Trygg Danforth
TRYGG DANFORTH is the Director of Real Estate at EIP and has managed EIP’s real estate activity since rejoining EIP in 2016, and sits on EIP’s Investment Team. He previously worked for EIP for two years as an Analyst and Associate prior to leaving for business school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he received his MBA with a concentration in real estate.
A highlight of his time at EIP is his effort to work with over 15 different landowners in Cecil County, Maryland to lease and purchase restoration easements over 16 miles of stream corridors, which generated over two thousand tons of sediment reductions and thirteen thousand pounds of nitrogen reductions per year that EIP was able sell to the State of Maryland to meet their water quality obligations.
Trygg has experience in commercial real estate, land acquisition, natural resources and environmental restoration. Prior to business school and his first stint at EIP, Trygg worked at Trout Unlimited and played professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox organization. He received his BA in environmental studies from Yale University.
Trygg lives in Severna Park, MD with his wife, two kids, and their mellow black lab, Tito. They enjoy traveling to play golf, go fly fishing, explore new countries and visit old friends.
Q&A with Trygg Danforth
What does your role at EIP entail?
I manage the negotiation, due diligence, acquisition, disposition, leasing and overall management of EIP’s real estate assets nationwide. Additionally, I sit on EIP’s investment team and lead a handful of portfolio and prospective investments.
What excites you about EIP’s impact on the world?
What makes me proud to work for EIP is that through our investment activity we are able to produce meaningful large-scale restoration and conservation outcomes that create and sustain hundreds of jobs across the country.