PAIA February In-Person Networking Event

This event is free for all PAIA Members. For all non-members, the price of admission is $30. Interested in becoming a member? Click here to explore our membership option. If you are unsure as to the status of your PAIA membership, please email info@portlandaia.org.

Event Details

Registration opens at 4:00 PM allowing a short period for networking before hearing from our speaker about the topic on-hand. Afterwards, feel free to stay behind, enjoy a drink and network as we have the space until 6:00 PM.

Speaker

Spenser co-founded Alder Point Capital Management in 2022 to invest in impact-oriented U.S. farmland and timberland assets. Prior to Alder Point, Spenser served as Director of Finance & Business Development for Heartwood Biomass, a small forest products manufacturing business in Northeastern Oregon, working at the intersection forest restoration and rural economic resilience. Spenser previously held the role of Senior Vice President, Real Assets at New Island Capital Management in San Francisco, where he led both capital deployment and asset management for U.S. timberland, farmland, and environmental markets investments. In earlier roles, Spenser contributed to World Wildlife Fund’s climate change work with Fortune 500s and to USAID projects in Africa.  Spenser earned his MBA and Master of Forestry degrees from Yale University and lives near his roots on a small former dairy farm in Wallowa, Oregon.