Connecting Policy, Practice, Business,
Science & People

Since 1997, the Environmental Markets Conference continues to connect and convene each spring as it rotates around the U.S. serving as the powerful, independent, and balanced platform for improving resiliency and sustained environmental outcomes with economic and public benefit.

EMC has evolved and expanded its engagement across compliance, voluntary and resiliency drivers of private market mechanisms to protect, mitigate and restore our natural resources with increased transparency and accountability further supporting increased private investment in the environment.

Known as “the must attend event” for those involved in protecting, mitigating and restoring our natural resource assets such as fish, wildlife and species, water, wetlands, streams, water quality and quantity, carbon, biodiversity and related environmental markets, EMC is the new name of the of the National Mitigation & Environmental Markets / Mitigation Banking Conference, continuing its mission of connecting regulators and resource agencies, mitigation, restoration and offset providers, consumers/customers of offsets, mitigation and restoration, and investors to engage and share resources, best practices, and innovative approaches.

Join key decisionmakers and leaders within and across industry sectors, government agencies and tribal communities as we build scale to deliver sustainable environmental outcomes with economic and public benefit.

A Powerful Platform for Improving Resiliency and Sustainability through Productive Collaboration and Increased Investment

Testimonials

100% of attendees continue to give this conference a thumbs up for its value!  

This conference draws attendance of the most influential policymakers, bankers and consultants in the industry”, Eoin Dougherty, Senior Associate, Environmental Incentives

As a regulator, I was able to exchange ideas and experiences with other regulators … as well as get to know the bankers better – thank you!

I can’t thank you enough — I’m leaving with a business arrangement that never would have happened without this Conference.

This is my favorite conference every year because I get to reconnect with colleagues across the country that are doing new and innovative work in the field with restoration and ecology, with building new markets in carbon.

It’s an amazing convening effort where it gets landowners, resource agencies, mitigation providers, financiers, and insurance enterprises together all under one roof to talk about practical solutions to mitigation.

I really appreciate having chat time with other states and regulatory agencies, it was a wonderful way to hear about their programs, concerns, and issues.

Thank you for providing a conference like this where so many backgrounds can meet together and learn from each other— this is an amazing conference!

Been sponsoring for 28 years and will continue, as the benefits to our company have been worth every penny.

The topics are beneficial for all districts (trends, markets, etc.) as opposed to those focused on a single activity or topic in a specific USACE district.

EMC is guided by a Steering Committee and AdvisorS

STEERING COMMITEE
Troy Anderson, Ecosystem Investment Partners
Carlene Bahler, JT&A, inc.
Jody Bickel, Creekbank Associates
Sean Connolly, SC Department of Transportation
Emily Coyner, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
Richard Darden, Federal Highway Administration
Jonas Epstein, U.S. Forest Service
Matt Gause, Westervelt Ecological Services
Greg Good, The Conservation Fund
Ben Guillon, Conservation Investment Management
Michael Hare, Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments
Palmer Hough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
George Kelly, Earth Recovery Partners
Steve Martin, Subject Matter Expert
Michelle Mattson, Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
George Platt, The Wetlandsbank™ Company, LLC
Michael Ruth, Subject Matter Expert
Robert Spoth, Ecosystems Insurance Associates, LLC
Susan-Marie Stedman, Subject Matter Expert
Gray Stevens, Sandy Creek Partners
Brian Topping, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Advisory Committee
Jamie Becker, Regional Lead, EPA Region 4
Mariah Black Bird-Perry (Cheyenne River Sioux), Former Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Julia Botz, TN Lead, EPA Region 4
Evan Branosky, National Association of Home Builders
Shauna Everett, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Angel Fowler, EcoGenic, TERA
Joshua Frost, USACE-Nashville District
Charlotte Kucera, Federal Highway Administration
Katie Merritt, NC Department of Environmental Quality
Jeff Phillips, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Tim Rach, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Josh Rogers, City of Chattanooga
Ross Rogers, TN Department of Environment & Conservation
Justin Stroman, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Ansley Tilley, EcoStasis, LLC
Will Worrall, USACE-Nashville District

ABOUT AEMI

The Alliance for Environmental Markets & Investments, a 501(C)3 organization, was established as a connector to support the unprecedented level of activity in ecological and environmental restoration and efforts to manage climate impacts.  AEMI’s mission is to collaborate with organizations and connect resources to increase investment in environmental market solutions for public and economic benefit. 

AEMI partnered with JT&A, the founding organization and host of EMC, to guarantee the conference’s long-term continued success and to foster greater opportunities for collaboration and coordination under a nonprofit organization with an educational focus. 

 

 LEARN MORE ABOUT AEMI

ABOUT JT&A

Founded by Judith Ferrell Taggart in Washington, D.C., JT&A, inc. has been connecting, convening and inspiring informed environmental outcomes with economic and public benefit since 1984.  EMC is part of a larger global environmental markets initiative that includes education and outreach at the lay audience level through JT&A’s popular EnviroScape® outreach and education model series in use worldwide. Learn more about JT&A.

Judith Ferrell Taggart of JT&A established EMC and other projects aimed at promoting environmental outcomes with economic and public benefits starting in 1984.  Many of these initiatives are still active both domestically and internationally.

Learn more about Judy and the Founder Awards.

Judith Ferrell Taggart Founder of JT&A, inc, and EMC

Judy led with a balanced approach to education and outreach, convened diverse stakeholders to connect and learn from each other, brought business and government together for the sustained good of the environment and economy.  She  mentored students and young professionals across geographic and cultural boundaries to be the best at their chosen career.

A journalist, editor and writer, college English teacher, entrepreneur and successful business owner, Judy was one of the primary editors of NEPA.  She also created the first outreach materials on nonpoint source for EPA, helped establish the first watershed conference, American Wetlands Month and Audubon’s America, the North American Lake Management Society and the Terrene Institute, and served as a delegate to the RAMSAR convention among other accomplishments, including the creation of the popular EnviroScape® models in use throughout the U.S. and worldwide.  

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