The leadership team at Appalachian Salmon is composed of industry leaders from the public and private sectors. With diverse backgrounds in operations management, distribution, public policy, and aquaculture, they are passionate about identifying growth opportunities for sustainable salmon for the North American market.
Austin Caperton
Founder and CEO
Austin Caperton has provided strategic direction, acquisition, disposition, financing, workout, and project-oriented services to clients. Combining his extensive executive experience with his engineering and law degrees, He has generated and managed transactions and consulted on various management functions, including operations, sales, and finance.
He served as Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection from January of 2017 through January of 2020.
WVU College of Law J.D.
Virginia Tech, B. S. Mining Engineering
John Schiering
CCO
John Schiering is a business professional and attorney who has spent his career in the food consumer products industry.
With extended tenures, first in operations and then general management, and over ten years of experience with aquaculture, he has worked for clients in the rapidly increasing salmon and other fish markets.
As a US team leader for another aquaculture project, he directed the project from conception, including the feasibility study, public funding solicitation, preliminary engineering, and site selection.
BA, International Relations: Brown University
JD, magna cum laude: New England School of Law
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