The NCLI Board is drawn from the nation’s premier conservation organizations who recognize that conservation’s future rests in the hands of tomorrow’s leaders. The National Conservation Leadership Institute was conceived to develop a corps of trained leaders ready to address issues that will face the conservation community long into the future.

Chair: Steve Williams, Wildlife Management Institute

Vice Chair: Lowell Baier, Boone and Crockett Club

Secretary/Treasurer: Jay Slack, National Conservation Training Center

Gary Boyd, Greener Options, Inc.

Jimmy Bullock, Resource Management Service, LLC

Jon Gassett, Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Erik Meyers, The Conservation Fund

Max Peterson, Chief Emeritus U.S. Forest Service

Joanna Prukop, Freedom to Roam

Ron Regan, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Greg Schildwachter, Watershed Results LLC

Jeff Trandahl, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

Ex officio (advisory only)

Rowan Gould, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Karen Waldrop, NCLI Alumni Association 

Board members may be contacted through the Management Assistance Team