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Rob is also an independent board director of Citizens Financial Group, which is the 13th largest retail bank in the US and delivers a broad range of financial services to over 5 million individuals, companies, not-for-profits, and institutions. Rob is also a founding member of The Council, a consulting firm that provides confidential advice and counsel to senior executives. He also serves as a consultant or advisory board member to a number of firms.

Rob began his career as a lawyer for White & Case in New York and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He then moved into the financial services arena with JP Morgan & Co in New York. He helped build AIG Financial Products' investment business and later was CEO of ING Investment Management Americas and ING Insurance US (now Voya). He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science at Union College and his law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He has also served on the boards of numerous not for profit boards focusing on education, the environment, and humanitarian aid.

Rob is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, cycling, kayaking, skiing, and boating.

Bob brings a great blend of technical and people skills to his office in Airstream’s Jackson Center, OH manufacturing facility. An engineer by training, he has a deep understanding of the Airstream product and manufacturing process. He is also noted for his positive management style, which emphasizes inclusiveness, encouragement, and creative thinking about the future of the brand.

Prior to becoming CEO, Bob served as Airstream’s VP of Product Development and Engineering. In that job, he shaped business strategy and oversaw programs to expand product offerings to new customer groups.

He has also held management positions with companies owned by Airstream’s parent, Thor Industries. Among his assignments: Director of Purchasing for Dutchmen, Inc., Director of Operations at Aero Coach. He was also Director of Product Development for Fleetwood, Inc.’s American Coach Division.

Bob Wheeler came to recreational vehicles from the auto industry. After earning a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester, he joined General Motors as a manufacturing engineer in the Saginaw Steering Gear Division Buffalo plant, where he began to master both the functional and financial aspects of the heavy manufacturing process.

In addition to his engineering degree, Bob holds an MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Bob lives in Columbus, OH, with his wife and their three boys. He is an avid cyclist.

In her current role as SVP, Litigation and Legal Operations, she leads a large group of attorneys and legal professionals who manage Corporate Litigation and provide legal counsel to Finance, HR, IT and Marketing.

Following a Judicial Clerkship on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, Janice began her career with the United States Department of Justice, where she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in three jurisdictions: Middle Districr od Florida; Western District of NY; and Eastern District of NY. During that time she also served a year as Counsel to the Director of EOUSA (Executive Office for United States Attorneys), and worked with Attorney General Janet Reno during the 1996 election. In addition to her day job, she has served on several non-profit boards offering guidance on governance, risk management, compliance and audit. She also served as an initiating member of Edward Jones’ BridgeBuilder Mutual Fund, which currently has over $100 Billion in assets under care. Janice chaired BridgeBuilders’ Nominations & Governance Committee for 7 years and was a member of the Audit Committee. She currently serves on the boards of the Executive Leadership Council and University of Florida’s Law Center Association.

Janice holds a B.S. with honors and a J.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Jose serves on the board of the Robert Toigo Foundation, an organization that fosters career advancement and increased leadership of underrepresented talent. He is also executive sponsor for the Inclusion and Diversity initiative at TIAA, working to build and promote a diverse and inclusive environment throughout the enterprise. Jose holds a Bachelor’s in Finance from Manhattan College and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business.

Choi also served as Vice President of Energy and Environmental Policy at SCE, where she oversaw the analysis of energy and environmental policies; development of a long-term environmental, energy and technology strategy for SCE; and management of regulatory efforts at the California Public Utilities Commission and other state energy and environmental agencies. Before joining SCE in 2012, Choi was Executive Director of Environmental Services & Strategy at Progress Energy (now Duke Energy), where she was responsible for leading environmental permitting, compliance and policy. She served the company in various roles, including Director, Energy Policy & Strategy, and Manager, Federal Public Affairs.

Choi is active in national policy and community engagement, where she serves on the board of the Smart Electric Power Alliance, a nationwide organization that supports utilities in the implementation and deployment of clean energy and distributed resources. She also chairs the board of Veloz, a non-profit dedicated to accelerating the shift to electric transportation through public-private collaboration and public engagement. In addition, she serves on the boards of the Electric Transportation Community Development Corporation, Los Angeles Business Council and National Forest Foundation. Choi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Government from Dartmouth College.

