
Chief Forestry Officer
Sarah Ford
Sarah Ford serves as Chief Forestry Officer for Chestnut Carbon, leading the Natural Resources Team which supports enrollment, forest management expertise, and forest inventory for Forest Carbon Works’ improved forest management forest carbon program. This includes Regional Forester oversight, project origination, stakeholder engagement, and sales support, in addition to managing planting operations for Chestnut’s afforestation/reforestation carbon projects. Sarah has worked with Chestnut Carbon – Forest Carbon Works since 2018 and holds a master’s degree in forestry and natural resources from the University of Vermont with a focus on forest carbon management. Based out of northern Vermont, she has been active in the forestry and natural resources fields for over 20 years, previously working as a Consulting Forester in the Northeast advising forest landowners in ecological forest management practices, tax program compliance, and timber sales, and also serving as a Conservation Program Coordinator in the Lake Tahoe Basin, leading Basin-wide programmatic efforts in restoration and environmental management.