Board of Directors

Representing a broad range of experts and influential conservation leaders 

Our esteemed Board of Directors members provide our organization with scientific, political, strategic, financial and communications expertise.  As well, many have received awards for their Wildlands Network related work.

President
Susannah Smith
Freelance Communications Specialist
Tampa, FL

Vice President
Keith Bowers
President
Biohabitats, Inc.
Baltimore, MDS

Secretary
David Johns, JD
Adjunct Professor of Political Science
Portland State University
McMinnville, OR 

Barbara Dean
Executive Editor
Island Press
Covelo, CA

James A. Estes
University of CA, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

Nikita (Nik) Lopoukhine
Retired Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Oscar Moctezuma
Executive Director
Naturalia, AC
Mexico City, Mexico

Steve Olson
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Silver Spring, MD

John Terborgh
Center for Tropical Conservation
Durham, NC

Paul Vahldiek, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
High Lonesome Ranch
DeBeque, CO

Founder and President Emeritus
Michael Soule', PhD
Professor Emeritus
UC Santa Cruz
Paonia, CO

Brian J. Miller, Ph.D.
Founding Scientist and Trustee
Wind River Ranch
Watrous, NM