Tom Horton started Canopy in 2004 and brings more than 20 years of development and project finance experience to Canopy Development. For the ten years prior to founding Canopy, Tom served as US Managing Director of The Trust for Sustainable Development and the VP of Corporate Development of the Loreto Bay Company. Tom also served as the first Sustainability Officer for Loreto Bay, helping establish the Loreto Bay Foundation and drafting the aggressive sustainability standards for that project. Tom also founded Sustainable Resources Incorporated in 1998 to provide project development services to the clean technology and sustainable energy industries. SRI is involved in developing wind energy projects in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. Prior to his work for the Trust and Loreto Bay, Tom worked for the Rodale Institute, serving a Program Director for Enterprise Development and creating the Consultative Group for Regenerative Enterprise that provided resources to organizations engaged in sustainable development. Tom lives in Northampton, Massachusetts with his wife Sarah and their three children. |
Daniel Berrien joins Tom as a principal at Canopy. His roles in the company have included serving as Vice President of Planning & Development with responsibility for strategic planning, identification and acquisition of new development projects, senior project manager and management of Canopy's Land Development Services group. He has been involved with resort development projects in the U.S., Central America and the Caribbean as a project manager and planner. Dan joined Canopy Development after completing his Masters in Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts with a focus on sustainable development. While pursuing his graduate studies, Dan was awarded the Kenneth L. Good Graduate Student Fellowship by the Urban Land Institute for his work related to sustainable real estate development. Dan is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional and his previous experience includes providing technical assistance for green building projects at the Green Roundtable in Cambridge, MA as well as developing a guide to sustainable hotel development in the Costa Maya region of Mexico for Conservation International. He is also the Chairman of the Northampton Design Forum, a volunteer citizen organization dedicated to promoting high quality and sustainable urban design in his hometown of Northampton, MA. Dan also brings extensive experience as a project manager to his current role at Canopy. Dan received his bachelor's degree in Geography from Clark University. |
