Executive Leadership

Volunteer members of the Corporate Council advise The Conservation Fund on opportunities for private-sector partnerships and on directions in sustainable conservation and economic development. Current and past affiliations are shown for purposes of identification.

Riley P. Bechtel
Bechtel Group, Inc.

John F. Bookout, Jr.
Shell Oil Company

Crandall C. Bowles
Springs Industries, Inc.

Ernest H. Cockrell
Cockrell Oil Corporation

Peter H. Coors
Molson Coors Brewing Company

Irl F. Engelhardt
Peabody Group

John V. Faraci
International Paper Company

Jack Gerard
American Petroleum Institute

J. Brett Harvey
CONSOL Energy Inc.

Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company

John W. Johnstone, Jr.
Arch Chemicals, Inc.

General P.X. Kelley
United States Marine Corps

Ann McLaughlin Korologos
RAND Corporation

Dan W. Lufkin
Questor Management Company

John A. Luke, Jr.
MeadWestvaco Corporation

James A. Mack
Cambrex Corporation

George Mead
Consolidated Paper

John W. Patten
Business Week Magazine

David M. Roderick
USX Corporation

William D. Ruckelshaus
Madrona Investment Group, L.L.C.

John R. Whitmore
Bessemer Group, Inc.

The Conservation Fund's National Council is comprised of individuals who help us establish partnerships between the public and private sectors to advance conservation in the United States.

Gerald W. Adelmann
Illinois 

Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho

William C. Baker
Maryland

Thomas A. Barron
Colorado

Mrs. Sally Lyons Brown
Kentucky

Barbara Brunckhorst
Florida

Jessica Hobby Catto
Texas

William C. Coleman
Massachusetts

Samuel A. Cooke
Hawaii

Lavinia M. Currier
Virginia

Henry L. Diamond
District of Columbia

Jean W. Douglas
District of Columbia

Susan Feith
Wisconsin

Clayton W. Frye, Jr.
New York

James S. Gilliland
Tennessee

Richard N. Goldman
California

S. Gunnar Klarr
Michigan

The Honorable L. W. Lane, Jr.
California

Christopher B. Leinberger
District of Columbia

Robert A. Marston
New York

Edward T. McMahon
Maryland

John C. Oliver
Pennsylvania

Gilman Ordway
Wyoming

Nathaniel P. Reed
Florida

William K. Reilly
California

Jon Roush
Oregon

Andrew W. Sansom
Texas

John M. Seidl
Colorado

Leonard L. Silverstein
Maryland

Mrs. William I. Spencer
Florida

George P. Stamas
Maryland

Alfred H. Taylor, Jr.
Maryland

Douglas P. Wheeler
District of Columbia

J. Rutherford Seydel II
Chairman
The Conservation Fund
Partner
Davis, Pickren & Seydel
Georgia

R. Michael Leonard
Vice Chairman
The Conservation Fund
Attorney
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
North Carolina

Kay Kelley Arnold
Vice President, Public Affairs
Entergy Corporation
Arkansas

Sylvia A. Earle
Explorer-in-Residence
The National Geographic Society
Co-Founder and Chair
Deep Ocean Exploration and Research
California

Stephen A. Elbert
Vice Chairman - retired
BP America, Inc.
Illinois

Paul E. Hagen
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond PC
District of Columbia

Georgina A. Moreno
Associate
Analysis Group, Inc.
California

Kenneth Olden
Founding Dean, School of Public Health
Hunter College
New York

George A. Ranney, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Metropolis Strategies
Chairman
Prairie Holdings Corporation
Illinois

B. Francis Saul III
President
B.F. Saul Company
Maryland

Lawrence A. Selzer (Non-Voting)
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Conservation Fund
Virginia

Gray N. Thornton
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wild Sheep Foundation
Editor in Chief
Wild Sheep Magazine
Wyoming

David N. Weidman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Celanese Corporation
Texas

James M. Whitehurst
President and Chief Executive Officer
Red Hat, Inc.
North Carolina

John Winthrop, Jr.
Principal
Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC
Connecticut

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Patrick F. Noonan
Chairman Emeritus
Maryland

Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Director Emeritus
Virginia

KiKu H. Hanes
Director Emeritus
Montana

Charles R. Jordan
Director Emeritus
Oregon

Hubert W. Vogelmann
Director Emeritus
Vermont

J. Rutherford Seydel II
Chairman

R. Michael Leonard
Vice Chairman

Lawrence A. Selzer
President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard L. Erdmann
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

David K. Phillips, Jr.
Treasurer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Sydney S. Macy
Senior Vice President

Rex R. Boner
Vice President

Alisa E. Borland
Vice President

Kathryn S. Brown
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Mark W. Elsbree
Vice President

Joseph A. Hankins
Vice President

Erik J. Meyers
Vice President, Sustainable Programs

Jodi R. O’Day
Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Blaine T. Phillips
Vice President

Michele J. Sager
Vice President

Daniel G. Sakura
Vice President, Government Relations and Director of Real Estate

Matthew S. Sexton
Vice President

Evan H. Smith
Vice President, Forestland Acquisition and Finance

Margaret A. McCants
Secretary

Beth Ann Burns
Assistant Secretary

Elizabeth G. Engle
Assistant Secretary and Associate Counsel

Paul F. Hurt
Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel

Scott M. Tison
Assistant Secretary

The Conservation Fund's leadership councils, board of directors and executive officers supply a depth and breadth of experience to guide the Fund's work. With combined expertise in real estate, conservation and business, this group of skilled professionals helps develop innovative solutions to pioneer and demonstrate the Fund's uniquely balanced approach to conservation.

Officers & Executives

Corporate Council