Sarah Mack

About Sarah Mack

Dr. Sarah K. Mack is a leader in the movement to monetize wetland carbon offsets. Sarah is experienced in the environmental and public health fields with specializations in wetland management, water resource management, environmental toxicology, eco-assets, and governmental relations. She has focused on innovative approaches to address the global challenges of climate mitigation, urbanization, and pollution through wetland management including extensive research on the carbon sequestration potential of Louisiana’s wetlands. Dr. Mack led the development and was the lead author of the American Carbon Registry Methodology, Restoration of Degraded Deltaic Wetlands of the Mississippi Delta, the very first methodology for creating and monetizing carbon offset credits from a broad range of wetland restoration activities.Previously Dr. Mack was the Technical Administrator of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (S & WB) where she also served as the Emergency Liaison between the S & WB and other agencies responsible for the initial response and later recovery of sewer, water, and drainage infrastructure during the 2005 hurricane season. She also initiated and served as Project Manager for the regional initiative between S & WB and St. Bernard Parish Government to implement the Central Wetland Unit Wetland Assimilation System, which once fully implemented will be the largest wetland assimilation system in the world. During this time Dr. Mack began to investigate carbon finance as a mechanism to fund wetland restoration and increase the resilience of the region.Dr. Mack holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from Fort Lewis College, a Masters of Science in Public Health focusing on Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management, and a Ph.D. in Global Sustainable Resource Management from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Mack is also an ASFPM Certified Floodplain Manager.Specialties: Wetland carbon sequestration, blue carbon, carbon offset credits, American Carbon Registry emergency management, hazard mitigation, wetland restoration, sustainable infrastructure, integrative water resource management, environmental toxicology, sustainable development, and environmental health.

Experience

1. President

   Tierra Resources Llc

   Oct 2007 — Present · New Orleans, LA, US

   Tierra Resources is a one-stop-shop for those who have a strong desire to restore coastal wetland ecosystems and need to understand how to monetize wetland eco-assets.BackgroundBased in New Orleans, Louisiana, Tierra Resources was founded in 2007 with a mission to conserve, protect, and restore coastal wetland ecosystems by creating innovative solutions that support investment into blue carbon. Tierra Resources is a nationally recognized innovator and quality leader in the research, development, and monetization of blue carbon contained in coastal wetland ecosystems, such as estuaries, mangroves, and salt marshes. Our pioneering work is critical to bringing wetland offsets to carbon markets.ServicesTierra Resources provides scientific, financial, regulatory, and eco-asset development advisory services for landowners, corporations, nonprofits, and government entities that seek to mitigate the effects of climate change through blue carbon. We provide technical analysis on carbon impacts of wetland restoration, sustainable infrastructure, climate change adaptation, and opportunities for climate mitigation.

Education

• Tulane University

  PhD

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Sewer
• Environmental Policy
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Environmental Toxicology
• Water Management
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Environmental Health
• Government
• Wetlands
• Hazard Mitigation
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Sustainable Development
• Wetland Restoration
• Mitigation
• Water Quality
• Water
• Carbon
• Stormwater Management
• Environmental Awareness
• Environmental Issues
• Environmental Science