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Quint loves to garden, play tennis, disc golf, to watch birds, to cruise hills on his longboard skateboard, to hike in the mountains, to build sand castles on the beach (the “Gentle Architect,” Malcom Wells, is his sand castle hero), and he especially loves sharing an appreciation of architecture with his wife, Lori.

Quint brings nearly three decades of executive administration to Arcollab. Transferring knowledge and experience from past work to helping Arcollab holistically embrace our sustainability journey is the most fun and exciting part of his work with Arcollab. To this end, he has helped Arcollab become a certified B Corp. He spearheaded several Arcollab initiatives including a year-long after-school program teaching middle-school studentsabout design and planning, and a semester-long policy research internship program for a team of UGA students. Quint is an adjunct faculty member of the Warnell School ofForestry & Natural Resources at UGA, an affiliate with the UGA Center for IntegrativeConservation Research, and a board member of the Broad River Watershed Association.

From 2005-2016, Quint was director of the University of Georgia’s campus and programs in Costa Rica. Among many accomplishments, Quint spearheaded UGA Costa Rica’s carbon offset reforestation program; created and supervised an annual sustainability internship program and Sustainability Report; and worked with faculty from across UGA to develop and carry out a 10-year strategic plan for the campus. Quint worked closely with UGACollege of Environment and Design faculty to implement the campus’ master plan which included a 90-acre forest reserve, an integrated organic farming operation, the San Luis Botanical Garden, renewable energy generation infrastructure, and anaerobic digestion systems for wastewater treatment and natural gas production.

Quint did his graduate work at the Yale University School of the Environment (PhD andMaster of Environmental Management) where he studied and carried out research on incentive mechanisms for private forestland conservation, payment for environmental services, and establishment of biological corridors in Costa Rica. He co-edited the book,Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Panama Canal Watershed,in which he also co-authored several chapters, and co-authored the chapter The Monteverde Cloud Forest: Evolution of a Biodiversity Island in Costa Rica for the book,Biodiversity Islands. Most recently, he served as a guest editor for a special issue of theJournal of Agroforestry which is focused on Indigenous Agroforestry. Prior to attending Yale,Quint lived and worked for most of the 1990s in Costa Rica. His positions included certification manager and business development consultant for a plantation timber andwood products company, principal at Consultoría para Organizaciones Sostenibles, S.A.,executive director of Instituto Monteverde, and country coordinator for the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. Quint also attended the Thunderbird School of Global Management where he received a Master of International Management degree.

quint@arcollab.net

The Monteverde Cloud Forest: Evolution of a Biodiversity Island in Costa Rica