Adrianna Sutton

Adrianna Sutton

Science Writer

Environmental Science & Policy + Forest Management

Adrianna Sutton uses her experience in publishing and forestry, along with an interest in all things climate-related, to develop high-quality communications materials.

Before joining Carbon Direct, Adrianna served as Communications Manager for the Michigan State University, Forest Carbon and Climate Program. While there, she also earned a Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management. Adrianna brings over 20 years of experience in publishing to her communications work. She has filled both design and editorial roles for publishing teams across the private, public, and academic sectors. She also has boots-on-the-ground experience working as a forestry technician for the US Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program where she conducted data collection throughout the Pacific Northwest’s diverse array of forested ecosystems. 

Adrianna plays a key role in the development and refinement of written materials produced by Carbon Direct’s Science and Policy teams, including due diligence reports, techno-economic analyses, life cycle assessments, white papers, digests, briefings, and more. When she is not wrangling commas, formatting citations, or paraphrasing the insights of her brilliant colleagues, Adrianna can be found playing outside or indulging her life-long obsession with books.

Education

Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management
Michigan State University

AAS Natural Resources Technology: Forest Resources
Mt. Hood Community College

BFA Visual Communication
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Awards

Four consecutive years of winning entries in the categories of Book Cover Design and Scholarly Typographic Book Design, annual juried awards by the American Association of University Presses (AAUP), 2002–2005 

Winning Book Cover Design, Annual 50 Books/50 Covers competition, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), 2005

Certificate of Merit, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2006

Certificate of Appreciation, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2007

Winning Book Design for The Living Forest by Joan Maloof and Robert Llewellyn, PubWest 34th Annual Design Awards, 2018