James P. Shanahan

Strategic Timber Trust, Inc. is a timberland investment group that focuses on international commercial timberland. The American company aims to achieve superior risk-adjusted total returns through strategic long-term sustainable investments. The President of STI is Thomas Broom, while the Chairman, C. Edward Broom, co-founded one of the first timberland investment management organizations, Resource Investments, Inc. (RII) in 1982.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.