Nicole St. Clair Knobloch is the founder of Olifant, LLC, a market development firm to develop projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and finance conservation, currently working to advance mass timber as a climate solution. Olifant is the recipient of a two year, 2019 USDA U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant to pursue that work in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Consigli Construction, Travirke and Bensonwood. Previously she worked on climate policy and corporate engagement for environmental NGOs and the Nicholas Institute for the Environment at Duke University.