Leadership

NPCA Executive Staff

  • Theresa Pierno, President and CEO
    Robin Martin McKenna, Chief Operating Officer
    Tim Moyer, Chief Financial Officer
    Derrick Pressley, Chief Information Officer
    Adam Siegel, General Counsel
  • Kristen Brengel, SVP of Government Affairs
    Laura Connors, SVP of Membership
    Carolyn Curry-Wheat, VP of Human Resources
    Amy Hagovsky, SVP of Communications
    David Lamfrom, VP of Regional Operations
    Priya Nanjappa, VP of Conservation Programs
    Mary O’Connor, SVP of Development
  • REGIONAL DIRECTORS

    Melissa Abdo, Sun Coast Regional Director
    Jim Adams, Alaska Senior Regional Director
    Ernie Atencio, Southwest Regional Director
    Betsy Buffington, Northern Rockies Regional Director
    Cary Dupuy, Texas Regional Director
    Emily Jones, Southeast Regional Director
    Lynn McClure, Midwest Senior Regional Director
    Ed Stierli, Mid-Atlantic Senior Regional Director
    Rob Smith, Northwest Regional Director
    Ron Sundergill, Pacific Senior Regional Director

NPCA Board of Trustees

  • CHAIR

    Elizabeth Waddill, Fort Worth, TX
    VICE CHAIRS
    Sändra J. Washington, First Vice Chair, Lincoln, NE
    Nikki Buffa, Laguna Niguel, CA
    Bill Huyett, Concord, MA
    TREASURER
    David Aldrich, Vienna, VA
    SECRETARY
    Roberta R. Katz, Palo Alto, CA
  • TRUSTEES

    Estela Avery, San Antonio, TX
    Donald B. Ayer, McLean, VA
    Wendy Bennett, Golden Valley, MN
    Jennifer L. Costley, Olivebridge, NY
    Stewart C. Cushman, Hermosa Beach, CA
    Dalia Dorta, Denver, CO
    Shannon Dosemagen, New Orleans, LA
    James R. Floyd, Tulsa, OK
    Mortimer B. Fuller, III, Waverly, PA
    Denis P. Galvin, McLean, VA
    Fernando Gracia, Arlington, VA
    Helen Hernandez, Pasadena, CA
    Vincent E. Hoenigman, San Francisco, CA
    Robert B. Keiter, Salt Lake City, UT
    Eaddo Hayes Kiernan, Greenwich, CT
    Katharine Overlock, Greenwich, CT
    Susan Pohl, Seattle, WA
    Elizabeth Setsuko Raffin, San Francisco, CA
    Bruce V. Rauner, Key Largo, FL
    Kurt M. Riley, Pueblo of Acoma, NM
    Robert D. Rosenbaum, Bethesda, MD
    Jeff Sagansky, Palm Beach, FL
    William Taggart, Jr., Madison, NJ
    Greg A. Vital, Georgetown, TN
  • TRUSTEES EMERITUS

    William R. Berkley, Miami, FL
    Diana J. Blank, Bozeman, MT
    Sally Jewell, Seattle, WA
    Gretchen Long, Wilson, WY
    Glenn Padnick, Beverly Hills, CA
    Thomas F. Secunda, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
    Gene T. Sykes, Los Angeles, CA
    Fran Ulmer, Anchorage, AK
    H. William Walter, Minneapolis, MN

