Organizational Structure
Corporate Entity
Emergence (Delaware C Corp, in formation)
Existing Business Units
- 833 Joe Tree: timber operations (Joel White, LTO credential)
- The Cali Dozer Co: trucking, heavy equipment, CalFire Hired Equipment Program
- Warner Enterprises: logging and biomass (Gary Warner, 50-year history)
- Real Good Soil / Earthworm Soil Factory: composting, soil production (CalRecycle permitted, CDFA Healthy Soils certified)
- Butte Valley Ranch: agricultural enterprise
Forming Subsidiaries
- Emergence Forestry LLC: dedicated forestry operations
- Emergence Logistics LLC: transportation and supply chain
- Emergence Farms LLC: agricultural and regenerative land management
Owner-Partners (6)
- Joel White — Founder (forestry, construction, operations)
- Brad Ledford — Head of Technology (Foundri Studio; ex-Amazon Principal TPM)
- Jason Ugie — Founding Owner-Partner, Design Thinking (Spinning Solutions)
- John Thompson — COO (composting operations, 20 years)
- Jeff Brockhouser — Steel Manufacturing (Technical Steel)
- Gary Warner — Logging and Biomass (Warner Enterprises)
Partner Roles Framework (Project-Level)
- ATBF (America the Beautiful Foundation): federal land access, program administration, scaling platform
- Emergence: capital deployment, infrastructure, feedstock supply chain, equipment operations