LEADERSHIP

We are led by a team of seasoned executives dedicated to restoring the Earth’s forest and wetland ecosystems while delivering outstanding environmental, social, and financial returns.

PJ MARSHALL

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Before co-founding Restore the Earth Foundation with her husband, PJ spent more than 40 years as a top strategic marketing consultant for leading professional services firms such as Bechtel Corporation, Halliburton, and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP.

Her broad experience working with senior-level executives in major international corporations makes her particularly suited to developing and leading the cross-sector partnerships that are at the heart of the REF strategy and business model. PJ has also been responsible for major fundraising campaigns for organizations such as the Royal Ontario Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Houston Symphony, raising more than $50 million. She co-founded Heart to Hand Toronto, a grassroots community organization that provides food to more than 200 disadvantaged families each year in the Toronto, Ontario region of Canada by connecting them directly and personally with volunteer and supporting families in the community. This initiative is still going strong after 20 years.

MARVIN G. MARSHALL

Co-Founder and CEO

Marvin (Marv) co-founded Restore the Earth Foundation following a successful career as a real estate development executive in the United States and Canada. He served as President and CEO of Bramalea Limited, a North American real estate development and management firm with more than $6 billion in assets.

During his real estate career he raised funds for and successfully executed more than $1 billion in land development projects. Previously he served as President and CEO of Cullen Center, Inc. in Houston, Texas, and as a senior executive at Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards. He has been chair of the board of Ainsworth Corporation, Remington Capital Investments, International Comfort Products Corporation, and Thompson Pipe & Steel Company. Prior to co-founding Restore the Earth Foundation, he launched Ecosystems Partners, LLC, an environmental conservation firm sourcing the best resources, contractors and practices for restoration projects.

JEFF CONSTANTZ

Grants Administrator

Jeff joined the Restore the Earth + ClimeCo team as a Grants Administrator in 2022. His focus is on managing grants and sourcing funding to advance Restore the Earth Foundation’s restoration goals and priorities as they work to achieve their million acre mission.

Previously, Jeff managed roughly 200 grants at the nation’s largest conservation grant-making organization, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. His portfolio included projects in the Rocky Mountain region, Hawaii, and Alaska, financed by both federal and non-federal funding sources.

Jeff is completing a Master’s in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Johns Hopkins University and received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Virginia. Jeff lives in Northern Virginia with his Chocolate Lab, Freddy, and German Shorthaired Pointer, Buster. He volunteers with a fire department in Central Virginia, and in his spare time enjoys comedy and playing sports.

TAYLOR MARSHALL

Director of Partnerships and Programs

Taylor Marshall has dedicated her professional life to identifying and promoting solutions and opportunities to address national and international environmental issues. Taylor manages partner relationships, represents REF at local, national and international workshops, meetings and conferences. She has been responsible for securing major grants and funding for REF and is the chief “in the mud” coordinator of all of REF’s corporate and community volunteer planting events. Taylor fills a key role in coordinating with all REF’s partners in implementing strategic communications, outreach and educational plans related to all projects.

Prior to joining Restore the Earth, Taylor was with The Water Institute of the Gulf in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she applied her expertise in integrated water resource management to develop and promote community-based approaches to protecting and restoring the Gulf coast communities from storm risk and land loss and enhancing community resilience.

Taylor has a Masters of Science from McGill University in BioResource Engineering with a concentration in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).

ED PIÑERO

President, EcoMetrics LLC

As President of EcoMetrics LLC, Mr. Pinero promotes uptake of the EcoMetrics approach by those seeking quantification and monetization of ecosystem services and green infrastructure solutions. Mr. Pinero works to establish EcoMetrics as a credible and accepted standard by other standards groups and formally accepted frameworks.

Mr. Piñero is also President of The Piñero Group LLC, providing consulting services to clients in areas of sustainability such as best practices, strategy, metrics, reporting, awareness building, collaborative efforts, and policy. The group also provides insight on policy and business strategic planning in sustainability, natural resources, energy, and environment. Prior to starting The Pinero Group, he was Senior Vice President for Sustainability for Veolia North America (VNA), and liaison to Veolia’s worldwide Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Affairs departments. In his role at Veolia, Mr. Pinero oversaw all efforts related to sustainability, in regard to outreach, client issues, and internal practices, including the water, energy, and waste business lines. VNA provides leading edge water, energy and environmental service and technology activities, and has approximately 10,000 employees and generates approximately $2 billion in annual revenue.

Mr. Pinero is also Head of Standards and Assurance for the Alliance for Water Stewardship, an international organization that developed and oversees the AWS Water Stewardship Standard. He divides his time also to serve as Director of Water Programs, for the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Over his 36-year career, Mr. Piñero has worked in the private and public sectors as a consultant to many clients on sustainability, environment, and energy. He has also served in the public sector at both the Federal and state levels addressing sustainability issues. During his service as the White House Federal Environmental Executive, he focused on developing and implementing sustainability policy and practices within the US Federal government. Mr. Piñero served in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as both the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Sustainability as well as holding the office of Pennsylvania State Energy Director.

Mr. Piñero has been an Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University and the University of Arizona, and is currently a Visiting Scholar with George Washington University’s Environment and Energy Management Institute. He has Bachelors of Science degree in Geology from the State University of New York and Masters of Science degree in Geology from Texas A&M University.

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