Robert Abernethy (Aiken, SC) retired president of the Longleaf Alliance dedicated to restoration of longleaf pine ecosystems in the southern U.S.; previously National Wild Turkey Fed. program head
Elizabeth Barber (Ridgeland, MS) principal Barber and Mann, Inc.; co-coordinator for Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation
Suzanne Berl (Asheville, NC) environmental organizational development consultant; past national board chair of River Network
Manley Fuller (Hickory, NC) conservation programs and public policy director for North Carolina Wildlife Federation; past president of Florida Wildlife Federation
Eileen Hennessy (Tennessee) organizational development /conservation planning consultant; past director land protection programs for Land Trust for Tennessee and Piedmont Land Conservancy (NC)
Gary Knight (Tallahassee, FL) retired long-term director of Florida Natural Areas Inventory program
Nelwyn McInnis (Covington, LA) president of Southern Wild Heritage, LLC; Land Trust for Lousiana land conservation chair; retired from long career with The Nature Conservancy-Louisiana
Larry Smith (Richmond, VA) retired VA Natural Heritage Program manager of Virginia natural areas protection program, incl. land acquisition, conservation easements, caves and karst conservation
Tom Smith (Richmond, VA) assistant secretary of Virginia Dept. of Conservation & Recreation; formerly director of Virginia Natural Heritage Program
John Taggart (Wilmington, NC) past director of NC Coastal Preserves program; semi-retired professor of conservation biology, ecology at UNC-Wilmington
Rickie White (Durham, NC) executive director of Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association; formerly NatureServe southeast US regional ecologist
Brad Wyche (Greenville, SC) founder and retired president of Upstate Forever
