Matt Donegan has 18 years experience in domestic and international forest investment management. He began his career as a forest analyst at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and later worked at the Hancock Timber Resource Group, where as Portfolio Officer, he served institutional investors whose global timberland portfolios exceeded $1 billion. Matt then co-founded US Forest Capital, an, advisory firm serving conservation organizations and private individuals acquiring and owning forestland. In 2000, he co-founded Forest Capital Partners in Boston, and in 2005 he relocated to establish and lead Forest Capital’s Portland office.

Matt currently serves as the founding chairman of the board of the National Alliance of Forest Owners, and on the board of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. In Oregon, Matt is a member of the State Board of Higher Education, the Oregon Business Council and the Oregon Global Warming Commission. He also serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest.

Matt is a professional forester who graduated from the University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry. He was awarded that college’s outstanding alumnus of the year in 2009. In 1992 he earned an MBA with concentrations in forest industries management and finance from the University of Tennessee.

Scott R. Jones, Co-Founder & Co-President

Scott Jones is a co-founder and co-president of Forest Capital Partners, where he leads financial management and administration as well as forest acquisitions and divestitures, including sales of surplus tracts and conservation easements. Prior to co-founding Forest Capital Partners, Mr. Jones was President and CEO of Timberland Growth Corporation, a timberland REIT joint venture between Potlatch Corporation and Anderson-Tully Company. Previously, he led the acquisitions effort at Hancock Timber Resource Group, where he also served on the firm’s executive and investment committees. Mr. Jones began his career at Container Corporation of America, working in forest operations and timber taxation. Since then, he has facilitated and completed 44 timberland acquisitions over the past 30 years, investing over $3.3 billion on behalf of institutional investors.

Mr. Jones is a professional forester and holds an undergraduate degree from Elizabethtown College, a Masters in Forestry from Duke University and a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the World Forestry Center.