Audrey Epp Schmidt is the North America agroforestry program manager at The Nature Conservancy. Audrey manages a $60 million USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant designed to advance agroforestry as a regenerative agriculture solution in the U.S. Epp Schmidt has been working at the nexus of regenerative agriculture and environmental conservation for over 10 years. She holds a master’s degree in geography and environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University and has previously held positions at Chesapeake Farm to Table, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Propagate Ventures. Across all of this work, Epp Schmidt has a history of convening new networks of multisector stakeholders into coalitions for advancing shared goals. She lives in Maryland just outside of Washington, D.C.
Areas of Expertise
Government, Business
Company/Organization/Affiliation
The Nature Conservancy