Founder & President
Allan Savory
Allan Savory, born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa (University of Natal, BS in Zoology and Botany) pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe.
Founder & President
Allan Savory
Allan Savory, born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa (University of Natal, BS in Zoology and Botany) pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe.
In the 1960s he made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world’s grassland ecosystems and, as a resource management consultant, worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop sustainable solutions.
He served as a Member of Parliament in the latter days of Zimbabwe’s civil war and became the leader of the opposition to the ruling party headed by Ian Smith. Exiled in 1979 as a result of his opposition, he immigrated to the United States, where he continued to work with land managers through his consulting business. The growth of that business, a desire to assist many more people and the need for furthering his work led him to continue its development in the nonprofit world. In 1992 Savory and his wife, Jody Butterfield, formed a non-profit organization in Zimbabwe, the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, donating a ranch that would serve as a learning site for people all over Africa. In 2009Savory, Butterfield, and a group of colleagues co-founded the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado to serve the world through an international network of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders committed to serving their regions with the highest standards of Holistic Management training and implementation support. The Africa Centre became the first of the Savory Institute’s locally led and managed “hubs.”
Savory’s book, Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-Making (Island Press, 1999), describes his effort to find workable solutions ordinary people could implement to overcome many of the problems besetting communities and businesses today.
In 2003, Allan Savory received Australia’s International Banksia Award “for the person or organization doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 3.4 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time. The Savory Institute is one of 11 finalists in the Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25 million initiative for the successful commercialization of ways of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and keeping them out with no countervailing impacts.

Co-Founder & Chief Curator
Jody Butterfield
Jody has worked over the last 30 years to communicate the story of Holistic Management, initially as a free-lance writer and then as a collaborator with husband Allan Savory on books, articles and papers, including the basic text still in use today-Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore our Environment (Third Edition, 2017). As Chief Curator she ensures that the content of Savory publications and curriculum stays true to Holistic Management principles, even as it expands to incorporate new countries, cultures, and contexts.
Co-Founder & Chief Curator
Jody Butterfield
Jody has worked over the last 30 years to communicate the story of Holistic Management, initially as a free-lance writer and then as a collaborator with husband Allan Savory on books, articles and papers, including the basic text still in use today-Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore our Environment (Third Edition, 2017). As Chief Curator she ensures that the content of Savory publications and curriculum stays true to Holistic Management principles, even as it expands to incorporate new countries, cultures, and contexts.
In 2009, Jody landed the opportunity to fulfill a decades’ long dream to bring Holistic Management to pastoral communities in Africa with a multi-year grant from the US Agency for International Development. Working with training professionals and the staff of the Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM)—which Jody and Allan founded in 1992 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe—she developed methods and materials for introducing pastoral communities to Holistic Land & Livestock Management. ACHM has since trained over 100 community facilitators from Southern Africa who are proving increasingly successful at empowering communities to restore their land through Holistic Planned Grazing.
Jody was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received a BA in Journalism and an MA in American Studies from the University of Utah following a year of classwork, writing and lecturing at the Polytechnic of Central London (U.K.). From 1975–1983 she worked as a freelance writer, editor and photographer, based in The Netherlands, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she met Allan in 1979.

CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
A native Argentinean, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Daniela is an agronomist by profession and holds a MS in Natural Resource Management and Economics. With over 25 years of international experience in ranching, Holistic Management, and collaborative ecosystem restoration programs, Daniela co founded with Allan Savory and other colleagues the Savory Institute in 2009, and became its CEO in 2011. Since then she has led her team in the design and implementation of a revolutionary entrepreneurial, self-sustaining global impact strategy for large-scale restoration of grasslands through Holistic Management to tackle global food and water security, and climate change issues.
She has served as an advisor to sustainability initiatives such as UN Global Compact, UN Rio+20 informal-informals, Solidaridad’s Farmers Support Program (FSP), Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), Sustainable Food Lab, Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), and others.
She holds executive degrees in Advanced Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from University Notre Dame.
Before her involvement with the Savory Institute, Daniela co-founded Del Cerro LLC, a land management and consulting firm and served as its Director for seventeen years. During that time she co managed the family’s 9,000-acre ranch in western Colorado, increasing its productivity by 300%. In the off-season she and her husband led educational ranch tours around the world.
All along she worked closely with Allan Savory, teaching and consulting in many continents, having completed training in Holistic Management with Savory himself in 1996, when she became a certified educator.
Earlier in her career she served as a Resource Policy Analyst for the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture, the Under-secretariat Environmental Policy, and the National Commission for Desertification in Patagonia (CONADEPA); and served as a consultant to the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), and the UN on agricultural and land restoration policies.
An advocate of entrepreneurial approaches to tackle global problems, she is a co-founder and member of Holistic Holdings International Inc. and Grasslands LLC.
An avid traveler, Daniela enjoys exploring with her family the world’s cultures and countryside. Additionally she loves to follow her two daughters in their horse jumping, ballet, and gymnastics performances.

