Board of Directors 2006-2007
president
DAVE URBAN
Ecosystem Investment Partners
818 Washington St., Evanston, IL 60202
Phone: (847) 553-8675 | Email: David@ecosystempartners.com
David Urban has worked in the wetland mitigation field for over 19 years as an Army Corps regulator, an engineer, and as a wetland banker. He has been involved in the design, permitting and operation of over 15 mitigation banks in four different Corps of Engineers Districts, as well as numerous other offsite and offsite mitigation projects.
vice president
STEPHEN COLLINS
The Wetlandsbank Group
814 South Military Trail, Bldg. #6, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Phone: (888) 301-1707 x106 | Fax: (954) 480-6250 | Email: scollins@wetlandsbank.com
CEO of The Wetlandsbank Group ("TWG"), a Florida based Mitigation Banking firm. TWG operates and manages five mitigation banks in the states of Florida and Georgia. Prior to joining TWG, Stephen spent 20 years with FPL Group, ("FPL") where he permitted and operated their 13,455 acre Everglades Mitigation Bank ("EMB") the second largest mitigation bank in the U. S. The EMB which is home to 39 threatened, listed, or endangered species, was the 2001 winner of the prestigious EEI National Land Management Award. Stephen has previously held the position of Vice President of the Association in addition to having served as the Secretary and Director.
treasurer
REN MARTYN
Finger Rock Preserve, LLC
1169 Hilltop Pkwy, Ste 204, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
Phone: (970) 879-4546 | Email: renmartyn@frpwetlandbank.com
Ren L. Martyn is the president of Finger Rock Preserve, LLC., a 620 acre mitigation bank in northwest Colorado. Having a degree in environmental science and being a land developer, Mr. Martyn saw the long overdue need for a viable wetland mitigation solution to serve the Vail and Steamboat Springs watersheds. Mr. Martyn is involved in all facets of the banking business but especially enjoys his involvement in policy and legislative matters.
secretary
ANN REDMOND
Senior Consultant, ENTRIX
2420 W. Lakeshore Drive, Suite 100, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Phone: 850.681.9700 | Mobile: 850.508.7551 | Email: aredmond@entrix.com
Ms. Redmond is an environmental professional in natural resource consulting and regulation specializing in strategic approaches to complex projects. She has a remarkable depth of experience in mitigation issues starting from her 11 years as Florida DEP’s expert on mitigation and mitigation banking, leading the development and implementation of rules and legislation in these areas; following with her position as Vice President for Development at The Wetlandsbank Group; and as a consultant. Ms. Redmond was the private sector representative on the Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses which studied and reported on wetland mitigation under the Section 404 regulatory program and upon which the new federal mitigation rules are based. She is frequently asked to speak, advise and teach on mitigation, regulation, watershed/landscape planning approaches and functional assessments.
immediate past president
GEORGE KELLY
Director of Business Development and Founder, Environmental Banc & Exchange
10055 Red Run Blvd., Suite 130, Owings Mills, MD 21117
Phone: (888) 781-7075 | Email: george@ebxusa.com
George Kelly is a principal and co-founder of Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC (“EBX”), with offices in Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; and California. He has been involved since 1997 with developing and implementing over 60 ecosystem restoration projects, including projects involving wetland, stream, buffer and forest mitigation and conservation banking, resulting up to $70 million in credit sales. Prior to founding EBX, Mr. Kelly served as a partner in the Environmental Law Department of a regional law firm focused on natural resource permitting and remediation. He has a B.A. in Political Science / Environmental Studies from Tulane University and a J. D. (cum laude) of M.S.L. in Environmental Law (cum laude) from Vermont Law School, where he served as a member of the Law Review.
