Abby is the Founder of The AgroForest Project, dedicated to restoring landscapes through the lens of plant-people connection. This work is grounded in over 16 years of relationship with Zafi, Togo, where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2009 to 2011. Together with Directors Paul Agbeneza and Joseph Agboli, their vision is to intentionally integrate culturally significant species into restoration, addressing biocultural knowledge loss alongside biodiversity loss simultaneously. The AgroForest Project was recently named a TFL Project Incubator Fellow through the Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) at the Yale School of the Environment.
Abby brings over ten years of experience in corporate climate mitigation strategy, having held a range of positions aimed at driving capital toward nature-based solutions. She holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, where she specialized in corporate sustainability strategy and agricultural sciences, and recently completed Yale’s Tropical Forest Landscapes certificate. She has also served as a US Fulbright Fellow in Indonesia, a Natural Resource Management Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, and supported a UN FAO initiative on technical training for smallholder farmers. Her work has been recognized through fellowships including the Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellowship and a Corporate Partnerships Fellowship at the World Wildlife Fund, Singapore.
Abby is the Founder of The AgroForest Project, dedicated to restoring landscapes through the lens of plant-people connection. This work is grounded in over 16 years of relationship with Zafi, Togo, where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2009 to 2011. Together with Directors Paul Agbeneza and Joseph Agboli, their vision is to intentionally integrate culturally significant species into restoration, addressing biocultural knowledge loss alongside biodiversity loss simultaneously. The AgroForest Project was recently named a TFL Project Incubator Fellow through the Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) at the Yale School of the Environment.
Abby brings over ten years of experience in corporate climate mitigation strategy, having held a range of positions aimed at driving capital toward nature-based solutions. She holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, where she specialized in corporate sustainability strategy and agricultural sciences, and recently completed Yale’s Tropical Forest Landscapes certificate. She has also served as a US Fulbright Fellow in Indonesia, a Natural Resource Management Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, and supported a UN FAO initiative on technical training for smallholder farmers. Her work has been recognized through fellowships including the Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellowship and a Corporate Partnerships Fellowship at the World Wildlife Fund, Singapore.