About me
Nicole Whalen is the founder and CEO of Green Compass, a DC-based company building nature based solutions that generate environmental credits to rapidly reduce the emissions of the built environment.
She has an interdisciplinary background in earth science and economics with a MA in Water Resource Management from the University of South Florida, and a BA in Economics and International Studies from New College of Florida.
Prior to Green Compass, she spent +10 years working internationally, including implementing climate change and disaster risk reduction programs with USAID and US Dept. of State and teaching marine biology, sailing, and SCUBA in the Caribbean.