Slade joined the Advisor and its affiliates in August of 2023 as Director of Operations for CR’s Forestry group. His previous experience had been with the groups Urban Grid, Southern Current, and the Trust for Public Land, working primarily in site acquisition in the southeast and midwestern solar markets. Slade has a background in finance and forestry that has led to varied work experience that includes timberland investment & management, land conservation, solar development, land brokerage, and forestry consulting. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business and a Master of Science in Forest Economics from the University of Washington.