Christy Prescott, Earth X BioChristy Prescott has spent more than two decades at the intersection of working forests and working economies. As Executive Director of the Forest WRX Alliance, a Northern California non-profit catalyzing a circular bioeconomy in the North Coast redwood and mixed-conifer region, she convenes the landowners, innovators, institutions, and investors needed to transform how forests are managed and how the materials they produce move through regional supply chains. Her work is grounded in over 20 years as a Social Scientist with the USDA Forest Service, specializing in analyzing the social and economic impacts of federal projects. Current efforts include advancing a proposed ISO/IEC 17025-accredited building material testing and certification laboratory on California's North Coast—infrastructure designed to accelerate market entry for mass timber, wildfire-resilient building materials, and other biobased products. Christy also co-leads the New Program Design Project at Cal Poly Humboldt, developing academic programs at the nexus of natural resource management and climate technology—building the workforce the emerging bioeconomy will need.