Who knew many of the big private conservation organizations in the U.S. are ran by an Ivy League Boy's Club? Wouldn't it make sense to have diverse leaders who are planning for biodiversity conservation? Have I taken the whole "diversity is a good thing" too far?
Here's a quick list with the briefest of information. You decide which one(s) might begin to measure up to your expectations.
- Conservation International (CI): Chairman and CEO Peter Seligmann – MS in Forestry and Environmental Science from Yale and a BS in Wildlife Ecology from Rutgers. Prior job was at TNC.
- Land Trust Alliance (LTA): President Rand Wentworth – MBA from Cornell and unspecified degree from Yale. Prior job was at Trust for Public Land.
- National Audubon Society (NAS): President and CEO David Yarnold – unspecified degree from San Jose State University. Prior job was at EDF.
- National Wildlife Federation (NWF): President and CEO Larry Schweiger – education unknown. Prior job was at Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
- Sierra Club: Executive Director Michael Brune – Unspecified dual degrees in Economics and Finance from West Chester University. Prior job was at Rainforest Action Network.
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC): President and CEO Mark Tercek – MBA from Harvard and BA from Williams College. Prior job was at Goldman Sachs.
- Trust for Public Lands (TPL): President and CEO William Rogers – MBA from Harvard and unspecified undergraduate degree from Stanford. Prior job was at unspecified Chicago-based real estate development company.
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS): President and CEO Steven Sanderson – PhD and MA in Political Science from Stanford, MA in political science from University of Arkansas, and BA in history from University of Central Arkansas. Prior job was at Emory University.
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) U.S.: President and CEO Carter Roberts – MBA from Harvard and BA from Princeton. Prior job was at TNC.
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