David Walters

About David Walters

With over 25 years of experience in the natural resource management and investment field, I am a seasoned professional who leads the timberland acquisitions and business development activities for Green Diamond Resource Company, a privately held forestry company. I have direct responsibility for sourcing, due diligence, and onboarding of timberland assets, as well as supporting investor relations and generating new investment clients.As a certified forester and a principal real estate broker, I have a unique set of skills and credentials to apply to all manner of problems and opportunities in the timberland sector. I have a special emphasis on conservation, carbon, and related opportunities, and I have developed a team and tools to support these various activities and improve the investment and valuation process. I enjoy solving puzzles with the right tools to meet the needs of today and the future, and I am passionate about sustainable forest management and stewardship.

Experience

1. Vice President, Acquisitions and Business Development

   Green Diamond

   Aug 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Member of senior leadership team with direct responsibility for all transactional activities including sourcing, due diligence, and onboarding of timberland assets. Also responsible for supporting investor relations, generating new investment clients, and business development with special emphasis on conservation, carbon, and related opportunities. Develop team to support these various activities and improve or develop investment and valuation tools.

Education

• Virginia Tech

  Master's degree, Forest Biometrics

  1986 — 1987

• Oregon State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Forest Management/Forest Resources Management

  1980 — 1984

• University of Minnesota

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Forest Biometrics

  1989 — 1994

Skills

• Environmental Awareness
• Forest
• Analysis
• Environmental Policy
• Forest Management
• Forestry
• Remote Sensing
• Ecology
• Land Acquisition
• Timberland Sales and Transaction Support
• Arcgis
• Strategic Planning
• Forest Growth & Yield Modelling
• Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
• Conservation Issues
• Gis
• Spatial Analysis
• Harvest Scheduling and Optimization (Remsoft Products)
• Forest Inventory
• Natural Resource Management
• Valuation and Economic Modelling
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Inventory Design and Implementation
• Timber
• Natural Resources
• Forestry Research - Design and Analysis
• Carbon
• Biomass