Leslie L. Durschinger – Over 20 years of experience and a proven track record in the financial services industry with senior management positions in the areas of derivative trading, investment advisory, algorithmic trading, risk management, and securities lending. She founded Terra Global Capital in 2006 to facilitate the market for land-based carbon offsets. Terra is now the leader in land-use carbon analytics, finance and advisory providing carbon development expertise to their global client base in a collaborative and innovative manner. She is a member of the VCS Steering Committee, REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards Committee, Coalition for Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, and Panda Standards. Her prior firms have included JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Global Investors and Charles Schwab.