Dr. Christina McCain is Founder and Principal of Ecosophy, LLC. Christina advises non-profit, corporate and government clients and has focused the last 15 years of her career on domestic and international climate change policy, including nature-based climate solutions, carbon markets, and emissions trading at international, national, and state levels. She brings over 25 years of experience in forests and land use change, particularly in tropical landscapes in Latin America to this work. Prior to founding Ecosophy, Christina held senior-level positions in the climate change and land use sector, including at the Climate & Land Use Alliance and Environmental Defense Fund. Christina was a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State from 2006-2009. She earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami, focused on the ecological effects of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and hold a B.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Texas at Austin.