She also served as the head of MAKERS, Oath’s prominent women's media brand. Kline held the position of chief marketing and communications officer for AOL from 2013 to 2017 prior to and following Verizon’s acquisition of AOL in 2015.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Pier 1 Imports and is a member of the iconic retailer’s Compensation Committee. She previously chaired the Oath Foundation Board, was a member of the Executive Committee for the Internet Advertising Board of Directors, and served on the Board of The Female Quotient. Kline is a diehard Boston Celtics fan currently living in Denver, Colorado. She enjoys fishing, hiking and skiing with her husband, two daughters and dog Fenway.

Although Patricia ascended through domestic and global leadership roles in a variety of functions, her passion for strategy and professional development inspired her to launch her consultancy in 2006. Patricia has continued to be highly valued by her clients from an array of brand names, sectors and functions including: TPG, Estee Lauder, Walgreens Prime Alliance RX, Viacom, Nickelodeon, Goldman Sachs, Neuehouse (global innovation collective), One Community Film Company, Google, MasterCard, Twitter, TIAA, Ernst and Young, BlackRock, Distillery (data science), Columbia University (coaching numerous professors and academic leaders), Columbia University Graduate School of Real Estate Development, Rutgers University MBA Program, Urban Tech Executive Principals Leadership Institute, Bank of America, Executive Leadership Council, NYU Wagner School of Public Policy, American Express National Development Initiative for Non Profit Woman Leaders, Pace University Center for NFP Management, Fannie Mae, College Success Foundation, MERCK, Marsh McLennan and Ambassador Andrew Young’s Good Works International Leadership Team.

As a strategic thought partner Patricia has been the person behind the scenes for many companies, leaders and teams; developing and fine-tuning organizational and business strategy, shifting behavioral approaches, helping to drive DE&I value, polishing and shaping communication impact and fueling flawless execution. Patricia has been a valued speaker and facilitator for Dun and Bradstreet (Global Sales Conference in Budapest and Lisbon), Forbes Woman in Leadership Conference, the Executive Leadership Council’s Black Woman on Wall Street Symposium, MasterCard Woman’s Global Summit, One Community Retreat (Ritz Carlton, Bakara), KIPP Accelerator (prep for the Aspen Ideas Festival 2018, 2019) The Westchester/Fairfield Executive Woman’s Society and Google’s DNG Panel. In the media realm, Patricia served as a featured guest on a segment of NPR's "All Things Considered" where she conducted a live coaching session on air.

Patricia serves as Managing Director for MLT’s (Management Leadership for Tomorrow) executive programs; having built the Career Advancement Program (CAP) in 2007… she continues to lead its delivery and enhancements until today. It has been called a “best in class” program by SAP and Amazon among others. CAP Fellows are sponsored from elite companies such as JP Morgan Chase, Citi Bank, Target, Clorox, Door Dash, Pandora, Walker Dunlop, PNC, and Pandora…among many others. CAP, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, has hosted the Leadership Horizon (in - residence) Seminars at Wharton, Yale School of Management and The Corporate Executive Board.

Patricia’s contributions to community include board directorships with the American Heart Association of Westchester, Westchester Medical Center Board (nominated by Governor Pataki), International Marketing Research Association, Gala Committee for the Bruce Museum of Greenwich Connecticut, the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program and The National Forest Foundation where she served as Board Chair. She is a Charles P. Dana Fellow, a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and a graduate of Colgate University. Recently , Patricia delivered the keynote address celebrating 50 years of woman at Colgate University. Patricia and her husband Dr. Thomas Price reside in Westchester County. They are the proud parents of professionally accomplished and service minded young adults.

Previously, Matt led the Credit Cards & Unsecured Lending business at TD, where he was responsible for the operations and strategic direction of TD's credit card franchise and partnerships teams, including TD branded cards, retail card services, private label, co-brand, and personal loans.

