Ryan Sarsfield

Senior Advisor for Biodiversity Markets
Epic

Ryan is the Senior Advisor for Biodiversity Markets at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), where he is building a market for biodiversity credits in the U.S. and abroad. This follows many years of work focused on balancing habitat conservation and resource use in agricultural supply chains. Leveraging EPIC’s expertise in wetlands, habitat, and species markets, Ryan collaborates with biodiversity credit developers, investors, and landowners to make investing in nature a reality.
Prior to joining EPIC, Ryan worked at the World Resources Institute, where he led private sector engagement in Latin America for Global Forest Watch (GFW). There, he helped develop GFW Pro, a tool designed for corporate and financial sector users to reduce tropical deforestation, with a focus on soybean and cattle supply chains. His previous experience also includes roles at the Inter-American Development Bank (MIF), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the National Wildlife Federation, and the forest carbon industry.
Ryan holds a B.S. in Biology from Cornell University and a Master’s in Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment.

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