Presenter

John Tomlin

Founder / Managing Member, Conservation Forestry, LLC

John Tomlin is a founder and managing member of Conservation Forestry, LLC, the General Partner of the Fund. Prior to co-founding CF, LLC, Mr. Tomlin was involved in several entrepreneurial endeavors. He was a general partner and co manager of a group of venture and private equity funds know as The Vista Group. The four domestic funds, combined with the two international affiliates that formed the Vista Group, managed approximately $340 Million during the 1980’s and 90’s. He has been involved with several successful start ups and early stage companies as well as leverage buyouts over the past 20 years. As an investor and founder of various companies, he has served on several boards of directors and has acted as both Chairman and CEO when circumstances required. In addition, he has served as Chairman of the Board and President of PERC, a non profit think tank that researches and advocates for market based approaches to solve environmental issues. He remains on the Board of Directors of PERC, and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, a life science company focused on the treatment and prevention of various diseases. Mr. Tomlin has been involved in a broad cross section of businesses and has the ability to identify those ingredients necessary for value maximization. He has a BA in economics and business administration from Vanderbilt University and an MBA form the University of Chicago.

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