Manager of Operations & Accounting
David Daly
A native of Colorado with a passion for adventure and the outdoors, David brings a successful track record of organizational and financial management to the Savory Institute as the Manager of Operations and Accounting.
David grew up in the open spaces of northern Colorado and fell in love with the outdoors during countless road trips, hikes, and fishing/hunting outings with his family. Prior to his work at the Savory Institute, David studied finance at the University of Colorado and contributed to several successful ventures, from a Colorado based sports non-profit to a multi-national digital startup.
Manager of Operations and Accounting
David Daly
A native of Colorado with a passion for adventure and the outdoors, David brings a successful track record of organizational and financial management to the Savory Institute as the Manager of Operations and Accounting.
David grew up in the open spaces of northern Colorado and fell in love with the outdoors during countless road trips, hikes, and fishing/hunting outings with his family. Prior to his work at the Savory Institute, David studied finance at the University of Colorado and contributed to several successful ventures, from a Colorado based sports non-profit to a multi-national digital startup. A cornerstone of David’s career has been working with high impact organizations and providing them the financial and operational clarity to increase their reach. Most notably, during David’s tenure with USA Rugby the organization’s financials flourished and ushering in a new era of growth leading up to the 2016 Olympics.
An avid traveler and sports enthusiast, when David isn’t off touring the country or the world, he can most often be found at a local park, gym, or sporting event. A resident of Denver, Colorado David also volunteers his time mentoring and coaching the young people of the community with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Director of Development & Communications
Bobby Gill
As Director of Development and Communications for the Savory Institute, Bobby works to create holistic solutions that accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture amongst land managers, business, and consumers. A Biological Resources Engineer by training and community builder through experience, Bobby manages grant-writing, online giving strategy, donor relationships, and overall communications that support Savory Institute’s global efforts to facilitate the large-scale regeneration of the world’s grasslands through Holistic Management.
Director of Corporate Development
Bobby Gill
As Director of Development for the Savory Institute, Bobby works to create holistic solutions that accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture amongst land managers, business, and consumers. A Biological Resources Engineer by training and community builder through experience, Bobby manages grant-writing, online giving strategy, and donor relationships that support Savory Institute’s global efforts to facilitate the large-scale regeneration of the world’s grasslands through Holistic Management.
Originally from the Washington, DC area, he worked for 7 years as a lead scientific reviewer for the US Food & Drug Administration. While designing clinical trials and evaluating the safety and effectiveness of cardiovascular devices, he developed a strong appreciation for analyzing scientific research and understanding the underlying mechanisms of biological systems. This ultimately led him to studying ancestral nutrition and regenerative agricultural systems, challenging the status quo and seeing how working with nature instead of against it optimizes life for all involved.
While at the FDA, he founded a non-profit to help raise funds for a rare genetic disorder afflicting a friend. When the organization gained momentum and needed his full attention, he left the FDA and spent the next few years running its marketing and operations, growing it to a point of $5+ Million in annual revenue. With his organization at a point of self-sufficiency, he moved on to new challenges and joined the Savory Institute to truly put his critical scientific eye, experience growing a non-profit, and strong passion for regenerative agriculture to good use.
Never one to pass up an outdoor experience, Bobby was previously a skydiving instructor and an elite-level ultramarathon runner. He now lives in Denver, Colorado – perfectly situated to enjoy the beautiful mountains to the west and the under-appreciated yet incredibly powerful prairie to the east.

Chief Commercial Officer of Land to Market
Chris Kerston
Chris Kerston ranched full time for nearly 15 yrs before joining the Savory Institute. With a longstanding passion for regenerative agricultural and better food distribution systems, Chris has dedicated his life to helping connect ranchers with consumers in ways that create synergistic value for both sides. With formal training and instinctive talent, Chris utilizes media in concert with traditional marketing techniques to help ranchers share their stories and build long lasting relationships with partners based upon common goals.
Chief Commercial Officer of Land to Market
Chris Kerston
Chris Kerston ranched full time for nearly 15 yrs before joining the Savory Institute. With a longstanding passion for regenerative agricultural and better food distribution systems, Chris has dedicated his life to helping connect ranchers with consumers in ways that create synergistic value for both sides. With formal training and instinctive talent, Chris utilizes media in concert with traditional marketing techniques to help ranchers share their stories and build long lasting relationships with partners based upon common goals.
For 6 years Chris co-managed a 2,000 acre diversified farm based on holistic grazing and permaculture in the Sacramento Valley. The farm is comprised of old growth olive orchards, heirloom stonefruits and citrus groves, and also raises grassfed cattle, sheep, goats, and pasture-raised chickens for both meat and eggs. Through creative positioning, the farm quickly attracted national notoriety and the attention from public figures such as Joel Salatin and Michael Pollan. Chris has also been recognized as a leader in the emerging agri-tourism market and he facilitated a partnership with a European-based hospitality company and the farm he managed. The resulting farmstays provided urban dwellers a recreational, but also educational, outlet to see first-hand how food could be produced in abundance outside the realm of conventional industrial systems.
Chris has become a recognized public speaker championing for stronger connections between grower and eater and providing training to help build those connections. He has been on the forefront of the collaborative process with state and federal regulators, advocating for the recognition of alternative agricultural models as well as the consumers’ right to access healthy local foods. Chris is also very enthusiastic about developing opportunities for young ranchers. Fostering creative solutions to removing barriers of available land and capital will ultimately help cultivate the next generation of holistic land stewards.

