Behind the forest

We're a unique mix of foresters, technology experts, and creative communicators. We're brought together by a shared commitment to solve climate change and leave behind a living planet for the next generation.

Leadership

Our leaders are experts and veterans from a diversity of fields.

Yishan Wong

Founder and CEO

Engineer and climate activist. Specializes in rapid growth tech impact. Ex-engineer at PayPal, Facebook. Ex-CEO Reddit.

Jill Wagner

Chief Forestry Officer

Forester, horticulturist and land use specialist. Director of the Hawaiʻi Island Seed Bank. Founder of Future Forests Nursery.

Ethan Cary

VP of Product Development

Leads construction and deployment of on-site forest tech. Ex-engineer Matterport, PayPal, eBay.

Yacin Bahi

VP of Research and Development

Passionate about clean code and healthy forests. Applied Math PhD. Executive and research scientist at security, AI, and music companies.

Margaret Morales

VP of Communications and Marketing

Writer, reader, learner, maker. Working to inspire a positive climate future.

Yee Lee

VP of Growth

Engineer and product designer. Ex-Facebook, Google, TaskRabbit, Skype, and PayPal. Loves trees.

Jonathan Kim

Head of Product

Makes products people love. Tech entrepreneur, storyteller and Hawaii kamaʻāina.

Celia Francis

Head of Global Business Development and Sales

Works with partners around the world to develop profitable regenerative forestry projects. Ex technology CEO, community leader.

Aubrey Vella

Head of People

Focused on attracting, growing and retaining amazing talent. Building and scaling a great working environment so employees can do their best work.

Christina Cervantes

Chief of Staff

Coach, project manager, engineer, and force multiplier. Ensures even our most complex projects land smoothly.

Ricky Fong

General Counsel

Manages legal risks as we build and scale. Aligns legal and business strategic objectives. Ex-fintech lawyer, startup builder and investor.

Huey Lin

Special Projects

Gap filler, executive liaison, and ad hoc swiss army knife, always ensuring we can tackle our toughest problems. Ex-PayPal, Affirm, and Flexport.

Forestry

Terraformation's forestry team: our on-the-ground heroes that know just how restoration happens. From forestry experts to soil scientists and seed bankers, these are the people that keep us moving forward.

Jill Wagner

Head of Forestry

Forester, horticulturist, and land use specialist. Director of the Hawaiʻi Island Seed Bank. Founder of Future Forests Nursery.

Marian Chau

Head of Seed Banking

Seed banker, ecologist, and biodiversity protector. Botany PhD. Founder/Co-Chair of IUCN Seed Conservation Specialist Group. He haumana mau loa o ka ʻāina.

Lehua Todero

Nursery Manager

Native plant steward, seed collector, and banker. Passionate about Hawaiian native plants and conservation. Surfer. Named for the Hawaiian ʻOhiʻa flower.

Johannes Seidel

Restoration Manager

Landscape planning engineer. Tree planter. Carbon counter. Founder of CarbonBuddy.

Thomas Bolton

Nursery Operations Lead

Jack-of-all-trades. Builder. Seed collector. Soil grower. Former apple farmer.

Ruth Bone

Forestry Partnerships

Passionate about community collaboration to restore Mother Earth. Botany PhD. Countryside wanderer. Former Pacific Regional Coordinator for the Millennium Seed Bank.

Christian Torres

Forestry Partnerships

Botanist, arborist, and conservationist. Passionate about rare plants. Former International Institute of Tropical Forestry botanist, Director of Puerto Rico's Doña Inés Park.

Victoria Meyer

Carbon Scientist

Forest biomass expert, combining field data and remote sensing. Environmental science PhD. Passionate about art and science interactions. Former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) researcher. Lecturer at Caltech.

David Clausnitzer

Soil Scientist

Site restoration assessor. Ensures the right plants land in the right place. Soil science PhD. Trumpeter and pianist. Former US Geological Survey and Natural Resource Conservation Service.

Hilary Flaming

Nursery Assistant

Forest steward restoring Hawaii's last lowland forest. Former midwife. Subsistence farmer. Passionate about restoring human connection with nature, running and ocean swimming.

Lopaka Dela Cruz

Restoration Technician

Resident animal control specialist. Weed tamer. Rock wall and fencing expert. Grew up on a Kona, Hōnaunau coffee farm.

Nyree Hulme

Restoration Technician

Tree planter and weed slayer. Tackles new challenges daily. Biology program graduate from University of Hawaiʻi. World traveler.

Timon Skinner

Restoration Technician

Prepares nursery seedlings for out-planting. Ecology and biology program graduate from University of Hawaiʻi. Studied Hawaiian native birds. Hiker and swimmer.

Kimberly De Souza-Anderson

Supply Chain Specialist

Environmental activist. Former energy efficiency business development and project manager. Subsistence farmer. Ceramic artist inspired by native Hawaiian flora and fauna.

Meet our team

Read about our team members' experiences and reasons for joining Terraformation!

Meet Dr. Yacin Bahi — Vice President of R&D and Tech

After a 25-year career leveraging technology to solve problems, Dr. Yacin Bahi is using his experience to address the most urgent issue yet: climate change.

Meet Dr. Ruth Bone — Forestry Partnerships Lead

After nearly a decade of research on the science team at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Dr. Ruth Bone believes restoration begins with listening.

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