TerraCarbon

Our Team

Scott Settelmyer, Managing Director
Scott advises clients on carbon finance and market related matters, including project development, transaction structures, and market strategies for projects in the forestry and land use sector.  Prior to founding TerraCarbon, Scott was CFO of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Treasurer for ALLTEL Corporation (a Fortune 250 company), and Manager at Arthur Andersen in Chicago and London. He has a MS in financial markets and trading from the Stuart School of Business in Chicago, and a BA in finance from the University of Illinois. He is a CFA charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.

David Shoch, Vice President, Forestry and Technical Services
As a forester and technical specialist David works with TerraCarbon’s clients to develop and implement baseline and monitoring methodologies for forestry carbon projects. Before joining TerraCarbon, he worked for The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Winrock International and USAID, advising and implementing forest carbon projects. Fluent in Spanish, David has worked across Central and Latin America. He holds a MSC in forestry from Duke University, and a BA in biology from the University of Richmond.

James Eaton, Senior Manager, Forestry and Technical Services
Jamie is an expert in the fields of terrestrial carbon dynamics, forest succession, and land use change. His past work includes research in Latin America, Europe, and North America related to measuring and monitoring forest biomass and soil carbon. Prior to joining TerraCarbon, Jamie was a science policy analyst for the Terrestrial Carbon Group, where he was involved in researching and advising on the technical aspects of carbon accounting on REDD and other AFOLU project types. From 2006 to 2008, he led a large-scale soil carbon inventory project in the Republic of Ireland, which produced results feeding into Ireland’s greenhouse gas reporting to the UNFCCC. Jamie is a former Fulbright scholar and holds a MS in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and a BA in Biology from Saint Louis University.

Manuel Estrada is an independent consultant, who was previously the lead negotiator for Mexico on land use and forestry issues.  Manuel also has participated in various working groups to develop methodological advice for land use and forestry projects, including the VCS AFOLU working group on Afforestation/Reforestation. Manuel provides TerraCarbon and its clients with policy and methodology advice in the land use and forestry area, He also provides project support for TerraCarbon’s clients in Central and South America.

D. Neil Bird currently holds a position at Joanneum Research in Graz, Austria where his main areas of interest are: methodological issues and development of unique CDM A/R projects; modeling of carbon sequestration in A/R and forest management projects and methodologies related to reduction in emissions from avoided deforestation. Neil provides methodological advice and modeling support to TerraCarbon and its clients.