Chief Operating Officer of Land to Market
David Rizzo
David Rizzo’s career has evolved from its genesis in IT consulting and small business development to include operations, brand-building, and transformative leadership for internationally-recognized organizations with sustainable, earth-conscious values. Throughout his career in business and technology, one thing has remained at the core of his endeavors – a passion for respecting and protecting the great outdoors. That commitment forms the foundation for his role as Chief Operating Officer of the Savory Institute’s Land to Market Program.
Chief Operating Officer, Land to Market program
David Rizzo
David Rizzo’s career has evolved from its genesis in IT consulting and small business development to include operations, brand-building, and transformative leadership for internationally-recognized organizations with sustainable, earth-conscious values. Throughout his career in business and technology, one thing has remained at the core of his endeavors – a passion for respecting and protecting the great outdoors. That commitment forms the foundation for his role as Chief Operating Officer of the Savory Institute’s Land to Market Program.
While owning an IT firm that offered unique approaches to client engagement and innovative ways of improving business processes through applied technology, David was invited by one of his clients – a startup focused on developing natural and nutritious dog treats – to join the team and help grow the brand beyond infancy. Under his expanded involvement in areas such as IT, marketing, finance, private equity, supply chain management, and operations logistics, Zuke’s went on to become one of the most recognizable names in the pet care industry. Working successfully within various business environments, David led mindful initiatives and strategies after Zuke’s was acquired by Nestle Purina in 2013 and integrated into Merrick Pet Care Pet Care in 2018.
David holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems and an MBA in marketing – both of which he continues to deploy in his lifelong commitment to earth-conscious production and net positive outcomes. Though a native Texan, he has spent the past 20 years calling Colorado home. He and his wife, Jessica, enjoy the great outdoors together and recently welcomed their first son, Hudson, into the world. They are excited to share their mutual love and respect for the environment with him as he grows.

Senior Program Director
Byron Shelton
Byron is the Senior Program Director for the Savory Institute. His role involves providing training in Holistic Management for the worldwide network of Savory Institute Hubs and Accredited Professionals. He also provides farm and ranch management consulting for Savory Institute. Byron is a Savory Institute Master Field Professional.
Byron is the founder and managing member of a private consulting firm providing facilitation and training in whole farm planning using Holistic Management™ decision-making, financial planning, ecosystem processes management, planned grazing, ecological monitoring, land planning, policy analysis and development processes, and low stress animal handling in agricultural, natural resource, business, family, and community settings.
Senior Program Director
Byron Shelton
Byron is the Senior Program Director for the Savory Institute. His role involves providing training in Holistic Management for the worldwide network of Savory Institute Hubs and Accredited Professionals. He also provides farm and ranch management consulting for Savory Institute. Byron is a Savory Institute Master Field Professional.
Byron is the founder and managing member of a private consulting firm providing facilitation and training in whole farm planning using Holistic Management™ decision-making, financial planning, ecosystem processes management, planned grazing, ecological monitoring, land planning, policy analysis and development processes, and low stress animal handling in agricultural, natural resource, business, family, and community settings. He has worked with large and small beef and dairy operations as well as with a wide range of other livestock and crop enterprises across North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Mideast.
Byron is the founder and managing member of a private land management company producing and marketing 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, land-improving, beyond-organic beef. He has managed organic and non-organic ranches and farms in Colorado, New Mexico, and Virginia. Grass-based enterprises managed include cattle, veal, bison, sheep, hog, broiler, layer, and turkey. Other enterprises managed include orchard, market garden, draft show horse, hay, guest ranch, horse, and adventure youth/family camp enterprises.
Byron served as a founding Board Member of the Central Colorado Food Shed Alliance, Faculty Innovator Coordinator in Instructional Technology for Colorado Mountain College, Adjunct Instructor of Agriculture/Natural Resource Economics at Colorado Mountain College, Career/job Skills Instructor for the Colorado Correctional Alternative Program, President and Board Member of the Colorado Branch of Holistic Management, Independent Construction Contractor, Camp/Guest Ranch Director, and as a High School Vocational Agriculture Instructor and FFA and Young Farmer Advisor in Colorado.
Byron has an A.A.S. Degree in Outdoor Education from Colorado Mountain College, a B.S. Degree in Vocational Agriculture Education from Colorado State University, and a M.E. Degree in Instructional Technology from Lesley University.

Network Coordinator
Abbey Smith
Network Coordinator
Abbey Smith

Chief Finance Officer
Jim Snyder
Jim is an entrepreneur and finance professional whose career has included senior management positions within start-ups, spin-offs and the national governing body for the fastest growing team sport in America. Consistent creativity and problem solving has allowed Jim to be a major contributor to the rapid growth of each of his prior organizations. Before joining Savory, Jim was CFO and Interim CEO of USA Rugby. During his time at USA Rugby, Jim directed all finance and accounting aspects of the organization during a period of record growth. Prior to USA Rugby, Jim was Founder and President of a company working with commercial fleets to help them reduce their overall emissions impact by finding creative ways to switch their on-highway and off-highway vehicles to alternative fuels.
Chief Finance Officer
Jim Snyder
Jim is an entrepreneur and finance professional whose career has included senior management positions within start-ups, spin-offs and the national governing body for the fastest growing team sport in America. Consistent creativity and problem solving has allowed Jim to be a major contributor to the rapid growth of each of his prior organizations. Before joining Savory, Jim was CFO and Interim CEO of USA Rugby. During his time at USA Rugby, Jim directed all finance and accounting aspects of the organization during a period of record growth. Prior to USA Rugby, Jim was Founder and President of a company working with commercial fleets to help them reduce their overall emissions impact by finding creative ways to switch their on-highway and off-highway vehicles to alternative fuels. Jim began his career with Arthur Andersen in their New York City office prior to moving to Colorado. Jim holds a BA from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of Colorado. He lives in Arvada with his wife Rosana, his son Kellan and Daughter Marlowe. Jim is an avid skier, mountain biker, runner and motorcyclist.

