William Schuman
Chaco Vivo Administrator
William has +20-years of experience with large-scale land management and carbon development projects. He has developed high-capital projects worldwide, focusing on Africa and LATAM, and projects involving natural resource management, agriculture, forestry, carbon offsets, and renewable energy. He was CEO from 2014-2019 for FIT Manejo in Brazil, a multi-national company with over $450M in assets. He managed over 200,000 hectares of land with operations in FSC plantation forestry, REDD+, IFM programs, commercial agriculture, and other production land assets. Before this, he spent 14 years in Africa developing community-based projects in land management, agriculture, forestry, energy, and carbon (CDM and VCM) sectors. Will was the creator and implemented the L.I.F.E. Program through numerous projects in Africa and LATAM. Will co-founded Creative Carbon and received his B.S. in Chemistry from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Wales, Cardiff.