Prior to TD, Matt served as Managing Director of Products and Marketing at Melbourne-based Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and Bank of America leading teams in North Carolina and Chester, England across product, marketing, credit cards, and strategy.

Matt earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and finance from the University of Massachusetts. He resides in New Jersey with his wife, Amy, and their two children. As a family they enjoy spending time outdoors, frequently traveling to the Adirondacks and exploring destinations across the U.S.

She is a Co-Owner of Azienda Agricola Urlari, a premium boutique winery that she co-founded in Tuscany, Italy in 2004.

Buckley holds a bachelor of arts from the College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from Stern / NYU School of Business. She has been a full-time resident of Teton Village, Wyoming since 2009 and notably, is a multi-year member of Jackson Hole’s 100 Day Club, achieved by skiing 100+ days as the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in a ski season.

She has three decades of experience in policy, law, investment, and philanthropy including with Baker & McKenzie, Google, The World Bank, and U.S. Department of Energy, where she began her career, negotiating the first U.S. bilateral climate change agreements (Costa Rica, et al, 1994-1998) and negotiating and managing the first regional energy cooperation, for the Summit of the Americas (1994-98). As an attorney, at Baker & McKenzie she worked on corporate climate change strategy, policy engagement and emissions trading transactions (2001-3) and at the World Bank she advised the Bank’s Carbon Funds and negotiated carbon trading contracts (2005).

At Google, she was hired as Climate Maven for Google.org to build the company’s climate impact strategy, including launching the first Google.org project, RechargeIT, to accelerate the electrification of transportation (2006-07) as well successfully lobbying for passage of California’s climate change legislation, AB32, (2006), and gaining a corporate commitment to carbon neutrality (2007). Upon relaunching her advisory firm in 2007, she served as an adviser to Virgin Unite including on the development of several of Sir Richard Branson’s ground-breaking initiatives (The B Team, The Carbon War Room and The Elders), playing a central role in developing the Carbon War Room, advising during its creation through public launch, and she advised The Elders on their environmental agenda, writing an initial strategy covering global environmental challenges and the Elders’ potential role in the solutions, briefing them at their Johannesburg, South Africa launch and then writing a roadmap for action.

Hogan has served as Governor for the Future of Health and Health Care System at the World Economic Forum and as a Steward for the World Economic Forum’s System on the Future of Education, Gender, and Work. He also previously served as the Vice Chair for the Global Agenda Council on Ageing at the World Economic Forum.

In 2016, Hogan became a member of the World Dementia Council (WDC) which consists of global experts and leaders drawn from research, academia, industry, and governments. The WDC focuses on the areas of finance, drug development, data sharing, care improvements and risk reduction.

Hogan was awarded the “E” Award by the U.S. Department of Commerce in May 2008 for successfully exporting the home care concept to other countries. This award is one of the highest honors the federal government presents to individuals, firms, or organizations and Home Instead was honored with the “E Star” Award in 2016 for sustained excellence.

In recognition of his contribution to franchising, Hogan was named the Entrepreneur of the Year for 2006 by the International Franchise Association.

Hogan co-authored Stages of Senior Care (McGraw-Hill), a USA Today Bestseller. Proceeds from book sales go to the Home Instead Charities, which provides financial support to non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life of older adults.

Hogan currently serves as a founding board member of Home Instead Charities and is an active board member for the following organizations: The National Forest Foundation, University of Nebraska- Omaha Gerontology Advisory Board, University of Nebraska Medical Center iEXCEL Advisory Board, and UsAgainstAlzheimer’s.

Brian is also the founder of Moai Capital, a seed capital firm that makes early-stage investments in a variety of areas, including technology companies that help to protect and sustain our forests.

Prior to Emergence Capital, Brian was an early general partner at St. Paul Venture Capital (funded by Traveler’s Insurance). Previously he was an engineer for Raychem, RCA, Westinghouse, and Polaroid. He holds several patents.

Brian has a MS and BS in mechanical engineering from MIT and an MBA from Stanford.

He is a board member of Bill.com (NYSE: BILL), Impartner, and AASCEND (the Autism Aspergers Spectrum Coalition for Education, Networking and Development). Brian is happily married with two grown children, and enjoys travel, ancient stone structures, cycling, and cross-country skiing.

