Zach Knight is a co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Forest Conservation. Zach leads the Blue Forest outreach program with foundations and the conservation finance community. Zach also leads Blue Forest work with the USDA Forest Service and the State of California. He started his career in finance at Merrill Lynchm where he specialized in structured finance. Zach also served as a high-yield and distressed corporate bond trader. He left Wall Street to pursue an M.B.A. at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, focusing on sustainability and environmental investing. Zach also holds a B.A. in economics from Cornell University.