http://www.uppergreenriver.com/home daily 1.0 2023-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1479487401046-YBY2M7H56P3ATN24KGWL/Greater_Sage-Grouse_%288693297105%29.jpg Home Photo Credit: Jeannie Stafford/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1478798531757-LA9ZY5R23OR5I1ACWXZH/Mark400.jpg Home Mark Doelger President Mark Doelger is a seasoned geologist with broad expertise in the economics of the oil & gas industry. He has testified as an expert before the U.S. Senate, State Legislatures across the U.S., as well as before Federal and state regulatory bodies. He is the author and co-author of numerous technical presentations and publications, including the Atlas of Major Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Reservoirs published by the Gas Research Institute. Mark has advised four Wyoming governors on energy policy matters, and he has served as chairman of the Wyoming Pipeline Authority between 2001 and 2009. Mark currently serves as a commissioner at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and is based in Casper, WY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1634325457608-ETA4VARC301KWQ8AJE18/Rob3.png Home Rob Wallace Chairman of the Board Rob Wallace is a native of Evanston, WY, and a petroleum engineering graduate from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2019, he was nominated by the President of the United States and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to the position of assistant secretary of the Interior overseeing all programs and personnel of the National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. A seasonal park ranger position in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park inspired Rob’s interest in the policy nexus between energy, natural resources, and conservation. That lifelong focus took him to Washington, D.C., where he worked as assistant director of the National Park Service for congressional affairs, chief of staff to Wyoming US Senator Malcolm Wallop, staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and then to Cheyenne as chief of staff to Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer. Prior to Rob’s appointment to lead top agencies within the Department of the Interior, he was the director of government affairs for GE’s energy division and co-chaired the council that coordinated the company’s energy policy advocacy in the United States and around the world. Rob and his family currently live in northwestern Wyoming, where he serves on the boards of the Jackson Hole Airport, the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, and the Wyoming Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. He is an operating partner with i2 Capital, an impact investment firm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1472590666299-KZ26HS5DCZVAU230KZHR/Ben400-05-31-16.jpg Home Ben Guillon Vice President, Conservation Banking Ben Guillon is a seasoned conservation finance executive with over two decades of conservation finance work in the U.S., Africa and Asia. As a principal with WRA, Ben manages financial and strategic aspects of rural land management and ecosystem conservation. Previously, he served as Manager of Acquisition for New Forests, where he led the origination, underwriting, acquisition and management of projects, and developed the firm’s investment strategy. Ben also has worked on behalf of the World Bank on projects aimed at developing biodiversity based businesses in Africa and Asia. Ben’s education includes: MsC, Environmental Economics and MPA, Environmental Management, ENGREF; MSC, Biology, CIRAD, MD, Veterinary Medicine, National Veterinary School of Alfort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1472590326127-JKJ3QJ23EUYB0517Z7E7/Ashley400-05-24-16.jpg Home Ashley Allen Jones Co-Founder and Vice President, Capital Markets Ashley Allen Jones, from Lander, Wyoming, is an innovative finance professional with a proven track record of investing at the dynamic intersection of finance and social change. She has extensive experience with private equity, venture capital, and investment banking, and has worked at Alex. Brown & Sons (Deutsche Bank), Coopers & Lybrand (Price Waterhouse Coopers) and Quarterdeck Investment Partners (Jeffries). Ashley also is a former principal with the Women’s Growth Capital Fund and the Endeavor Group. She earned an MBA with distinction (Beta Gamma Sigma) from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and a BA in American Studies from the University of Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1472590671958-37R4OSZFR3XL4F9NQH6H/chopper400.jpg Home Chopper Grassell Vice President, Resource Management Chopper Grassell is a member of a fourth generation Wyoming ranching family, and offers deep insight into the economic aspects of large ranch acquisition, ownership and operations. After graduating from the University of Wyoming with a degree in Agricultural Business, Chopper spent two decades in corporate finance with NCNB (now Bank of America), and with SunTrust Bank in Charlotte, New York City, and Atlanta before returning to Wyoming. Chopper has achieved leadership positions in Wyoming business and real estate, with a specific focus on ranch transactions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57c5d3f83e00be20b4dd1d7a/1480957640754-AVUCRBV8YR012M4KDY06/Brad400.jpg Home Bradley Booke General Counsel Bradley L. Booke has over 35 years of corporate law and litigation expertise representing private, non-profit and public clients. His expertise spans general corporate law, commercial contracts and transactions, as well as commercial litigation including misappropriation and misuse of trade secrets, trademark and copyright infringement, and unfair competition. Brad previously served as legal counsel to the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and practiced law with the well known Wyoming-based firm of Spence, Moriarity and Schuster. Mr. Booke holds a B.S. from the University of Arizona and a J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law. 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