Virtual Producer & Executive Assistant
Paige Yungstrom
A Boulder native, Paige brings more than 25 years in virtual production, events management, executive administration, sustainability leadership, sales & marketing, and human resources. A passionate professional and “Jill of all trades,” she’s garnered awards for her dedication and experience. Previously, Paige worked in corporate finance, where she founded and managed an award-winning team for sustainability, wellness and philanthropic efforts. Her team helped encourage sustainable practices at work and at home, promoting healthy activity through good eating and exercise and provided philanthropic opportunities.
Virtual Producer & Executive Assistant
Paige Yungstrom
A Boulder native, Paige brings more than 25 years in virtual production, events management, executive administration, sustainability leadership, sales & marketing, and human resources. A passionate professional and “Jill of all trades,” she’s garnered awards for her dedication and experience. Previously, Paige worked in corporate finance, where she founded and managed an award-winning team for sustainability, wellness and philanthropic efforts. Her team helped encourage sustainable practices at work and at home, promoting healthy activity through good eating and exercise and provided philanthropic opportunities. Paige is also the Founder and Owner of a handmade, artisan soap company called Boulder Native Soap Company and donates a portion of proceeds to the Savory Institute. Paige earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University in Human Development and Family Studies. She has an extensive volunteer background working with such companies as The Boulder Chamber, Community Food Share, United Way, Crossroads Cares Food Bank and Meals on Wheels. Paige thrives when she knows she’s making a positive difference in others’ lives and for upcoming generations. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her loving husband and incredible son, cooking and hosting events, dancing, going to outdoor concerts, photography and enjoying the endless natural beauty and outdoor activities that incomparable Colorado has to offer.
Founder & President
Allan Savory
Founder & President
Allan Savory
Allan Savory, born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa (University of Natal, BS in Zoology and Botany) pursued an early career as a research biologist and game ranger in the British Colonial Service of what was then Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) and later as a farmer and game rancher in Zimbabwe.
In the 1960s he made a significant breakthrough in understanding what was causing the degradation and desertification of the world’s grassland ecosystems and, as a resource management consultant, worked with numerous managers on four continents to develop sustainable solutions.
He served as a Member of Parliament in the latter days of Zimbabwe’s civil war and became the leader of the opposition to the ruling party headed by Ian Smith. Exiled in 1979 as a result of his opposition, he immigrated to the United States, where he continued to work with land managers through his consulting business. The growth of that business, a desire to assist many more people and the need for furthering his work led him to continue its development in the nonprofit world. In 1992 Savory and his wife, Jody Butterfield, formed a non-profit organization in Zimbabwe, the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, donating a ranch that would serve as a learning site for people all over Africa. In 2009Savory, Butterfield, and a group of colleagues co-founded the Savory Institute in Boulder, Colorado to serve the world through an international network of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders committed to serving their regions with the highest standards of Holistic Management training and implementation support. The Africa Centre became the first of the Savory Institute’s locally led and managed “hubs.”
Savory’s book, Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-Making (Island Press, 1999), describes his effort to find workable solutions ordinary people could implement to overcome many of the problems besetting communities and businesses today.
In 2003, Allan Savory received Australia’s International Banksia Award “for the person or organization doing the most for the environment on a global scale,” and in 2010 Savory (and the Africa Centre) received the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Challenge award for work that has “significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.” A TED talk Savory gave in 2013 has received over 3.4 million views and in 2014 was voted one of the 50 most intriguing TED talks of all time. The Savory Institute is one of 11 finalists in the Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25 million initiative for the successful commercialization of ways of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and keeping them out with no countervailing impacts.
Co-Founder & Chief Curator
Jody Butterfield
Jody has worked over the last 30 years to communicate the story of Holistic Management, initially as a free-lance writer and then as a collaborator with husband Allan Savory on books, articles and papers, including the basic text still in use today-Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore our Environment (Third Edition, 2017). As Chief Curator she ensures that the content of Savory publications and curriculum stays true to Holistic Management principles, even as it expands to incorporate new countries, cultures, and contexts.
In 2009, Jody landed the opportunity to fulfill a decades’ long dream to bring Holistic Management to pastoral communities in Africa with a multi-year grant from the US Agency for International Development. Working with training professionals and the staff of the Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM)—which Jody and Allan founded in 1992 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe—she developed methods and materials for introducing pastoral communities to Holistic Land & Livestock Management. ACHM has since trained over 100 community facilitators from Southern Africa who are proving increasingly successful at empowering communities to restore their land through Holistic Planned Grazing.
Jody was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received a BA in Journalism and an MA in American Studies from the University of Utah following a year of classwork, writing and lecturing at the Polytechnic of Central London (U.K.). From 1975–1983 she worked as a freelance writer, editor and photographer, based in The Netherlands, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she met Allan in 1979.
Co-Founder & Chief Curator
Jody Butterfield
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
A native Argentinean, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Daniela is an agronomist by profession and holds a MS in Natural Resource Management and Economics. With over 25 years of international experience in ranching, Holistic Management, and collaborative ecosystem restoration programs, Daniela co founded with Allan Savory and other colleagues the Savory Institute in 2009, and became its CEO in 2011. Since then she has led her team in the design and implementation of a revolutionary entrepreneurial, self-sustaining global impact strategy for large-scale restoration of grasslands through Holistic Management to tackle global food and water security, and climate change issues.
She has served as an advisor to sustainability initiatives such as UN Global Compact, UN Rio+20 informal-informals, Solidaridad’s Farmers Support Program (FSP), Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), Sustainable Food Lab, Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), and others.
She holds executive degrees in Advanced Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from University Notre Dame.
Before her involvement with the Savory Institute, Daniela co-founded Del Cerro LLC, a land management and consulting firm and served as its Director for seventeen years. During that time she co managed the family’s 9,000-acre ranch in western Colorado, increasing its productivity by 300%. In the off-season she and her husband led educational ranch tours around the world.
All along she worked closely with Allan Savory, teaching and consulting in many continents, having completed training in Holistic Management with Savory himself in 1996, when she became a certified educator.
Earlier in her career she served as a Resource Policy Analyst for the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture, the Under-secretariat Environmental Policy, and the National Commission for Desertification in Patagonia (CONADEPA); and served as a consultant to the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), and the UN on agricultural and land restoration policies.
An advocate of entrepreneurial approaches to tackle global problems, she is a co-founder and member of Holistic Holdings International Inc. and Grasslands LLC.
An avid traveler, Daniela enjoys exploring with her family the world’s cultures and countryside. Additionally she loves to follow her two daughters in their horse jumping, ballet, and gymnastics performances.
CEO & Co-Founder
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
Founder & President, Capital Institute
John Fullerton
John is the Founder and President of Capital Institute, a collaborative space working to transform finance to serve a more just, regenerative, and sustainable economic system. Through the work of Capital Institute, regular public speaking engagements, and university lectures, John has become a recognized thought leader in the New Economy space generally, and the financial system transformation challenge in particular.
Founder & President, Capital Institute
John Fullerton
Founder at Being Imaginal
Jason Knoll
Jason offers a unique combination of visionary insight and grounded skill. He is a versatile business leader with a proven career focus on inspiring the conditions for peak performance. Jason brings 30+ years experience in general management, strategic planning, business development, and financial analysis. He possesses strong acumen in business accelerator methodologies that empower organizations to move consciously from conceptualization to implementation. Jason began his career as a CPA with one of the world’s largest public accounting firms. He has worked with startups pioneering new, disruptive technologies and related services. Jason has also served in key executive roles for large, established organizations. His experience spans multiple industries and businesses ranging from pure startup to multinational corporations. Jason has a highly creative side and a compelling sense of curiosity that allows him to thrive in the field of unlimited possibility.
Founder, Being Imaginal
Jason Knoll
Ecological Outcome Verification™ Team
Meet the TEAM BEHIND EOV™