NPCA National Council

  • Robert Rosenbaum, Chairman, Bethesda, MD
    Diane E. Albert, Ph.D., Albuquerque, NM
    Lucy Alejos, San Diego, CA
    Victor Ashe, Knoxville, TN
    Susan Babcock, Pasadena, CA
    Mary Barley, Islamorada, FL
    Nevada Barr, New Orleans, LA
    D. Dean Bibles, San Antonio, TX
    James E. Bostic, Atlanta, GA
    Argha Bose, Raleigh, NC
    Randy Boyd, Knoxville, TN
    William L. Bryan, Jr., Bozeman, MT
    Rebecca Bryant, Knoxville, TN
    Robert Callahan, North Palm Beach, FL
    Dorothy A. Canter, Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
    Milton Chen, Ph.D., San Francisco, CA
    M. Charles Cloninger, Asheville, NC
    Wallace and Jerryne Cole, Denali NP, AK
    Ruth Cox, Ph.D., San Francisco, CA
    Ronald D. Davis, Sr., Louisville, TN
    Chad L. Dayton, Saint Paul, MN
    Joyce C. Doria, Potomac, MD
    Charles (Chuck) E. Frank, Highland Park, IL
    Caroline D. Gabel, Chestertown, MD
    William R. Hafker, Oakton, VA
    C. Wolcott Henry, Washington, DC
    Torrence M. Hunt, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA
    Bob Kaufman, Anchorage, AK
    Ellen Harvey Kelly, Baltimore, MD
    Nancy Lampton, Louisville, KY
    Robert Lane, McLean, VA
    Robert and Dee Leggett, Great Falls, VA
    David F. Levi, Durham, NC
    Ed Lewis, Bozeman, MT
    Sheldon Lubar, Milwaukee, WI
    Michael Malaga, San Francisco, CA
    Michael Marks, Woodside, CA
    Bruce Matheson, Miami, FL
    Neil Matouka, Sacramento, CA
    Stephen M. McPherson, Hobe Sound, FL
    Chris Monson, Tucson, AZ
    Rodman W. Moorhead, III, New York, NY
    M. Howard Morse, Washington, DC
    Robert C. Pohlad, Minneapolis, MN
    William Reilly, San Francisco, CA
    Alec Rhodes, Austin, TX
    Marie Ridder, McLean, VA
    Theodore Roosevelt, IV, New York, NY
    Connie Sargent, Brooklyn, NY
    Marion S. “Scotty” Searle, Lake Forest, IL
    J. Rutherford Seydel II, Esq., Atlanta, GA
    Laura Turner Seydel, Atlanta, GA
    Austin C. Smith, Eastham, MA
    James L. L. Tullis, North Palm Beach, FL
    Peter Vitousek, Ph.D., Stanford, CA
    Diana Wege, New York, NY
    Terry Tempest Williams, Moose, WY
    Avril Winks, New Haven, CT
    Anne Mitchell Whisnant, Ph.D., Chapel Hill, NC
    Ethan White Calfe, Garrison, ND
    Dennis Winner, Asheville, NC
    Craig S. Young, Cincinnati, OH
  • Wallace Cole, Denali National Park, AK
    Sally Gibert, Anchorage, AK
    Cathy Hart, Anchorage, AK
    Bob Kaufman, Anchorage, AK
    Sarah Leonard, Anchorage, AK
    Thomas Meacham, Anchorage, AK
    Andy Moderow, Anchorage, AK
    Claire Pywell, Anchorage, AK
    John Schoen, Anchorage, AK
    James Stratton, Eugene, OR
    Frances Ulmer, Anchorage, AK
  • Ted Armbrecht, Charleston, WV
    Calvert Armbrecht, Charleston, WV
    Donald Ayer, McLean, VA
    Dorothy Canter, Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
    Diane Clarck, McLean, VA
    Susan Cooper, Delaware Water Gap, PA
    Edwin Fountain, Arlington, VA
    Deirdre Gibson, Media, PA
    Fernando Gracia, Arlington, VA
    Jackie Kaye, Washington, DC
    Robert Lane, McLean, VA
    Jessica Loya, Washington, DC
    M. Howard Morse, Potomac, MD
    Marc Orlow, Lafayette Hill, PA
    Alexis Pelosi, Washington, DC
    Robert Rosenbaum, Bethesda, MD
    Ayomide Sekiteri, Hyattsville, MD
    Grace Sica, Swarthmore, PA
  • John Anfinson, Shoreview, MN
    Wendy Bennett, Minneapolis, MN
    George Covington, Lake Forest, IL
    Matthew Dobry, Park Ridge, IL
    Josh Ellis, Chicago, IL
    Forrest Flint, Edina, MN
    Kendra Fogarty, Chicago, IL
    Peter Gove, White Bear Lake, MN
    David Hackett, Wilmette, IL
    Christopher Kennedy, Kenilworth, IL
    Laura Merriam, Saint Paul, MN
