Technology, Inc. and Director of International Accounting at BetzDearborn where he was involved in the accounting integration of acquisitions and reporting. Before BetzDearborn, Mark was a senior manager for E&Y where he served for ten years.

Liz Pascale is Finite Carbon’s Marketing Operations Manager. She manages the development and administration of our customer data and carbon project management systems, as well as QA/QC and reporting. She works interdepartmentally to guide the integration of our internal systems infrastructure.

Liz has an interdisciplinary background that includes land management, field research, and marketing & sales. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts and an M.S. in Environmental Science, Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire. Now she specializes in systems administration and integration, project management, and interdepartmental collaboration.

In her free time, you can often find her out for a hike, exploring local neighborhoods and events, or trying out new creative pursuits.

Stephen Purvis is Finite Carbon’s Vice President of Project Development. Before joining Finite, Stephen worked with Weyerhaeuser conducting biomass and silvicultural research, timber market analysis, and market feasibility. In Weyerhaeuser’s southeast forest operations group, he managed the regional harvesting program including harvest scheduling and made significant contributions in harvest scheduling methodology. He is a certified professional logging manager with advanced analytic experience using Remsoft, SAS, and ArcMap. Stephen holds a B.S. and M.S. in Forestry from the University of Georgia.

Outside of work you can Stephen out boating in the Gulf of Mexico, hiking, or maintaining his collection of classic cars.

Maria Salvemini is Finite Carbon’s Counsel. As a member of Finite’s legal team, Maria works on contracting, advises on legal issues and risks, and supports the commercial and sales teams on deal structures and contract negotiations.

Before joining Finite Carbon, Maria was an attorney at a boutique environmental and energy law firm in the Philadelphia area where she handled litigation and regulatory matters. Maria earned her law degree from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Prior to law school, Maria received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science, with a minor in Environmental Studies, from Villanova University.

Maria lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with her husband and wheaten terrier. Outside of work, Maria enjoys cooking and reading.

Brian Sharer is Finite Carbon’s Director of Forest Analytics. In this capacity, Brian leads the quantification and modeling efforts across Finite Carbon’s business lines for carbon projects throughout the U.S. and abroad.

He has over 25 years of experience in forest modeling, inventory, and investment analysis. Prior to joining Finite, Brian was portfolio manager for $500 million of U.S. timberlands assets at GreenWood Resources where he also led inventory and modeling efforts for existing investments and acquisition targets both domestically and internationally. He has extensive analytical experience with REITs and TIMOs, industrial, government, and non-profit landowners leading planning efforts, asset valuations, systems analysis, and forestry software development. Brian serves on the Forest Biometrics Research Institute Board of Directors.

Brian holds an M.S. in Forest Resource Management from Oregon State University, an MBA from the University of Portland, and a B.A. in Biology from Colgate University.

During his free time, when nothing needs to be fixed around the house, Brian enjoys hiking, fishing, playing guitar, choral music, and travelling to new places with his family.

Matt Smith is Finite Carbon’s Vice President of Forest Operations. He is responsible for leading Finite’s forest carbon inventory program, site verification program, safety program, and the management of Finite’s forestry contractor relationships. Matt joined Finite Carbon in early 2009 and has been involved with nearly all of Finite’s 60+ projects since that time. While serving at Finite Carbon Matt also developed rigorous safety policies, procedures, and systems, much of which has inspired industry standards for practice.

Matt came to Finite Carbon after 27 years in forestry consulting in the U.S. Matt is a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester and long-time member of the Association of Consulting Foresters. He holds a B.S. in Forest Resource Management from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry where he also has served as an Adjunct professor for over 15 years.

When Matt isn’t busy working on forest carbon projects, he can usually be found spending time with his family, working or playing on his family farm, or bobbing around in a boat on Lake Erie.

David is Finite Carbon’s Director of Carbon Sales. He oversees Finite’s carbon sales business, matching end buyer clients with carbon credits from the company’s quickly growing portfolio of high-quality, high-integrity forestry offset projects. He liaises between end buyers and Finite’s landowner project partners to facilitate robust, long-term relationships that deliver project credits fitting buyers’ climate action goals and strategies. He also helps manage Finite’s Marketplace of carbon offsets, advising end buyers on project credits best aligning with their short and long-term climate action goals.

David joined Finite from global carbon credit developer, South Pole, where he helped lead sales and business development initiatives, manage relationships with key Fortune 500 corporate accounts, and scale the company’s business in North America. During this time, he advised corporates on a variety of carbon project technology types—including forest carbon—as well as climate action strategy services, and long-term sustainability planning. David holds an MEM from the Yale School of Environment, a BA in International Relations, Politics, and Chinese language from Skidmore College, and speaks fluent Mandarin from many years living in Beijing and working in US-China trade relations with focus on environmental and energy commodities.