Prior to Alterra, Kao was the founder of Ascent Inclusion Consulting, providing strategic DEI advice to prominent outdoor organizations including Mountain Hardwear, the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team, the Colorado Tourism Office, and a range of outdoor brands and ski areas. Kao’s DEI career followed an 18-year career as an attorney, including over a decade as an attorney and Assistant General Counsel within the ski industry.

Kao’s community and volunteer contributions have included service on the State of Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission and a wide range of non-profit boards, including the National Ski Areas Association, the Share Winter Foundation, service as an officer and board member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association supporting over 50,000 legal professionals nationwide, and as President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado. Kao has also served as a DEI guest lecturer at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and other higher education institutions. Kao is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School and Amherst College.

Toren currently serves on a number of non-profit boards including as Vice President of the Board for the Connecticut Invention Convention, Board Member and Chair of the Young Advocates Council of Hudson Riverkeeper, Board Member of the Friends of Ofanim, and serves on the advisory Board of the Riverside Park Conservancy.

She also starred alongside Bill Murray in Harold Ramis' holiday classic "Groundhog Day", which was recently included into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In other comedies, Andie continued to partner with top leading men including: Gerard Depardieu in "Green Card", for which she again earned a Golden Globe nomination, Michael Keaton in "Multiplicity", and John Travolta in "Michael".

She first received critical acclaim and accolades for her performance as a repressed young wife in Steve Soderbergh's "Sex, Lies and Videotape". The film won the Palme d'or at Cannes and garnered Andie the Independent Spirit Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Actress as well as her first Golden Globe nomination. Additionally, she has been presented with the coveted Cesar D'Honneur for her body of work, the Golden Kamera Award from Germany's Horzu Publications, and the Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence. Andie's dramatic feature performances have included: "The End of Violence", directed by Wim Wenders, which was selected to screen at the opening of the 50th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival; Robert Altman's "The Player" and Short Cuts" for which the cast earned a special Golden Globe Award for Best Ensemble and a special Volpi Cup Award at the Venice Film Festival; "Unstrung Heroes", directed by Diane Keaton and the ever-popular "St. Elmo's Fire". Andie can next be seen alongside Channing Tatum in Warner Bros' "Magic Mike XXL" and her more recent film credits have included: 2011's "Footloose", "Monte Carlo", and the Indie feature "Mighty Fine" with Chazz Palminteri and her own daughter Rainey Qualley. For her philanthropic work, Andie was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Lander University and received an Honor of the Arts from Winthrop College.

Andie has served as the national spokesperson for both The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the American Heart Association. Additionally, in her continued efforts to bring awareness to preserving nature, Andie has supported the Tree Farmers of America with a national awareness campaign and put 2000 acres of her Montana ranch in a conservation easement with the Montana Land Reliance in her effort to preserve Montana's natural habitat. Andie began her career as a model and appeared in international ad campaigns for brands such as: Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row and Bliss Blass. Since 1986, Andie has been the global spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris cosmetics and hair products. Andie's long-standing relationship with the brand has made hisory as the longest relationship between a beauty brand and spokesmodel.

McHenry also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lawrence Karlton, Chief United States District Judge of the Eastern District of California in Sacramento, California and as a research fellow in the National Park Department of Taiwan in 1983-1984. He has advised more than fifteen countries on wildlife, national parks and forestry legislation as a consultant to the United Nations and World Bank. He currently serves on the boards of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation and the National Forest Foundation. He holds a JD from New York University Law School and a Master of Forest Science degree from the Yale School of the Environment (formerly the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from Yale College.

Moore began his 43-year career in 1978 with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in North Dakota. He began his Forest Service career on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in Colorado and the Comanche and Cimarron National Grasslands in Kansas. After serving as Deputy Forest Supervisor on the National Forests of North Carolina and the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri, he was Forest Supervisor on the Mark Twain. He then served as Regional Forester for the Eastern Region, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for five years.