    Megan A. O’ Hara, Minneapolis, MN
    Wendy Paulson, Chicago, IL
    Bruce Rauner, Key Largo, FL
    Daniel Rice, Hastings, MN
    Kathy Schneider, Hart, MI
    Tracey Shafroth, Douglas, MI
    David Walter, Edina, MN
    H. Walter, Minneapolis, MN
    Sandra Washington, Lincoln, NE
    Richard Wilson, Chicago, IL
    Antoinette Wright, Chicago, IL
    Michelle Wang
  • Saad Amer, Coram, NY
    Adrian Benepe, New York, NY
    Anjanette Decarlo, Huntington, VT
    Richard DeScherer, New York, NY
    Sarah Donahue, Dingmans Ferry, PA
    John Donahue, Dingmans Ferry, PA
    Martin Geller, New York, NY
    Gerard Glaser, Cheverly, MD
    Jim Goodfellow, Tuxedo Park, NY
    Bradford Hill, Jersey City, NJ
    John Kashwick, Clinton, NJ
    David Kelly, Pawling, NY
    Julie Kelly, Pawling, NY
    Sophia Koven, Riverside, CT
    Gretchen Long, Wilson, WY
    Tasfia Nayem, Durham, NC
    Katharine Overlock, Greenwich, CT
    Pamela Pettyjohn, Brooklyn, NY
    Michael Roemer, Montvale, NJ
    Theodore Roosevelt, Brooklyn, NY
    Marie Salerno, New York, NY
    Edward Samek, Southwest Harbor, ME
    Dave Santucci, Hyde Park, MA
    Thomas Secunda, Croton On Hudson, NY
    Norman Selby, Mount Kisco, NY
    Deborah Shanley, Brooklyn, NY
    William Taggart, Madison, NJ
    Sergio Villavicencio, Bronx, NY
    Thomas Wessels, Alstead, NH
    Marcia Wessels, Alstead, NH
    Tom White, Ringoes, NJ
    Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken, NJ
  • Laurel Angell, Bozeman, MT
    William Berg, Gardiner, MT
    Diana Blank, Bozeman, MT
    William Bryan, Bozeman, MT
    Franz Camenzind, Jackson, WY
    Stephen Connolly, Tucson, AZ
    George Corn, Hamilton, MT
    Colette Daigle-Berg, Gardiner, MT
    Sally Ericsson, Whitefish , MT
    Marne Hayes, Big Sky, MT
    Michael Holm, Columbia Falls, MT
    Steven Iobst, Driggs, ID
    Robert Keith, Bozeman, MT
    Gretchen Long, Wilson, WY
    Marian Meyers, Moose, WY
    Valerie Naylor, Rapid City, SD
    Katharine Overlock, Greenwich, CT
    Andrew Salter, Jackson, WY
    Sandra Schultz-Hessler, Jackson, WY
    Gene Tremblay, Marblehead, MA
    H. Walter, Minneapolis, MN
    Ethan White Calfe, Garrison, ND
  • Roger Andrascik, Eatonville, WA
    Louis Capozzi, Bend, OR
    Sara Crumb, Seattle, WA
    Lisa Eschenbach, Seattle, WA
    Philip Grad, Seattle, WA
    Christina Koons, Olga, WA
    Jaime Martin, Seattle, WA
    Lisa Mighetto, Seattle, WA
    Clarence Moriwaki, Bainbridge Island, WA
    David Patton, Freeport, ME
    Jacquelyne Peterson, Seattle, WA
    Matt Rudolf, Mercer Island, WA
    Linh Thai, Seattle, WA
  • Lucy Alejos, San Diego, CA
    Craig Blum, Manhattan Beach, CA
    Stewart Cushman, Hermosa Beach, CA
    Frank Dean, Petaluma, CA
    Amanda Ellison, Playa Del Rey, CA
    Burton Goldfield, Dublin, CA
    David Gordon, Sierra Madre, CA
    Joshua Haacker, Los Angeles, CA
    James Hallowell, Friant, CA
    Benjamin Hammett, Palo Alto, CA
    Caryl Hart, Sebastopol, CA
    Marvin Heinze, Coronado, CA
    Vince Hoenigman, San Francisco, CA
    Ashley Hunter, Menlo Park, CA
    Paula Kislak, Montecito, CA
    Michael Malaga, San Francisco, CA
    Mary Martin, Palo Cedro, CA
    Neil Matouka, Sacramento, CA
    D’Arcy Mead, Menlo Park, CA
    David Scott, Redwood City, CA
    Jack Shu, La Mesa, CA
    Woody Smeck, Nipomo, CA
    Marcos Trinidad, Montclair, CA
  • Leslee Alexander, Maryville, TN
    Victor Ashe, Knoxville, TN
    Stephen Bartlett, Belleville, IL
    Warren Bielenberg, Maryville, TN
    Martha Bogle, Asheville, NC
    Argha Bose, Raleigh, NC
    Randal Boyd, Knoxville, TN
    Daniel Brown, Weaverville, NC
    Rebecca Bryant, Knoxville, TN
