We’ve spent decades on regenerative agriculture and responsible land stewardship.

Rob is a co-founder of Agriculture Capital, and for over 30 years has been investing in and leading regenerative food companies.  Rob’s experience as founder and CEO of several natural category food companies (Niman Ranch, Attune Foods), along with his time as a Director at Nestle, has informed his focus on regenerative supply chains and the opportunity to build more resilient food and fiber systems that benefit all stakeholders.  Empowering farmers and ranchers to lead this change underpins Rob’s passion. In addition to board roles for AC portfolio companies, Rob serves as an advisor to ICA supporting Bay Area food entrepreneurs and as a board member for California Farm Link and Healthy Food Ingredients. 

Rob has a BA in Psychology and Social Relations from Harvard University.

Brooke has over 16 years of investment experience in the real assets arena. Brooke co-founded AC after serving as a Principal at Equilibrium Capital, where he evaluated opportunities in the agriculture, water, timber, and energy sectors, ultimately laying the groundwork for establishing Agriculture Capital. Brooke believes that a regenerative food system can be created at scale by bringing people with diverse talents together. Brooke was a founding member of Unitus Capital, a boutique investment bank focused on microfinance and social enterprise in Bangalore, India. He was also part of the team that built Quellos Private Capital, responsible for investing in private equity, venture capital, and real asset funds.

Brooke has a BA in Finance from Washington State University and is a graduate of the Honors College.

Wood developed and leads AC’s regenerative impact program, as well as its steward and stakeholder engagement. He has worked for over 30 years with international NGOs, public agencies, and consumer brands to develop ideas that restore environmental quality, regenerate working landscapes, and build community. He was previously the VP Sustainability Innovation at Stonyfield Farm, an organic pioneer then part of the Danone Group, and the founding executive director of Climate Counts. He was on B Corps’ original Standards Advisory Council, and advised the first Newsweek Corporate Green Rankings, Sustainable Brands, Harvard’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, and Duke University’s Campus Farm. He sits on board of the Center for Good Food Purchasing and completed a five-year appointment on the National Organic Standards Board in early 2025. He is leading a regenerative organic transition of his family’s farm in North Carolina.

Wood has an undergraduate degree from Duke University and a graduate degree in urban and environmental planning and design from the University of Washington.

Ben leads the firm’s carbon and natural capital assets services and brings over 30 years of executive and investment management experience in the carbon and environmental commodities markets, agriculture, infrastructure, renewable energy and water sectors. He has been at the forefront of developing innovative corporate and investment sustainability solutions, driving value creation at the corporate, fund, portfolio, and project levels including through supply chain enhancements. Ben has served as CEO and Operating Partner at Resilient Infrastructure Group (acquired by Partners Group) and as Principal at Equilibrium Capital Group. Demonstrating a steadfast commitment to integrity, Ben has earned the trust of recognized institutional investors, successfully fund raising and investing over $400 million of equity in the past decade. 

Ben has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

Dave leads the firm’s oversight of operational performance in the Western US. Dave spent 14 years in the wine industry where he managed both vineyard and winery operations.  He was most recently the Director of Winemaking at Flowers Vineyard and Winery in Sonoma County and has also worked with wine producers in Napa, Chile and New Zealand.  He brings a passion for agricultural operations to his work with Agriculture Capital, as well as direct experience deriving value through the vertical integration of farmland and midstream assets.

Dave has a dual degree BA in Economics and Physical Geography from McGill University. 

Liz is the Chief Financial Officer of Agriculture Capital. An early member of the team, she has led the firm’s finance, accounting, tax, compliance, and fund operations for over a decade, helping build the financial infrastructure that supports the firm’s mission-driven investment platform. With more than 18 years of experience, Liz brings both deep technical expertise and strategic insight to her role. Prior to joining the firm, Liz provided assurance and tax services at Maginnis & Carey LLP. 

Liz holds an MBA from Northeastern Illinois University and a BS in Management from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management. She is a Certified Public Accountant and was among the first to earn the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting Credential from the IFRS Foundation.

Ricardo leads Agriculture Capital’s European operations and supports company-wide fundraising efforts and strategic direction. His 27 years of experience in the Natural Capital & Agribusiness space encompass investments and operational roles throughout the entire value chain from farming, inputs distribution & financing, processing, consumer branding and biofuels. His vast international experience spans 4 continents: USA, Canada, EU, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, Uruguay, Malawi, China & S. Korea.

He was Founder of Torreon Capital, a PE advisory firm in Spain, and previously was MD at Vadela, a Family Office & spin-off of Cargill dedicated Latam Agri investments. Earlier in his career, he was Regional Manager at Phillip Morris for the US & Canada, overlooking a $400 million cost center; and at the age of 30, he was Latam Head for the US Meat Export Federation, where he advised USDA during negotiations of the Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Peru & Panama.

Ricardo has an MBA at the University of Chicago (high honors), a MS in Ag Economics & Animal Science from UC Davis, and Agronomy BS at Universidad de República (Uruguay). He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. 

Andrew is a Director at Agriculture Capital. Andrew is involved in all areas of the firm’s investment activities and leads transactions from sourcing to execution, oversight, and realization. Prior to joining Agriculture Capital, Andrew was an investor with Paine Schwartz Partners where he focused on permanent crops, breeding and genetics, and technology.

Andrew has a BA in Economics from Amherst College and an MBA from the University of Texas.

Christian is a Director at Agriculture Capital and leads fundraising and investor relationship development for the firm. Prior to joining Agriculture Capital, Christian worked in investment banking and financial consulting at Deloitte Colombia’s Corporate Finance division, specializing on M&A processes and capital raising in agriculture and natural capital. 

