Land Core Risk Model Working Group

Land Core has convened a collaborative, cross-sector group to help design and develop an approach to building a predictive model of the risk-mitigating benefits of soil health

We’re grateful to have assembled this world-class group of modelers, statisticians, economists, soil scientists and farmers.

The Land Core Risk Model Working Group includes:

Keith Paustian, Ph.D, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, and Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University 

Tim Bowles, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Agroecology and Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley 

Frederi Viens, Ph.D, Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics and Probability; Director, Actuarial Science Program; Adjunct Director, Center for Statistical Training and Consulting, Michigan State University; Chinook's Acres Farm

Jenette Ashtekar, Ph.D, VP of Sustainability and Regeneration, CiBO Technologies, Inc. 

Bill Salas, Ph.D, Interim CEO, CSO; Applied GeoSolutions, LLC; President, Dagan, Inc

Jessica Chiartas, Ph.D, Soils & Biogeochemistry, University of California, Davis; Soil Life Services, LLC

David Krevitt, Independent Data and Risk Analyst; Technologist; former Financial Analyst at Blackrock Financial

Shefali Mehta, Ph.D, Principal, Open Rivers Consulting Associates; Former Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, USDA)

Aria McLauchlan, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Land Core

Harley Cross, Co-Founder & Director of Strategy, Land Core

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Learn more about the project by viewing our initial project abstract here.