John Swanson

Senior Technical Manager, Industrial Programs

John Swanson, Senior Technical Manager, Industrial Programs, provides technical expertise on carbon credit project review and verification oversightinvolving advanced refrigeration systems for the voluntary carbon market and mine methane capture for the California regulatory market. John also provides insight and support for methodology development. John joined ACR in 2025.

John has over 30 years of combined experience in environmental chemistry, development and implementation of environmental regulatory programs, greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration quantification, reporting, and verification, as well as verification accreditation programs at the state and international levels (California Air Resources Board and ANSI National Accreditation Board, or ANAB).

John has a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Conservation from California State University, Sacramento, and is a certified Technical Assessor for validation and verification body accreditation for ANAB.

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ACR benefits from a responsive, best-in-class team with wide-ranging expertise, including carbon project development, climate policy, carbon market design, carbon credit methodology development, third-party verification, and registry design and operations. We understand the complex technical, market and regulatory issues involved in developing carbon projects and work with asset owners to navigate the process from project registration and verification through to the issuance of carbon credits.

ACR is governed by Environmental Resources Trust LLC, a wholly-owned nonprofit subsidiary of Winrock International. The ERT Board of Managers ensures ACR maintains focus on harnessing the power of markets to improve the environment. View the latest ACR annual report.