Team

Understory is supported by a strong group of team members, advisors, investors and partners (listed here alphabetically)

Benje Williams, Cofounder

Umar Ashfaq, Cofounder (part time); MSCI Researcher; Columbia SIPA MPA

Jad Daley, Partner, Advisor; American Forests President, CEO; Former Trust for Public Land VP

Jacqueline Novogratz, Investor, Advisor; Amal Academy Investor; Acumen CEO, Founder; Author

Chris Anderson at TEDGlobal 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. June 12-15, 2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson

Chris Anderson, Investor, Advisor; Owner of TED; Former founder of Future Publishing

Dr. Mariann Johnston, Partner, Advisor; SUNY ESF Ranger School Director; Forest Ecology Professor

Peter Goldmark Jr, Advisor; Former Rockefeller Foundation President; Former EDF Director

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