Communications Director
Brad Kahn, Communications Director, brings 25 years of communications experience related to climate change and forests. He is responsible for institutional and programmatic communications for ACR and sister enterprise Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), including strategy, message development, and media relations. As carbon markets develop rapidly, Brad views communications as a way to promote understanding across interest groups and to translate complex standards into actionable information for decision makers. Prior to joining ACR, Brad worked as a consultant to nonprofit organizations and foundations. For 13 years he served as communications director for the Forest Stewardship Council US, engaging with companies, NGOs, forest managers and civil society to advance responsible forest management. He also served as communications lead for the Bullitt Foundation, owner and developer of the Bullitt Center, which is commonly known as the greenest commercial building in the world. Other clients included the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, International Living Future Institute, and Forest Carbon, a project developer based in Singapore. Brad has a Master's degree in Watershed Systems & Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Brown University. He serves on the board of directors of Seattle Parks Foundation.
