Jonathan Loevner

Jon is a Manager, Investments at New Forests. Prior to that, he was a Manager, Valuations at Weyerhaeuser. He graduated in 2014 with a Masters of Forestry and Masters of Business Administration from Yale, with interests in production forestry, timber finance, working forest conservation, watershed restoration, and markets for forest ecosystem services.

During the summer of 2013, Jon worked with the Weyerhaeuser Company’s Oregon Forest Resources team to improve forest inventory, harvest planning, and visual management processes. He spent the summer of 2012 working with the Forest Guild on collaborative restoration projects in the piñon-juniper, ponderosa, and mixed conifer forests of northern New Mexico. He is a Wyss Conservation Scholar and President of the Yale chapter of the Society of American Foresters.

Prior to graduate school, Jon served as a policy advisor to Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD - at large) on natural resource and financial services policy. He is a former Forest Service wilderness ranger, and an avid fly fisherman, skier, and mountain biker.

Jon holds a BA in Latin American History from Carleton College in Northfield, MN.