Law School
Indiana University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Indiana University, B.A., 1975
Biographical
Vice President and Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy, 2001-2003; Executive Vice President, The Nature Conservancy, 1998-2001. Associate Attorney, Sommer & Barnard, 1979-1982. State Director, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana, 1982-1988; Chief Operating Officer, The Nature Conservancy, 1988-1994. Board of Managers, Forest Bank LLC, 2001-2002. Director, Center for Compatible Economic Development, 1994-1999. Indiana University School of Law Distinguished Service Award, 1997. Indiana University Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Arts and Sciences, 1992. National Program of the Year Award, The Nature Conservancy, 1986. Adjunct Associate Professor, Environmental Law, Butler University, 1985 and 1987. Indiana Historic Preservation Review Board, 1987-1988. Publications: Beyond the Ark, Island Press (1996); Chapter Author, A Cloudy Sky Over the Range: Whose Home and Why It Matters, Culture, Economics and Ecology of Ranching West of the 100th Meridian, by Richard Knight, et al., Ed(s), Island Press (2001); Numerous journals, magazines, and annual report articles. Speaker and Panelist at various environmental and conservation conferences. Member, Board of Directors, Leadership Loudoun, 1996-1999. Chairman, EcoEnterprises Fund, 2000-2002. Chairman, Center for Compatible Economic Development, 1999-2002. Member, Board of Directors, Conservation Beef, LLC, 1998—. Advisor, Animas Foundation, 2000—. Member, Board of Directors, The Preserve at Calloway, 2002—. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office)