Leadership - The Conservation Fund

DO YOU REMEMBER 1985?

That was the year:

Microsoft released Windows 1.0
CDs were first sold
Stamps cost 22 cents
“Back to the Future” became a hit movie
Researchers found the sunken “Titanic”

Also in 1985, a small group of determined conservationists launched The Conservation Fund. Patrick Noonan, who had just won a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant for his conservation ideas, and a few colleagues envisioned a new model of American land conservation: an organization chartered not only for environmental preservation, but also economic development. Rather than pursue a strict agenda, they wanted to partner with community, government and business to achieve land conservation on the ground, across America, moving swiftly and smartly. And so they did—and do. Today, our leadership continues combining passion and practical strategy to achieve conservation results coast to coast.

Officers

Regional Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Christopher Bell

Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Vice President, Development and Marketing and Communications

Senior Vice President, Working Forest Fund

Tom Duffus

Vice President and Northeast Representative, Conservation Acquisition

Senior Vice President, Western Director, Conservation Acquisition

Lily Engle

Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Monica Garrison

Senior Vice President

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Joe Hankins

Vice President, West Virginia State Director

Ray Herndon

Vice President, Lower Mississippi and Gulf Coast Region, Conservation Acquisition

Business Process Manager and Assistant Secretary

Meg McCants

Conservation Acquisition Department Manager

Erik Meyers

Vice President, Climate and Water Sustainability

Forestry Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Liz Palmer

Vice President of Human Resources and Operations

Blaine Phillips

Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, Conservation Acquisition

Kelly Reed

Senior Vice President, Government Relations

President & CEO

Matt Sexton

Senior Vice President, Southeast Regional Director, Conservation Acquisition

Evan Smith

Senior Vice President, Conservation Ventures

Abby Spring

Senior Vice President, Strategic Engagement

Scott Tison

Regional Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Vice President, Northwest Director, Conservation Acquisition

Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Officer