Moore’s national experience in Washington, D.C., includes serving as acting Associate Deputy Chief for the National Forest System and as National Deputy Soils Program Manager.

A native of Bastrop, Louisiana, Moore earned his bachelor’s degree in plant and soil science from Southern University. He and his wife Antoinette have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and two grandsons.

GreenWood became an affiliate of TIAA’s Asset Management business (Nuveen) when TIAA acquired an ownership in 2012 and was responsible for overseeing timberland investments made on behalf of TIAA’s General Account as well as for Global Third-Party Institutional Investors seeking the diversification, climate impact, and risk adjusted return value that timberland investments provide to a portfolio.

Prior to founding GreenWood, Jeff worked at CH2M HILL, a global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management. During his twelve years at CH2M HILL, he worked with municipal, industrial, and private clients addressing issues and opportunities within the natural resource landscape.

Jeff currently serves on the Board of Investors for Heartwood Biomass, World Forestry Center Board of Directors and was recently the Board Chair, Sustainable Northwest Board of Directors, and Sustainable Northwest Woods (for-profit arm of SNW) Board of Directors and will be joining California’s Board of Forestry’s Joint Institute on Wood Products Innovation Advisory Board. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Forest Owners, past President and Board member of Agri-Business Council, and past President and Board Member of Western Hardwood Association.

He is a graduate of Oregon State University and holds a B.S. in Bio-Resources Engineering and an M.S. in Resource Management and Policy from Oregon State’s Civil Engineering Department.

Joining Vail Resorts in 2002, James held numerous other roles, including Corporate Director of Finance, Regional Director of Operations, and VP of Strategic Development. Before 2002, James specialized in the hospitality and real estate industries as an Assurance and Business Advisory Services Manager at Arthur Andersen.

As a leader within the outdoor industry and recreation space, James believes in fostering relationships with his peers, students, direct reports, and workforce through radical candor and open communication. James and his teams strive to create emotional connections with the outdoors across diverse user groups.

Randy possesses a B.S. from the College of Engineering, Arizona State University an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Lake Forest, Illinois, and a professional certification for Georgia Institute of Technology in Supply Chain and Logistics.

An avid sportsman, Randy enjoys fishing in any of Wisconsin's many lakes and golfing pretty much anywhere around the country. He and his wife Linda enjoy traveling to exciting places in the U.S. and abroad. They have three adult-aged children who all lead very successful careers of their own.

Kenny was appointed by President Biden to serve as a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at Texas Christian University. Kenny is a recipient of the Washington Business Journal's Diversity in Business award.

Among Wade’s many responsibilities, he is leading the Chamber’s historic Equality of Opportunity initiative aimed to develop sustainable public policy and business solutions to help close race-based opportunity gaps in education, employment, entrepreneurship, criminal justice, health and wealth.

Before joining the Chamber, Wade was principal of The Wade Group, a strategic communications and global business development firm, and was a partner at Harves Investment Group, a consultancy that facilitated foreign direct investment into the United States.

A member of the Democratic National Committee, Wade as an Adviser to President Barack Obama and National Director of Africa-American Vote at the 2008 Obama for America campaign. He was a senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to former Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke where he was a liaison to the White House, businesses, trade associations, civic organizations, and local governments. He was a member of the White House task forces on Puerto Rico, Small Business Contracting, Automobile Recovery, Military Families, and Historically Black Colleges & Universities. He also served on the Interagency Business Council and former Vice President Joe Biden’s Task Force on Middle Class America and worked with the White House on implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Wade also worked with Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to foster regional economic development in distressed areas, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on expanding broadband to rural and urban America, the Minority Business Development Agency to create jobs through the growth of minority-owned businesses, and the Census Bureau on executing the 2010 decennial census.

He was an executive at Hoffman-La Roche and Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. He also had experience at the South Carolina House of Representatives, the Cabinet of the Governor, and the Office of the President at the University of South Carolina.

Wade received his B.S. from the University of South Carolina and an M.P.A. from Harvard University. He was awarded honorary doctorates from Benedict College and South Carolina State University and has received numerous awards for exemplary leadership and public service.