Murray Starkel

Murray has over 25 years of experience in full-cycle large-scale program development including raising capital, working with federal, state and local regulatory agencies, and executing complex construction projects. Murray previously spent 21 years as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”). While in USACE, Murray was Deputy Commander of the New Orleans District in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. In this role, he managed the $15 billion program to design and build hurricane protection systems in Southeast Louisiana. Following his military career, Murray joined NGP Energy Capital Management as a Managing Director. Most recently, Murray was with Ecosystem Investment Partners, a private equity firm with over $500 million under management focused on land-based ecosystem offsets such as wetland and stream mitigation banking as well as endangered species and water quality and quantity trading. Murray received a BS in Nuclear Engineering Management from the U.S Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA and MS in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.