director at large
BEN GUILLON
New Forests
1025 Connecticut Ave, NW - Suite 1206, Washington DC 20036
Phone: 202-680-8731 | Fax: (202) 223-1175 | Email: bguillon@newforests-us.com
director at large
MIKE MCCOLLUM
McCollum Associates
10196 Clover Ranch Drive, Sacramento, CA 95829
Phone: (916) 688-2040 | Fax: (916) 688-7436 | Email: mccollum@mccollum.com
Mike McCollum operates McCollum Associates, a consulting firm in Sacramento, California focusing on creation of mitigation and conservation banks. In the 1980s while serving as Deputy Secretary for Resources and Chief Deputy Director for the California Department of Fish and Game, Mike proposed California's first statewide wetland mitigation banking guidelines. In private practice in the 1990s, he facilitated the adoption of the first state and national policies for the creation of conservation banks. Prior to state service, Mike worked as an environmental scientist on the proposed Alaska gas pipeline and prepared environmental documents for energy projects.
director at large
ELLIOTT BOUILLION
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
5020 Montrose Blvd. Ste. 201, Houston, Texas 77006
Cell: 713-382-6442 | Houston: 713-520-5400 | Baton Rouge: 225-612-2583 | Email: ebouillion@resmitigation.com
director at large
RANDY WILGIS
Environmental Banc & Exchange
10055 Red Run Blvd., Suite 130, Owings Mill, MD 21117
Phone: (410) 356-5159 | Fax: (410) 356-5822
Randy Wilgis is President of Environmental Banc & Exchange, America's leading turn-key provider of ecosystem mitigation and restoration solutions. The firm has completed over 35 mitigation banks and client specific projects throughout the SouthEast, restored over 40 miles of stream, restored thousands of acres of wetlands, and rehabilitated numerous other critical habitats. Mr. Wilgis is also leading the expansion of species banking in the East Coast with the development of the first species bank in South Carolina and another in West Virginia, is Co-Chair of the National Mitigation Banking Association's Emerging Markets Committee, and NMBA Board Member in 2010. Mr. Wilgis received his BSE from the Duke University School of Engineering, and MBA from the University of Virginia-Darden School of Business. In his free time, Mr. Wilgis is the Founding Board Chair for the South Carolina Calvert Academy with the mission of establishing a top quality virtual public education alternative for South Carolina residents.
director at large
DON EWOLDT
Vice President, Wetlands Banking Division, Lake Erie Land Company
1010 Sand Creek Drive South, Chesterton, IN 46304
Phone: (219) 395-5300 | Email: don.ewoldt@lelcompany.com
Don Ewoldt is Vice President of the Wetlands Banking Division of the Lake Erie Land Company in Chesterton, Indiana. Mr. Ewoldt is responsible for all facets of the wetland banking business. Mr. Ewoldt managed the development of the 223 acre Lake Station Mitigation Bank, the first wetland bank in Indiana and also the first for the USACOE's Detroit District.
director at large
WAYNE WHITE
Wildlands, Inc.
3855 Atherton Road Rocklin, CA 95765
Phone: (916) 435-3556 | Email: wwhite@wildlandsinc.com
Wayne spent thirty-one year with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). As the Chief of Endangered Species Program and a Field Supervisor in Region 1 of FWS, Wayne developed ESA policy in early years of implementing the Act. While managing the FWS’s largest field office in Sacramento CA, he became very involved with developing policy for conservation and mitigation banks for FWS. Wayne was on the Board of Directors for the Center for Natural Lands Management for 12 years and currently a Board member with the Habitat Stewardship Foundation. After retiring Wayne ran his own consulting business, W-Squared Consulting, and worked with mitigation/conservation banking companies helping them to investigate new markets for conservation banks as well as working with the International Business and Biodiversity Offset Program to help corporations to assess their impacts and designed offsets (mitigation) while developing a handbook for corporations or countries to use to develop policies for biodiversity offsets. In 2007 Wayne joined Wildlands, Inc, as the Director of Business Development.
director at large
SHERI FORD LEWIN, CPSM
President, Environmental Resource Marketing
614 East Highway 50, Suite 323, Clermont, Florida 34711
Phone: (352) 394-1125 | Email: Sheri@erm-consultingservices.com
Web site: http://www.erm-consultingservices.com
Sheri Lewin is President of Environmental Resource Marketing, a marketing and management firm providing research and planning services to wetland mitigation and conservation banks. Ms Lewin has eleven years experience in providing services related to the marketing and transfer of mitigation and conservation bank credits. Environmental Resource Marketing also offers market research services and educational workshops on a variety of topics related to wetland mitigation banking and conservation banking.
