Timbershed is led by a diverse team of experts from public and private sectors.
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Jeremy Fisher, CEO
Jeremy Fisher is a building scientist with an MSArch from UC Berkeley and is co-founder and CEO of Timbershed.
With experience ranging from general contracting, project management, material science, building science, civil engineering, ecological restoration, sawmill installation and operation, and forestry, Jeremy’s brings essential management and implementation skills to the Timbershed team.
In addition, Jeremy has 20 years of experience designing and building residential, industrial and manufacturing facilities, including multiple wood shops, net zero prefabricated homes, and a $12M ecological distillery,
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Eli Gould, Sawmill and Mass Timber Integration
Eli Gould is the founder of Sustainable Timber Investment eXchange, and Offsitewood.org, a sawmill, mass timber design and market optimization consulting firm.
Eli is a critical partner in Timbershed and developed the sawmill revitalization plan alongside other key partners. He has extensive experience in both community-scale sawmills and mass timber production facilities throughout the world. This includes several similar scale projects in the early development phase throughout California.
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Temra Costa, COO
Temra is co-founder and General Manager of Timbershed, overseeing and supporting all aspects of the project’s implementation.
Temra brings 20 +years expertise managing innovative programs across public and private domains and most recently completed the feasibility study that led to the creation of Timbershed.
Temra leverages her extensive experience scaling natural resource-based enterprises, education and outreach, and design and implementation of philanthropic programs and start ups, to ensure Timbershed’s success.
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Other Key Partners
- Clarke Stevenson, Watershed Research & Training Center
- Fred Euphrat, Registered Professional Forester
- Harlan Tranmer, Registered Professional Forester, ERS
- Judy Rosales, Executive Director of Coast Ridge Community Forest
- Laurel Harkness, Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition
- Matt Greene, Registered Professional Forester, Greene Forestry
- Paul Mayencourt, UC Cooperative Extension
- The RFS Board of Directors and Advisory Leadership Team
- Walter Kieser, Chief Financial Advisor, Economic Planning Systems Inc.