Pablo Borrelli
PROGRAM MANAGER & QUALITY ASSURANCE
Program Manager and Quality Assurance, Ecological Outcome Verification program
Pablo Borrelli
Raised in Rio Gallegos, Argentina, Pablo is an agronomist who studied at Mar del Plata National University in Buenos Aires. In the 80’s, he started his research of Patagonian grasslands with a focus on the growing desertification in the region. He worked advising local producers on grassland management and, in the 90’s, was designated Research Station Director at INTA (Agriculture Technology National Institute). In the early 2000’s, he held a position at the National Agriculture Secretary mentoring a national sheep development policy.
In 2003, he co-founded Ovis 21 with Ricardo Fenton with the mission of “promoting a grassland regeneration culture and biodiversity, so the land can sustain people, its business, and communities.” Along with Ovis 21, he has introduced most innovations in the sheep sector of Patagonia, including the Multi Purpose Merino, the Sustainable Wool chain, and Holistic Management. An accredited Master Field Professional of the Savory Global Network and leader of the Argentinian Hub, he has trained more than 400 Holistic Management practitioners in Argentina, Spain, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia.
In 2011, he developed the Grassland Regeneration and Sustainable Standard (GRASS) standard, with input from The Nature Conservancy. The GRASS standard certified nearly 1,3 million hectares in Patagonia and evolved to become Savory’s Ecological Outcome VerificationTM (EOVTM) protocol with contributions from Michigan State University and other experienced field professionals from the Savory Institute. In addition to his work with Ovis 21, Pablo is currently Program Manager and leads Quality Assurance for the Ecological Outcome Verification program at the Savory Institute.

Guillermo Vila Melo
VERIFICATION COORDINATOR
VERIFICATION COORDINATOR, EOV™ QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM
Guillermo Vila Melo
Agronomist, with intensive practices in livestock production and sustainable territorial development in arid and semi-arid regions. Worked with multilateral and bilateral organizations, as well as national, provincial and municipal governments of Latin American countries, in the development of indigenous and peasant communities, improving the quality of their agricultural production systems, optimizing the obtaining and adding value to their raw materials.
Had worked in the design, implementation, management, as well as supervision and monitoring of rural development projects and country programs. In the private sector specialized in high altitude livestock (llamas & alpacas).
Certified since 2014 as Holistic Educator of the Savory Institute participating in the implementation of the methodology in farms, and trainee courses. Guillermo was the main translator from English to Spanish of the Holistic Management book and eBooks.

