CLG's staff has many years of experience in conservation real estate and has completed transactions involving over 150,000 acres valued at more than $400 million. In addition to our staff, CLG utilizes a highly skilled network of partners and contractors on its projects including appraisers, attorneys, biologists, GIS specialists, local brokers and others.

KEVIN KNOWLES
CLG’s founder, Kevin Knowles, has worked in the conservation real estate field exclusively since 1989. A licensed California real estate broker, Kevin has extensive experience negotiating, managing and closing complex land and conservation easement projects on behalf of both buyers and sellers. Prior to founding CLG, Kevin was a Project Manager with The Trust for Public Land in San Francisco.

Kevin’s real estate experience also includes commercial brokerage and residential development work for Coldwell Banker Commercial and Signature Properties, respectively. He received a B.A. in American Studies from Stanford University in 1987. Kevin is a California native and avid outdoors enthusiast.

DEBRA GEILER
Over the last fifteen years, Debra Geiler has negotiated the acquisition of 35,000 acres of conservation lands valued in excess of $200 million. Debra achieved these successes working closely with landowners and interested stakeholders - negotiating and managing complex conservation real estate transactions to completion.

With a childhood spent in the outdoors, a law degree, and experience in real estate development, she brings both a passion for preserving natural areas and the professional skills and business acumen needed to realize that vision, often in contentious settings. Prior to joining CLG, Debra served as the Southern California Director for the Trust for Public Land and worked in the real estate development field. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California Hastings College of Law and her B.S. from California State University at Sacramento.