Team
Today’s world requires nimble organizations that are lean and can quickly bring the right partners to the table to pursue that Big Idea. We have always most valued the ability of an organization to recruit a talented and passionate team. We can help you build your Team.
Lew Eisaguirre
Principal / Venturer Enterprises LLC
For more than three decades Lew Eisaguirre has been identifying emerging business opportunities and transforming “big ideas” into successful business ventures. His expertise lies in an innate ability to work at the cross-section of entrepreneurial ideas, strategic investments and growth strategies to innovate, bridge, fund and scale companies. Lew has established a reputation, backed by a successful track record, for opportunity identification, deal development, growth plans and exit strategies that deliver accretive earnings, ROI and value in fast-paced ever-changing business and market climates.
Partners
Applied Ecological Services is our Principal ecological and natural resource Partner. They focus in Bringing the Science of Ecology to all Land Use Decisions.
Steve Apfelbaum
Founder and Chairman / Applied Ecological Services
Steven Apfelbaum has conducted ecological research, designed award winning projects, successfully navigated regulatory programs, and contributed his unique creative scientific expertise and enthusiasm to over 7,000 projects throughout North America and beyond. He is one of the leading ecological consultants in the U.S., providing technical restoration advice and win-win solutions where ecological and land-development conflicts arise.
Steven has authored hundreds of technical studies, peer reviewed technical papers, books, reports, ecological restoration plans, and regulatory monitoring and compliance reports. Steve’s book, Nature’s Second Chance (Beacon Press), won accolades from the New York Times, and was listed as one of the “Top 10 Environmental Books of 2009.” Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land (Island Press), his most recent book (coauthored with Alan Haney and part of a three-volume series), has won praise as the first comprehensive ‘how-to’ restoration books for landowners.
Steven promotes using ecological and conservation design principles in developments, industrial projects and parks that help clients save money while increasing ecological functionality, improving public perception and generating award-winning outcomes. Steven is also a much sought after speaker at educational events focusing on ecological restoration, ecosystem assessment, alternative stormwater management and conservation development.