Paola Imberti
ONBOARDING COORDINATOR
ONBOARDING COORDINATOR, EOV™ QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM
Paola Imberti
Born in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina in 1973. Lived there until finished high school and then moved to Buenos Aires where to become an Agronomist at Universidad Católica Argentina. Went back to Patagonia in 1996 and since then working on grassland evaluation-mostly in Santa Cruz province- and digital processing of satellite imagery for farms in Santa Cruz, Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén and Chile.
Since 1997 is business agent in south Patagonia of Compañía Argentina de Tierras CAT (rural real state, valuation and division of farms). From 2000 to 2003 worked for OIA (Organización Intenacional Agropecuaria) as an Organic Farm Verifier, having verified more than 40 farms in Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego and 54 small goat producers from Mendoza province.
Founder member of Ovis 21 and along with her husband represent Ovis 21 in Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego. Together they have been doing Short Term Monitoring since 2003 (400.000 hectares per year) and Long Term Monitoring since 2012. Became Accredited Professional in Holistic Management in 2012- trained by Brian Marshall – and worked since then with farms in Santa Cruz and Chile.

Juan Pedro Borrelli
COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR
COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR, EOV™ QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM
Juan Pedro Borrelli
Born in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina in 1990. Finished high school and moved to Buenos Aires in 2008. Studied Social Work in Universidad de Buenos Aires from 2008 to 2011 while he volunteered in different NGO’s such as TECHO and Colectivo Solidario, searching for solutions to urban poverty.
From 2011 to 2014 studied Multimedia Design in Taller Imagen Institute, Buenos Aires. He developed communication, graphic design and video production tools. In 2013 wroted, filmed and edited an Ovis 21 documentary.
In the same year he developed his own textile brand in Calafate, Santa Cruz. He finished his studies and traveled US and Latin America on his bicycle for one and a half years in 2014 – 2015, looking for permacultural experiences in the region. Since January 2016 works in Ovis 21 as Communication Coordinator, being in charge of the HM School, the company Marketing and Networking.
He hosted Ovis 21 main social events, including the Encuentro con Allan Savory’s conference in Buenos Aires, November 2016. He ran the textile brand Ultimate Merino from 2016 to 2018.

Tré Cates
Managing Director, nRhythm
Managing Director, nRhythm
Tré Cates
Consulting with organizations in a variety of industries across 6 continents and 35 countries, Tré has proven to be indispensable in designing, developing, and implementing an organization’s purpose for the future. He currently serves as Managing Director for nRhythm, an organizational development and design consulting firm dedicated to bringing a regenerative approach to organizations. Tré’s industry experience is very diverse from the development of faith-based community organizations, a publicly-traded technology company, to a multinational organization working in 20+ countries. One of his companies was recognized twice as one of the fastest growing companies in the US on the INC 500/5000 list. He has won several top individual awards in the state of Colorado including Entrepreneur of Distinction in Boulder, CO and two-time semi-finalist of Colorado’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He is active in his community by serving on the board of several companies including multiple non-profits. Tréhas a BA in Philosophy from Ouachita Baptist University and a MA in Theology from Southwestern seminary.

Taylor Collins
Founder, EPIC Provisions
Market Partner and Adviser
Taylor Collins
Taylor Collins is the Co-founder and CEO of Epic Provisions, the fastest growing CPG meat company in natural foods. Leveraging the EPIC brand to grow supply chains of grass fed and holistically managed animals, Taylor and his wife Katie have pioneered early communications with consumers and retailers on the benefits of regenerative land management. Speaking to the value of branding, messaging, and storytelling, Taylor is recognized throughout the natural foods industry as an expert on connecting with customers and creating authentic marketing strategy. EPIC’s meteoric rise led to a full acquisition of the brand by General Mills in 2016. Today him and his wife continue leading the company and driving positive change in agriculture, big business, and accessibility to high quality meat. Taylor serves on numerous mission driven company advisory boards where he pushes founders to execute on audacious visions. Hailing from the rugged Hill Country of Austin TX, Taylor’s love of the outdoors is the stimulus for his passion and creativity. When not working, Taylor is often found trail running deep in the Barton Creek Greenbelt or looking for buffalo to befriend. Taylor is both a competitive runner, lover of Katie, and father to Scout.

Durukan Dudu
Hub leader (Turkey)
Hub leader (Turkey, Anadolu Meraları)
Durukan Dudu
Durukan Dudu is the Savory hub leader in Turkey, Anadolu Meraları (Anatolian Grasslands). Upon graduating Rural Development and Natural Resources Management masters in Sweden, he established Anadolu Meraları.
Since very early 20s, he is an active individual on climate change and ecology movements in Turkey: Having co-founded Yeşil Gazete (Green Gazette), Turkey’s first online and daily ecology newspapers, worked in prominent NGOs in his 20s and co-established a number of social enterprises, he’s focused on his work with Anadolu Meraları as CEO (or “servant”, in another word), and an accredited Savory field professional and a shepherd whenever he can find time for it.
By 2018 summer, he also started working for FAO as consultant on communal grassland management projects and policy making for government. Born in 1985.

