
TEAM + PARTNERS
Terra Verde, Inc. hosts more than 100 years of collective experience in professional natural resource consulting. Our core team is dedicated to ensuring on-time delivery and impeccable quality. Through our partners, we can scale our team to fit your project needs. Our experienced team and partners all use the Terra Verde Method mixed with local and regional knowledge in every project we take on.
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Brian Kleinhenz
President
Brian joined Terra Verde as a full partner and principal in 2017. His background in natural resource management and data-driven decision-making have added depth to Terra Verde’s analytical and business support offerings. Brian’s specialty is helping forest landowners evaluate traditional and emerging markets for forest products including timber, carbon offset credits, mitigation credits, and ecosystem services.
Professional Memberships & Licenses:
Certified Forester
Full Member of the Association of Consulting Foresters
Society of American Foresters
(Current Chapter Chair/Past Alaska State Chair)Southeast Alaska Soil & Water Conservation District
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Jim McWhorter
Vice President
Jim joined forces with Terra Verde in 1992. He has been instrumental in helping grow the company and our reputation. Specializing in forestland inventory and biometrics, his experience and knowledge is a valued asset to Terra Verde. Jim’s primary responsibilities are to provide support and supervision for contract administration, corporate affairs, information systems, and performance as a senior consulting forester.
Professional Memberships & Licenses:
Forest Biometrics Research Institute (Past Chair)
Society of American Foresters
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
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Ric Hagenbaugh
Operations Manager
Ric has worked in the forestry industry for more than 30 years. He has considerable experience in sample design, vegetation mapping, and ground-truthing techniques and provides training and leadership on a variety of inventory projects. His diverse experience in providing administration, development, implementation and quality assurance of forest inventory projects is extremely valuable to our clients.
Professional Memberships and Licenses:
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
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Kyle Renner
Director of Forest Carbon and Resource Analytics
Kyle Renner has a strong background in forestry and natural resource economics. As a GIS analyst for Terra Verde, he brings strong skills in cartography, statistical analysis, modeling, forest inventory reporting, and database management. Kyle has completed forest inventories, carbon offset projects, harvest operations, timber stand improvement projects, and other forest stewardship activities.
Professional Memberships and Licenses:
Society of American Foresters
Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honor Society
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Dwight Chapman
Senior Director of Forest Offsets
After completing a master’s degree in international forestry specializing in international carbon markets in 2017, he become a certified carbon verifier. He has verified forest carbon projects for the California Air Resources Board, American Carbon Registry, and the Climate Action Reserve. Dwight is primarily responsible for assisting in carbon project design, execution, and guidance through the verification process.
Professional Memberships and Licenses:
California Air Resources Board certified carbon verifier
Climate Action Reserve Lead Verifier
American Carbon Registry approved Lead Verifier
Society of American Foresters
PARTNERS
Terra Verde’s network of partners includes more than 100 timber cruisers, foresters, silviculture specialists, forest carbon developers, forest engineers, GIS analysts, and forest biometricians. We forge long-term partnerships based on trust and mutual benefit. Most of our partners have been working with us for at least a decade. Because our network is very well trusted geographically, Terra Verde brings local experience to most jobs. This increases project efficiency, ensures quality, and keeps costs low.
Employment Opportunities
Maintaining the professional quality of our project teams is a high priority for Terra Verde management. We strive to utilize knowledgeable, skilled individuals with a work ethic and attitude that reflects our company values. We continuously have field positions and opportunities available. Preference will be given to persons with associates or bachelor’s degrees in forestry or natural resources, or previous forest technician experience.
If you are interested in our current opportunities, contact:
contact@terraverdeinc.com
208.874.7575