Dr. Benjamin Kuttner holds a B.Sc.F. degree in Forest Resource Management from the University of New Brunswick (1999), and a Master of Science in Forestry (1999) and Ph.D. (2010) in Forestry from the University of Toronto. Ben became a Registered Professional Forester in Ontario in 2001 and established Kuttner Forestry Consulting in 2003. He has over 20 years professional experience as a forestry consultant on a wide array of projects for government, industry, and ENGO clients, including FSC and SFI forest certification audits, urban canopy cover assessments, urban forest management planning, environmental audits, wood supply analyses, program reviews, jurisdictional scans, policy development, market analysis and authoring forest management plans and reports.

Dr. Kuttner is currently an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Department of Forestry and Institute of Forestry and Conservation within the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto where he teaches graduate courses in forest management planning and forest sustainability certification, and undergraduate courses in bioenergy from sustainable forest management, sustainable forest products, and an undergraduate field course (FOR300 Field Methods in Forest Conservation) at the Koffler Scientific Reserve.