Help us reduce wildfire risk
With your support, we’re making progress toward our mission of advancing forest health restoration to reduce the risk of extreme wildfire in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve completed our 1st milestone, our biochar production proof of concept. Now we’re working toward our 2nd milestone, being shovel ready for our Pilot Biochar Plant.
C6 Forest to Farm
566 Twisp-Winthrop Eastside Rd.
Winthrop, WA 98862
Contact Us
(509) 969-3073
[email protected]
Mark joined C6 Forest to Farm in January 2022 as the Director of Finance & Product Development. He works across the C6 team to define the specifics of our business plan, develop our product development roadmap and translate everything into financial projections. Mark also focuses on building strong partnerships with suppliers, customers & potential investors.
Mark has 20 years of experience mostly working for a few of the big PNW companies including Expedia, Amazon, Starbucks, Nike. Most of Mark’s experience is in finance & analytics but he also led teams focused on fraud prevention & product development. Mark spent the last 15+ years at Expedia where he helped launch & lead Expedia Partner Solutions (API based private lodging platform) as it grew into the largest private label travel platform globally. Mark has an B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington and an MBA from the Foster School of Business (University of Washington).
When he’s not thinking about the drivers of biochar profitability, Mark spends most of his time with his family (wife, daughter, son) getting outside as much as possible. Mark’s passions include backpacking, skiing, Husky football (Go Dawgs!) and trying to slow the impacts of climate change.
Bret joined C6 Forest to Farm in April 2022 as the Director of Engineering. He brings rich expertise in balancing engineering rigor and agility to negotiate challenging tradeoffs in projects with aggressive time to market objectives. He is focused on architecting and integrating our pilot production process from receiving biomass to shipping out finished biochar and other co-products.
Bret Richmond is a mechanical and systems engineer with 18 years of product development experience. He was on the startup team at BigBelly Solar, helping to develop one of the first major IOT products, a solar powered consumer-facing garbage compactor that helps municipalities optimize their garbage collection. He later joined Synapse Product Development, initially as a mechanical engineer, then served in roles as a project manager, mechanical technical lead, director of mechanical engineering, and finally as principal systems engineer. In these roles, he contributed to many product development projects from concept to launch, including consumer, medical, and industrial applications.
Bret lives in the Methow Valley with his family, counting himself lucky to be able to participate in the community and take advantage of the outdoor recreation opportunities. Given the extensive Nordic ski trail network in the valley, Bret favors the winter season, but he also relishes time on his bike in the shoulder seasons and time in the garden during the summer.
Tom came to the Methow Valley in 2008 as the Manager of the WDFW Methow Wildlife Area. Prior to that he was the Watershed Restoration Manager for the Yakama Nation where he co-founded and led the largest watershed restoration project in the Columbia Basin. Since leaving WDFW in 2014 he has worked as a consulting ecologist, and an expert witness in civil lawsuits. Tom has a B.A. in Business administration from Washington State University and an M.S. in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management from the University of Wyoming.
When not working with the board of C6 to protect the forest of the Methow Valley from wildfire he can be found skiing anywhere with snow and fishing the region’s rivers with a spey rod.