Will Harris
Hub Leader (Georgia, USA) & Market Engagement Advisor
Hub Leader (GA,USA) and Market Engagement Adviser
Will Harris
Will Harris is a fourth generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia’s School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated in 1976 and returned to Bluffton where he and his father continued to raise cattle using pesticides, herbicides, hormones and antibiotics. They also fed their herd a high-carbohydrate diet of corn and soy. These tools did a fantastic job of taking the cost out of the system, but in the mid-1990’s Will became disenchanted with the excesses of these industrialized methods. They had created a monoculture for their cattle, and, as Will says, “nature abhors a monoculture.” In 1995, Will made the audacious decision to return to the farming methods his great-grandfather had used 130 years before. Since Will has successfully implemented these changes, he has been recognized all over the world as a leader in humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability. Will is the immediate past President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Organics. He is the Beef Director of the American Grassfed Association, and was selected 2011 Business Person of the year for Georgia by the Small Business Administration. Will has trained under the Savory Institute and is currently leading a Savory Network Accredited Hub. Will lives in his family home on the property with his wife Yvonne. He is the proud father of three daughters, Jessi, Jenni, and Jodi. His favorite place in the world to be is out in pastures, where he likes to have a big coffee at sunrise and a 750ml glass of wine at sunset.

David Haynes
Managing Director, Greenmont Capital Partners II
MANAGING DIRECTOR, GREENMONT CAPITAL PARTNERS II
David Haynes
Dave Haynes has served as Managing Director for Greenmont Capital Partners II since its inception in 2008. Greenmont Capital is an impact venture capital firm based in Boulder, CO focused on investing in impact oriented organizations. Dave currently represents Greenmont on the Board of Madhava Natural Sweeteners, serves as an advisor to New Resource Bank, and serves on the board of Save The Waves, a non-profit organization in California, dedicated to protecting imperiled coastlines and surf locations around the world. Prior to joining Greenmont Capital, Dave served as CEO of a number of early stage start-ups as well as Entrepreneur in Residence at Boulder Ventures. Early in his career, Dave worked in San Francisco for a variety of financial institutions including Volpe Welty & Co., Raymond James Financial and Prudential Securities. In 1996, Dave founded AudioBase, Inc., a streaming media company located in Sausalito, CA. He served as Chairman and CEO throughout his tenure during which he raised $30 million from strategic and financial investors. Dave sold AudioBase in 2002. Dave is a passionate musician and athlete and tries his best to weave those activities into a daily routine.

Trent Hendricks
Hub Leader (Missouri, USA) & Market Engagement Advisor
Owner/Rancher - Cabriejo Ranch
Trent Hendricks
Trent Hendricks is a rancher, consultant and serial entrepreneur having interests in all things agricultural, food, and environment. Trent provides integrated holistic solutions from the “Soil to the Board room” to business startups and large CPGs (Consumer Packaged Goods companies).Trent’s unique perspective and direct experience with supply systems development, product design and recipe formulation are rooted in a deep commitment to regenerative resource utilization and to delivering positive economic outcomes to his partners and clients.
Trent also serves as a board member for the American Grassfed Association and the Grassfed Alliance, and is an accredited Savory Field Professional. Trent and his partner Rachel, along with their 6 children, own Cabriejo Ranch in the Ozarks where they produce grassfed beef and lamb along with operating their ranch as a Savory Global Influencer Hub. Trent and Rachel have a history of producing award winning farmstead raw milk cheese, yogurt and charcuterie, along with rehabilitating large tracts of land in multiple bioregions, skills he utilizes with his consulting clients. Reuben Hendricks, the oldest in the family, is the youngest accredited Savory Field Professional so far, but his younger sisters may take the title!
When not engaged off the ranch, you can find Trent reading to feed his insatiable curiosity, working with his horses – and pondering the correlations between natural horsemanship, the land and people, or cooking for his family. Trent’s passion is reviving rural communities with Holistic Management and grassland economies.

Mimi Hillenbrand
Owner, 777 BISON RANCH
OWNER, 777 BISON RANCH
Mimi Hillenbrand
Mimi Hillenbrand has been running the 777 Ranch for the family for 15 years and has worked on the ranch since she was a kid. It has always been her dream to run a ranch in the West. She has always had a passion for the land and all that lives there.
Mimi completed her undergraduate studies at The University of Montana and received a BS in Wildlife Biology and received her Master’s in Agricultural Sciences from Colorado State University.
She has studied Holistic Management and has been practicing it for over 30 years. Mimi has the best outdoor office, works with amazing people, and loves the bison and land, which teach her something new every day.

Seth Itzkan
Director, Soil4Climate
Climate Advocacy Adviser
Seth Itzkan
Seth Itzkan is Co-founder and Co-director of Soil4Climate. He is an environmental futurist investigating innovative means of land management that offer hope for reversing global warming. He is a TEDx speaker on restoring grasslands with planned grazing. He has consulted for The Boston Foundation, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and the US Bureau of the Census. He is a graduate of Tufts University, College of Engineering and the Studies of the Future Program at University of Houston-Clear Lake. His private consultancy is Planet-TECH Associates.

