
Our Team of Experts
Industry relationships. Technical expertise. Market knowledge.
Newtrient brings a diverse and cross-functional team of experts with deep experience and industry knowledge. They are innovative and practical professionals, versed in all aspects of nutrient recovery, to create added value from dairy manure.
We have all the market knowledge, technical expertise and relationships to bring practical solutions to the table, adding value to all stakeholders.
It’s an exciting time to be in manure, which is on the precipice of being developed into the valuable products we know will benefit our soils, dairies, food system, communities and environment.

Chris Kopman
General Manager, Newtrient
• Financial Strategy & Operations
• Planning & Budget
• Business Development
• Technical
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Mark Stoermann
COO, Newtrient
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Management & Project Continuity
• Technical
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Jamie Vander Molen
Vice President, Sustainability Initiatives, Newtrient
• Communication
• Education and Outreach
• Strategy
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Garth Boyd
Principal at Context
• General Management & Project Continuity
• Technical
• Bio-energy
• Nutrient Recovery
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Matt Sutton-Vermeulen
Principal at Context
• General Management and Project Continuity
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
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Curt Gooch
Cornell University
• Technical
• Bio-energy
• Nutrient Recovery
• Environmental System Engineer
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Dana Kirk
Director, Energy Center, Michigan State University
• Technical
• Bio-energy
• Nutrient Recovery
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Frank Mitloehner
Professor and Air Quality Extension Specialist, UC Davis
• Technical
• Air quality
•Greenhouse gases
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Craig Frear
Director of Research and Technology, Regenis
• Technical
• Bio-energy
• Nutrient Recovery
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Bruce Knight
Principal, Strategic Conservation Solutions
• Public Funding
• Strategy
• Environmental Conservation
• Public Policy
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