John E. Earhart

Biographical Information
"John Earhart is the chairman and founding shareholder of the Global Environment Fund (GEF) Management Corporation, a $1 billion private investment management firm focusing on businesses that improve environmental quality and manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. He serves as Managing Partner for the GEF Global Emerging Markets Forestry Partners, GEF’s Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund, and has been an active advisor for forest management projects throughout the world. Mr. Earhart has been active in the international environmental conservation field for more than 35 years and has lived and worked in several countries. The majority of his professional life has been dedicated to solving environmental and social problems through sustainable private enterprises and currently sits on a number of corporate and non-profit boards. He is a forestry/natural resources graduate of California State University, Sacramento and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies."


 * Director, Ecotrust Forest Management
 * Director, Forest Trends
 * Director, Hijauan Bengkoka Plantations Sdn. Bhd.

He is married to Anne Catherine Getty Earhart.