Laura St. Peter

Manager, Registry Operations

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Laura St. Peter, Manager, Registry Operations, supports registry operations by reviewing project data, participant onboarding, and credit issuance processes. She works closely with stakeholders and registry participants to ensure data integrity, system functionality, and continuous improvement of registry policies, procedures, and services

Before joining ACR, she worked at Chestnut Carbon as a Verification Manager, where she managed verification activities across multiple carbon registry programs, including Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, and FSC frameworks. Prior to Chestnut Carbon, Laura served as Sales & Support Manager at American Green Consulting Group, providing technical guidance to FSC certificate holders and helping organizations navigate complex certification requirements and annual audits. Earlier in her career, she spent a decade with Preferred by Nature (formerly Rainforest Alliance and NEPCon), where she conducted more than 200 third-party certification audits, evaluated conformance with FSC certification requirements, and supported certification quality and compliance programs. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from Bemidji State University. She joined ACR in 2026.

Our Team

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.