Christian has a B.Sc. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia and an MBA from Duke University.

John works across a variety of functions at Agriculture Capital including portfolio value creation, fund-level investment strategy, and commercial diligence. Prior to joining Agriculture Capital, John worked as a consultant with LEK Consulting where he focused on corporate strategy and private equity commercial diligence client engagements across a wide array of industries. Before attending business school and joining LEK, John worked as the Director of Sustainability for Taylor Farms.

John has a degree in Economics and Environmental Studies from Boston College and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Katherine is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Agriculture Capital’s compliance program, including compliance as it relates to the SEC and global regulations, internal policies, and manages the company’s Cybersecurity and Information Security program. Prior to joining Agriculture Capital, she worked at Moss Adams LLP for 13 years, where her focus was on audits and compliance for financial service firms and she helped lead the Regulatory Compliance and Internal Audit Group. Earlier, she worked in banking, rising to VP/Assistant Controller of a public institution. Katherine also serves on several non-profit boards.

She holds a BS in Finance and Management from Portland State University and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant.

Casey manages all Investor Relations and Reporting for Agriculture Capital, including Sustainability Reporting. In this role, she liaises with both new and existing investors as well as farm stewards across the portfolio. Casey originally joined Agriculture Capital on the Operations team in 2017, where she worked with farm managers, marketers, packing houses, farms, and nursery teams. In that role, she represented Agriculture Capital on the Marketing Committee of California Citrus Mutual. Prior to joining Agriculture Capital, Casey spent several years in investment research, including at TorreyCove Capital Partners (acquired by Aksia), an alternative investment advisory and consulting firm where she was primarily responsible for research in real assets, venture capital, and growth equity strategies. Casey began her career with Sprott USA, a global investment advisor with a defining focus on real assets.

Casey is a graduate of the University of Texas with dual degrees in Economics and English.

Jacqueline is a Senior Manager at Agriculture Capital. She began her career in management consulting, working at Bain & Company on growth strategy, cost optimization, pricing strategy, and more, across healthcare, retail, and technology projects. At the onset of COVID-19, she started a nonprofit to help keep small restaurants in business, raising over $1M within weeks. She went on to lead strategy at Rethink Food, a food waste and food insecurity organization based in NYC. Throughout her MBA experience, Jacqueline earned a concentration in sustainable food systems and conducted research on viable business models for scaling regenerative agriculture.

Jacqueline has a BA in Human & Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from UC Berkeley. She is originally from New Jersey.

Cheri oversees the day-to-day administration of funds, prepares the financial statements and investor reporting, and assists with audit and tax support. Cheri previously owned her own accounting business and spent many years in investment management working at Columbia Funds and American Funds in the roles of fund accounting, fund operations, financial/tax reporting, and audit. Cheri enjoys giving back to the community and performs financial reporting for One Life, a food pantry that feeds and equips families to break cycles of poverty.  

Cheri has a BA in Economics with a minor in Business Management from the University of California, Irvine. 

Mike supports Agriculture Capital’s Finance Team in a number of ways, which include managing cash disbursements, processing payroll and expense reports, property tax reporting and entity maintenance. Prior to joining Agriculture Capital, he was part of the banking industry for many years, having worked at US Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank and Capital Pacific Bank. At Capital Pacific, Mike was a founding member of the bank’s Green Team, which started as a simple, employee-led effort to improve recycling options for the office building and ultimately led to the bank’s certification as a B Corporation, one of only six banks in the country to achieve that status at the time.

Mike has a BS in Business from Concordia University.

Stephanie spent over five years as a financial analyst at General Dynamics Mission Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. Stephanie also volunteered as a Supervisory Committee member at the TruWest Credit Union in Arizona.

Stephanie has a BS in Accountancy from Arizona State University and an MS in Accountancy from the Keller School of Management.

Felice has over 20 years of experience in financial and business leadership. She served as Chief Financial Officer of Agriculture Capital for over 6 years before assuming her current role where she focuses on strategic advisory work, including portfolio company forecasting, financing and other transaction based workstreams. Prior to joining AC, Felice co-founded Capital Pacific Bancorp and served as its CFO for 12 years. In addition to financial reporting, her expertise includes risk management, leading collaborative teams, and facilitating business transactions amidst the changing economic landscape over the last two decades. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bonneville Environmental Foundation, a non-profit that co-creates the restoration of freshwater ecosystems and advancement of renewable energy. 

Felice has a BS in Accounting and Business Management from Oregon State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Tom is a co-founder of Agriculture Capital and currently supports as a Senior Advisor of Agriculture Capital’s Fund I and II agricultural assets. He has over four decades of experience in a range of agricultural roles, from pest control advisor to farm manager, research agronomist, crop consultant, sales manager, and director of various farming operations. Tom is an industry leader in sustainable and organic agriculture at scale, with sustainability and stewardship being the hallmark of his career. He co-founded AgriCare, a farm management services and technical consulting company, and also led the growth of HomeGrown Farms, one of the largest organic produce marketing firms in California. 

Tom has a BS in Crop Science from California Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo.

Guy oversees the development and growth of Agriculture Capital’s Australian citrus assets and identifies investment opportunities for future expansion in the region. Guy was the CEO of Tandou Limited, an ASX listed company focused on water entitlements, large-scale irrigation producing cotton and cereal, and organic lamb production. With over 20 years of experience in the natural resources space, Guy previously served as Senior Vice President and CFO of the chemicals specialist, Lanxess Corporation, and as Vice President of the Functional Chemical Division at Bayer Chemicals Corporation in Pittsburgh. Guy is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors Company and a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. 

Guy has an accounting degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.