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Board of Directors

Charles R. Jordan
Chairman
The Conservation Fund
Director (Retired)
Portland Parks and Recreation

Oregon

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

Kay Kelly Arnold
Vice President, Public Affairs
Entergy Corporation

Arkansas

Riley P. Bechtel
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bechtel Corporation

California

Norman L. Christensen, Jr.
Professor of Ecology and Founding Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University
North Carolina

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

Marguerite W. Kondracke
President and Chief Executive Officer
America's Promise Alliance
District of Columbia

R. Michael Leonard
Attorney
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

North Carolina

Georgina A. Moreno
Associate
Analysis Group, Inc.

California

George A. Ranney, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Senior Counsel
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

Illinois

Dennis H. Reilley
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Praxair, Inc.

Connecticut

B. Francis Saul III
President
B.F. Saul Company
Vice Chairman
Chevy Chase Bank

Maryland

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

Virginia

Truman T. Semans, Sr.
Founder and Vice Chairman
Brown Advisory
Maryland

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

Wyoming

Hubert W. Vogelmann
Chairman Emeritus, Botany Department
University of Vermont

Vermont

David N. Weidman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Celanese Corporation

Texas

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

North Carolina

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Patrick F. Noonan
Chairman Emeritus
Maryland

KiKu H. Hanes
Director Emeritus
Montana

Hadlai A. Hull
Director Emeritus
Minnesota

Act Now

Mary and Nelson James at the Raleigh Farmer's Market
Take a "Stand" for Farmers

This summer, there’s a lot going on "behind the stands." In North Carolina, farm families such as Mary and Nelson James have joined to cherish traditions, save farmland and sustain their community for future generations.
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