Based in Brooklyn, NY, David enjoys exploring the city’s endlessly diverse cultural attractions, food, and nightlife, as well as meeting new friends hailing from every corner of the world.

Lauren Stanley is Finite Carbon’s Counsel. As a member of Finite’s legal team, Lauren supports the commercial and sales teams on deal structures and contract negotiations, advises on corporate legal issues and risks, and helps to develop and maintain internal policies and procedures.

Before joining Finite, Lauren was a partner at a law firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she specialized in corporate law and complex commercial transactions. Lauren also worked as a legal consultant for an international advisory company committed to developing policies and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Lauren is a graduate of University of Wisconsin Law School and Indiana University.
Outside of work, Lauren enjoys traveling, reading, and picking up amateur hobbies.

David Stevenson is Finite Carbon’s Director of Canadian Operations. He has been a professional forester in Canada for over 20 years and has worked with industry, consultants, and government. David joined Finite from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment where he led climate and offset policy development. While with the Saskatchewan Forest Service David led forest policy development, forest management planning, and forest renewal. David is a past President of the Saskatchewan Association of Forestry Professionals and is an active participant with the Canadian Institute of Forestry and the Society of American Foresters.

Dave holds an Honours bachelor’s of Science in Forestry and master’s of Science in Forestry from Lakehead University, Ontario Canada.

Outside of the office David is an avid gardener who cans his bounty. He also supports his daughter’s soccer dreams and is known to bore people with a little too much information on wood decay fungi.

Adam Trenholm leads Finite’s geospatial analysis work. Before Finite, Adam worked throughout New England as a forest stewardship technician for the New England Forestry Foundation (a Finite client), in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming as a forester for Spearfish Forest Products, and as a staff forester for LandVest Timberlands in New Hampshire and Vermont. While working on his undergraduate degree, Adam spent two summers working for the USDA Forest Service as a Forestry Technician in Big Piney, Wyoming and Wrangell, Alaska. Adam holds a B.S. in Forestry, from the University of Massachusetts.

When Adam isn’t on the clock you can either find him outside with his family or inside with a good book.

Jazmín Varela is Finite Carbon’s Director of Landowner Relations. She oversees the operations team for the CORE Carbon digital platform. She works closely with our various teams that are collectively responsible for delivering and scaling up of our digital platform for natural climate solutions.

Before joining Finite Carbon, Jazmín served as Assistant Director of Integrative Services at The Conservation Fund, where she led project development across various teams working to provide communities access to conservation tools. Her role also included lead designer and delivery of Green Infrastructure Plans across the country. She received a Master’s of Environmental Management from Duke University and bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University. Jazmín lives in North Carolina with her daughter and spends her free time riding bikes, running, gardening, and walking her dog.

Dan Van Ostenbridge is Finite Carbon’s Director of Digital Platforms. He is based in our Philadelphia headquarters and has been doing technology implementation and IT management for more than 35 years. He oversees the design, development, and operation of technology platforms that support carbon offset projects. His previous experience includes positions with Accenture, Comcast, TV Guide and United BioSource. He has also held numerous IT strategy and leadership positions as an independent contractor and with firms such as aligne, inc., and Anexinet. Dan holds a B.A. in economics from Lafayette College.

Outside of work Dan enjoys playing golf, following college sports and grilling on the Big Green Egg.

Emily Witt is Finite Carbon’s Associate Director of Project Development. She is responsible for coordinating projects that are developed under new technologies and methodologies deployed through the CORE Carbon digital platform. She works closely across several teams throughout the project development, creation of data products, project reporting, validation, and verification phases to ensure Registry approval of offsets.
Prior to joining Finite Carbon, Emily worked in strategic forest modeling and analysis at Campell Global, a timber investment manager, where she worked with forest operations, valuation, and portfolio management teams to construct models that informed investment strategy to meet client objectives. She holds a BS in Forest Resources and Conservation from the University of Florida and a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University.
In her free time, Emily enjoys getting outside in the Pacific Northwest with her dog Doug, powerlifting, and climbing.

Having stepped down from his position as CEO of Finite in January 2024, Sean is a member of the company’s Board of Directors and serves as a strategic Advisor on commercial initiatives.

Prior to Finite, Sean was a broker at CantorCO2e where he worked with clients to facilitate structured carbon offset transactions from forestry, livestock management, landfill gas, and renewable energy projects.

Prior to CantorCO2e, Sean was one of the first employees of Carbonfund.org, where he created carbon neutral programs for businesses such as Dell, Volkswagen, and Orbitz to develop, originate, and manage a portfolio of carbon offset projects.

Sean holds a B.S. Business and Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California.