Jason Knoll
Founder at Being Imaginal
Founder at Being Imaginal
Jason Knoll
Jason offers a unique combination of visionary insight and grounded skill. He is a versatile business leader with a proven career focus on inspiring the conditions for peak performance. Jason brings 30+ years experience in general management, strategic planning, business development, and financial analysis. He possesses strong acumen in business accelerator methodologies that empower organizations to move consciously from conceptualization to implementation. Jason began his career as a CPA with one of the world’s largest public accounting firms. He has worked with startups pioneering new, disruptive technologies and related services. Jason has also served in key executive roles for large, established organizations. His experience spans multiple industries and businesses ranging from pure startup to multinational corporations. Jason has a highly creative side and a compelling sense of curiosity that allows him to thrive in the field of unlimited possibility.

Victoria Keziah
Founder, NetGenerative
Founder, NetGenerative
Victoria Keziah
Victoria is a twenty-five year strategist with a proven history of building brands from the bottom up. She began her career in the New York advertising world as a Strategic Planner and market researcher. She then founded and built one of the world’s first boutique brand strategy firms, Kindred Keziah Inc., which grew to house three divisions — Consumer Insights, Brand Strategy, and New Product Innovation — with offices in Boulder and New York and a roster of Fortune 500 clients. In 2005 she sold Kindred Keziah to senior management and devoted her work to sustainable and social innovation exclusively.

Hunter Lovins
President & Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Regenerative Economy Partner & Adviser
Hunter Lovins
Hunter Lovins is the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS), a nonprofit formed in 2002 in Longmont, CO. A renowned author and champion of sustainable development for over 35 years, Hunter has consulted on sustainable agriculture, energy, water, security, and climate policies for scores of governments, communities, and companies worldwide. Within the United States, she has consulted for the Presidential Cabinet, Department of Defense, EPA, Department of Energy and numerous state and local agencies. Hunter believes that citizens, communities and companies, working together within the market context, are the most dynamic problem-solving force on the planet. She has devoted herself to building teams that can create and implement practical and affordable solutions to the problems facing us in creating a sustainable future. Hunter has co‐authored fifteen books and hundreds of articles, and was featured in the award‐winning film, Lovins On the Soft Path. Her best‐known book, Natural Capitalism, has been translated into a more than three dozen languages and summarized in Harvard Business Review. Its sequel, Climate Capitalism, won the Atlas Award. Her latest, Creating a Lean and Green Business System won the Shingo Prize. Hunter has taught at numerous universities around the world, was a founding professor of Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School (San Francisco). Currently she is a professor of Sustainable Management at Bard College (New York City, Bard MBA). Named a Master at the Chinese De Tao Academy, Hunter helped launch the Institute for Green Investment in Shanghai, and she is a Fellow of the Fowler Center at Case Western University. Lovins has consulted for scores of industries and governments worldwide, including International Finance Corporation, Unilever, Walmart, the United Nations and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as such sustainability champions as Interface, Patagonia and Clif Bar. She has briefed heads of state, leaders of the numerous local governments, the Pentagon, Congress and officials in more that 30 other countries. Hunter lectures regularly to audiences around the globe. She has worked in economic development from Afghanistan to New Zealand, and served the King of Bhutan on his International Expert Working Group, charged with reinventing the global economy. She sits on the Executive Committee of the Club of Rome, the steering committee of the Alliance for Sustainability and Prosperity, and Capital Institute’s Advisory Board. A founding mentor of the Unreasonable Institute, Hunter teaches entrepreneurship and coaches social enterprises around the world. She is also a founding partner in Principium, an impact-investing firm. Hunter has won dozens of awards from the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel), Leadership in Business, The Rachel Carson Award, and the European Sustainability Pioneer award. Time magazine recognized her as a Millennium Hero for the Planet, and Newsweek called her the Green Business Icon.

Diana Rodgers
Nutritionist, author & filmmaker
Nutritionist, Author & Filmmaker
Diana Rodgers
Diana Rodgers, RD, LDN, NTP is a “real food” nutritionist living on a working organic farm near Boston, Massachusetts that runs a vegetable and meat CSA. She is the author of two bestselling cookbooks and runs a clinical nutrition practice. Diana writes and speaks about the intersection of optimal human nutrition, environmental sustainability, animal welfare and social justice. She is also the producer of The Sustainable Dish Podcast, interviewing experts in the environmental and health movement. Diana is a board member of Animal Welfare Approved, is dietitian advisor to Whole30, Nom Nom Paleo, and Robb Wolf. Her new film project, Sacred Cow, examines the environmental, nutritional and ethical case for “better meat”. She can be found at www.sustainabledish.com

Woody Tasch
Founder, Slow Money Institute
FOUNDER AT SLOW MONEY INSTITUTE
Woody Tasch
Woody Tasch, the Founder of the Slow Money Institute, is the author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered, which sparked a movement and led to the flow of more than $60 million to hundreds of local and organic food enterprises around the country. In 2017, he published his second book, SOIL: Notes Towards the Theory and Practice of Nurture Capital, which one early reviewer calls “Walden for the 21st Century.” Woody is former Chairman and CEO of Investors’ Circle, one of the country’s oldest angel networks and the only one dedicated to sustainability, steering more than $200 million into 300 early stage companies since 1992. He was previously Treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, where he pioneered mission related investing. He was also founding chairman of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance. Utne Reader named Woody one of “25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.”
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