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Stephen Donofrio

Managing DirectorEcosystem Marketplace

Stephen Donofrio is Managing Director of Ecosystem Marketplace, the world’s first and only globally recognized and standardized Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) end-to-end transparency platform providing exclusive carbon trade pricing data, insights, and news. Over the past two decades, he’s held key roles at prominent environmental markets and climate action organizations, including Forest Trends, and the Chicago Climate Exchange, and CDP (formerly, Carbon Disclosure Project). He’s also served as a Consultant to the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and Educator with the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship and Arizona State University. Working to shape the climate and sustainability landscape towards pragmatic and science-focused goals, he’s a creative strategist and experienced leader with a strong sustainability/ESG track record in building programs, products, and teams, developing partnerships, and capital raising through fundraising and sales. He is the author of dozens of publications, articles, and reports, and an active participant in specialist working groups.

Patrick Maguire

Senior ManagerEcosystem Marketplace, Supply Change

Patrick is the Senior Program Manager of Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace and Supply Change Initiative which he joined in May 2019.  Previously he was Program Manager of Forest Trends’ Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP) from 2007 to 2018. Patrick has twenty years of diverse international conservation and development experience including managing remote teams and multi-stakeholder coalitions for environmental NGOs, the private sector and government. Previous work includes managing community forestry-based enterprises in Nepal for the World Wildlife Fund; helping to establish the Conservation Finance Alliance and overseeing the development of a guide on innovative conservation financing while at The Nature Conservancy; and serving as a consultant to USAID’s Biodiversity and Forestry Team with Chemonics Inc

Laura Weatherer

Senior AssociateSupply Change

Laura is an Associate with the Supply Change initiative. She was formerly an intern with World Resources Institute and has worked on a diverse range of environmental issues, including land tenure rights, climate equity, and sustainable agriculture. Laura holds a Master of Arts in International Environmental Policy from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of St Andrews.

Kate Brandaw Ellis

Senior AssociateSupply Change

Kate works as an Associate with the Supply Change initiative, investigating commodity based corporate commitments which reduce or eliminate deforestation. Prior to joining Forest Trends, she interned with the office of United States Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, assisting legislative staff on issues pertaining to the environment and public works. She also has experience researching corporate sustainability practices with Nike’s Innovation Department. Kate holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from the University of Redlands.