Robert Abernethy (Aiken, SC) – retired president of the Longleaf Alliance, an organization dedicated to restoration of longleaf pine ecosystems in the southern U.S.; previously National Wild Turkey Federation program head; conservation biologist and wetlands restoration specialist.
Elizabeth Barber (Ridgeland, MS) – principal owner and director of Barber and Mann, Inc.; past co-coordinator for Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation.
Suzanne Berl (Davidson, NC) – environmental organizational development consultant; past national president of River Network .
Kate Dixon (Raleigh, NC) – retired founding executive director of Friends of the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail and first executive director of Triangle Land Conservancy.
Manley Fuller (Hickory, NC) – public policy director for North Carolina Wildlife Federation; past president of Florida Wildlife Federation.
Gary Knight (Tallahassee, FL) – retired director of Florida Natural Areas Inventory program.
William Reeves (Gulf Shores, AL) – retired former chief of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s (TWRA) Biodiversity Division, and co-founder and co-chair of Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership; formerly TWRA Chief of Fisheries and Alabama Assistant Chief of Fisheries; member of numerous USFWS at-risk species recovery national teams.
Larry Smith (Richmond, VA) – retired, Virginia Natural Heritage Program manager of Virginia natural areas protection program, including land acquisition, conservation easements, caves and karst conservation.
Tom Smith (Richmond, VA) – retired, assistant secretary of Virginia Dept. of Conservation & Recreation; formerly director of Virginia Natural Heritage Program.
John Taggart (Wilmington, NC) – retired, past director of NC Coastal Preserves program; semi-retired professor of conservation biology & ecology at UNC-Wilmington.
Brad Wyche (Greenville, SC) – founder and retired president of Upstate Forever.
