Our Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 doubles down on our mission , commits to raising and allocating $ 200 million , and pledges to contribute to saving half of the world ’ s threatened birds and mammals and permanently locking up the carbon equivalent of three years ’ emissions from the entire United States ’ economy .
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Our Leadership
Senior Staff
Dr . James C . Deutsch Chief Executive Officer Mark Gruin Vice President , Strategic Initiatives Melissa Hohimer Chief Financial Officer James Lewis Vice President , Conservation Leslie VanSant Vice President , Philanthropy
Board of Directors
Dr . Eric Veach Chair Edith McBean Vice Chair Dr . Wayt Thomas Secretary
Sarah Gillman Treasurer
( appointed May 21 , 2022 )
Geoffrey Chen Member
Sally F . Davidson Member
( Treasurer until May 21 , 2022 )
Dr . Cullen Geiselman Member
( appointed May 21 , 2022 )
Eric Goode Member Ann Kaupp Member Patrica A . Koval Member Dr . Thomas Lovejoy Member
( deceased December 25 , 2021 )
John D . Mitchell Member & Chair Emeritus
Dr . Robert Ridgely Member & President Emeritus
( appointed May 22 , 2021 )
Kimberly Stewart Member Dr . Edward O . Wilson Member
( deceased December 26 , 2021 )
Jeffrey Zack Member
( until May 21 , 2022 )
Council Members
Dr . Bruce Beehler Dr . Gwen Brewer Callie Broaddus Dr . Thomas Brooks Brett Byers Dr . Nigel Collar Dr . Chris Elliott
Ramón Escobar
( as of May 21 , 2022 )
Dr . Andrew Farnsworth
( as of February 26 , 2022 )
Robert Giles John Gwynne Ambassador Heather Hodges Dr . Pantaleon M . B . Kasoma Dr . Sally Lahm Alan Martin Dr . Russell A . Mittermeier Roger Pasquier Linda Perry-Lube Sir Ghillean Prance Steven Quarles
Dr . Jon Paul Rodriguez
( as of May 21 , 2022 )
Walter Sedgwick Dr . Simon Stuart Dr . John Terborgh Bernie Tershy Curt Vander Meer Dr . David S . Wilcove Roland Wirth Hyram Yarbro
Jeffrey Zack
( as of May 21 , 2022 )
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