    M. Charles Cloninger, Asheville, NC
    Robert Cooper, Nashville, TN
    Ron Davis, Louisville, TN
    Diquan Edmonds, Durham, NC
    David Eisner, Hoschton, GA
    Mary English, Knoxville, TN
    James Floyd, Tulsa, OK
    Philip Francis, Sevierville, TN
    Gordon Gibson, Knoxville, TN
    Will Harlan, Barnardsville, NC
    Beatty Jackson, Damascus, VA
    Gary Johnson, Asheville, NC
    Carol Kirshner, Nashville, TN
    Nancy Lampton, Louisville, KY
    David Levi, Durham, NC
    Hugh Mainzer, Atlanta, GA
    Charles Maynard, Knoxville, TN
    Melissa McAdams, Knoxville, TN
    Marsha Merrell, Mentone, AL
    Doug Pfeffer, Clarksville, TN
    Jacob Ross, Americus, GA
    Milton Russell, Knoxville, TN
    J Seydel, Atlanta, GA
    William Skelton, Knoxville, TN
    Greg Vital, Georgetown, TN
    Shelby Ward, Lenoir City, TN
    Anne Whisnant, Chapel Hill, NC
    Dennis Winner, Asheville, NC
  • Diane Albert, Los Ranchos, NM
    Robert Allison, Denver, CO
    Ralph Becker, Salt Lake City, UT
    Andrea Grant, Boulder, CO
    Sarah Judkins, Boulder, CO
    Daniel McCool, Ogden, UT
    Douglas McVie, Tucson, AZ
    Chris Monson, Tucson, AZ
    Katrina Peterson, Nederland, CO
    Kurt Riley, Albuquerque, NM
    Jerry Rogers, Santa Fe, NM
    Robert Sanderson, Tempe, AZ
    Jack Schmidt, Logan, UT
    David Simon, Albuquerque, NM
    Douglas Sporn, Placitas, NM
    Margaret Wheatley, Sundance-Provo, UT
  • Martin Arostegui, Miami, FL
    Tracy Arthur, Jacksonville, FL
    Irela Bague, Miami, FL
    Almy Bartis, Melrose, NY
    Robert Callahan, North Palm Beach, FL
    Shannon Dosemagen, New Orleans, LA
    Peri Frances-Betsch, Atlanta, GA
    Bruce Garrison, Miami, FL
    Pamela Garrison, Miami, FL
    Barbara Goodman, Jacksonville, FL
    Thomas Hanson, Chicago, IL
    Nancy Hanson, Chicago, IL
    Paul Martin, Coral Gables, FL
    Bruce Matheson, Miami, FL
    Stephen McPherson, Hobe Sound, FL
    Audrey Peterman, Plantation, FL
    Haniel Pulido Jr., Miami, FL
    George Rodormer, Lighthouse Point, FL
    Stephen Shelley, Homestead, FL
    JoAnn Tredennick, Jacksonville, FL
    James Tullis, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • Marjorie Adams, Dallas, TX
    Dean Bibles, San Antonio, TX
    Betty Bueche, San Antonio, TX
    Claire Caudill, Houston, TX
    Posey Duncan, Schertz, TX
    Ruth Flournoy, Houston, TX
    Sarah Flournoy, Houston, TX
    Cullen Geiselman, Houston, TX
    Josephine Gutierrez, San Antonio, TX
    Steve Hixon, San Antonio, TX
    Jeanette Honermann, San Antonio, TX
    Bob Howen, San Antonio, TX
    Madeleine Hussey, Houston, TX
    Victoria Lange, Houston, TX
    James Lifshutz, San Antonio, TX
    Casey Martin
    Kristen McConnell, Austin, TX
    Alec Rhodes, Austin, TX
    Laurence Simmons, Houston, TX
    Patricia Stone-Reyes, San Antonio, TX
    Cindy Taylor, San Antonio, TX
    Vivian Todd, Beaumont, TX
    Elizabeth Waddill, Fort Worth, TX
    Sue White, Houston, TX

NPCA Next Gen Council

  • Saad Amer
    Zachary Bolick
    David Donatti
    Diquan Edmonds
    Nicole Jackson
    Qwynne Lackey
    Chris Liu
    Jessica Loya
    Nicholas Maya
    Steffanie Munguia
    Tasfia Nayem
    Alfonso Orozco
    Jacob Ross
    Ayomide Sekiteri
    Andrew Yip

NPCA Veterans Council

  • Chris Marvin, Council Lead- US Army
    Erick Andino- US Navy
    Stacy Bare- US Army
    Erica Carroll- US Air Force
    Richard Diaz- US Army
    Phillip Howard- US Marine Corps & US Air Force
    Allison Jaslow-US Army
    Patrick Ketchum- US Army
    Dom Mullins- US Army
    Yaritza Perez-US Marine Corps
    Nicole Rawlinson- US Navy Spouse
    Blayne Smith- US Army
    Tom Voss- US Army
    Aaron Wolf- US Marine Corps