Island Conservation
Jon, a former Island Conservation Board member, leads the Greenway as Executive Director, working with the Board of Directors, staff, and partners to collaboratively conserve the Mountains to Sound Greenway landscape. Jon brings to the Greenway a unique blend of scientific understanding, strategic problem solving and communication skills. Before joining the Greenway Trust, he served […]
David Hartwell is an advisor/board member to/of many businesses, nonprofit organizations and foundations. Prior to this, he was for 26 years the President of Bellcomb, Inc., a global supplier of composite panels. He has served on many nonprofit boards, often in leadership positions including the National Audubon (Vice Chair and Treasurer), Belwin Conservancy (Chair) Conservation […]
Ryan Phelan is Co-founder and Executive Director of Revive & Restore, a nonprofit organization with a mission to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species. Ryan works with some of the world’s leading molecular biologists, conservation biologists, and conservation organizations to develop pioneering genetic rescue projects. The goal is to use […]
Jonathan Franzen is the author of five novels, including Freedom and The Corrections, and five works of nonfiction and translation, including The Kraus Project and Farther Away, all published by FSG. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Akademie der Künste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Ben Goldsmith manages London-listed investment trust Menhaden Resource Efficiency Plc which invests in businesses at the forefront of energy and resource efficiency. Previously Ben co-founded WHEB Asset Management, one of Europe’s leading sustainability-focused fund management businesses. Ben chairs the UK Conservative Environment Network as well as the Conservation Collective. Ben is also a Trustee of UK […]
Ted Haffner currently serves as a Steering Committee Member and Climate Change Goal Team Lead for Chicago Wilderness Alliance (CWA). Prior to CWA, Ted was a Landscape Architect and Climate Fellow at Openlands, a regional land trust in Chicago. He also served as Senior Associate and Project Manager with Terry Guen Design Associates (TGDA), a […]
John R. Childress began his career as a tropical biologist and marine ecologist, with studies at Harvard University and the University of Hawaii in the early 1970s. John had the good fortune of learning with E.O. Wilson at Harvard as well as Dr. Ernest Reese at UH. In 1968 John spent a year at the […]
Fred Nelson is founder and CEO of Maliasili, and organization that works to accelerate the impact of community-based approaches to conservation by strengthening local civil society organizations. H has been working for 25 years in African conservation to develop effective strategies and lasting solutions, support innovative local organizations, and build diverse partnerships. He’s lived and […]
Founder and Executive Director, Willow Grove Foundation and Adjunct Professor, Pacific Water Research Centre Andrew S. Wright is a former high technology entrepreneur and currently an adjunct professor at SFU in the Faculty of the Environment. Since 2007 he has actively engaged in promoting enhanced inner-city childhood education programs and ecological conservation efforts. In addition […]
Lindsay is the Vice President of Research for the National Geographic Societys Pristine Seas program. She has spent more than 20 years conducting applied conservation research that spans the interface of marine and terrestrial realms through her work on the foraging ecology and conservation needs of marine birds. She previously served as the Executive Director […]