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Board of Directors and Advisory Committees

The Board of Directors of Defenders of Wildlife is made up of professionals from all walks of life - academic, scientific, legal, financial and government - who share a common love for our nation's wildlife and natural heritage. Their combined experience and dedication play an extremely important role in charting the future of Defenders and the wildlife conservation movement.

* Executive Board Member

*Victor M. Sher, Esq. Chair
California

*Winsome McIntosh, Vice Chair
District of Columbia

*Richard G. Pritzlaff, Secretary
Maryland

*Ron Pulliam, Ph.D., Treasurer
Arizona

Edward Asner
California

Dinah Bear, Esq.
Arizona

*Jamie Rappaport Clark, President
Virginia

*Jeff Corwin
Massachusetts

Caroline Gabel
Maryland

Eric R. Glitzenstein, Esq.
District of Columbia

Liberty Godshall
California

*Adelaide P. Gomer
New York

Mari Snyder Johnson
California

Ashley Judd
Tennessee

*Richard Kopcho
California

David Margulies
California

Ruth Musgrave, Esq.
Washington

Barry Noon, Ph.D.
Colorado

Matt Pawa, Esq.
Massachusetts

Jaime Pinkham
Minnesota

Judy Posnikoff, Ph.D. 
California

Terry L. Root, Ph.D.
California

Joel Sartore
Nebraska

*Laura Turner Seydel
Georgia

Karin Sheldon, Esq.
Colorado

Lee M. Talbot, Ph.D.
Virginia

Susan Wallace
Pennsylvania

Board Emeritus

Terry C. Pelster
New York

Alan Steinberg
Florida


Litigation Committee

*Board Member

*Dinah Bear
Attorney at Law, Arizona

Holly Doremus
University of California, Berkley

*Eric R. Glitzenstein
Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal

Oliver Houck
Tulane Law School

*Ruth Musgrave
Attorney at Law, Washington

Barry Noon, Ph.D.
Colorado State University

*Matthew F. Pawa
Law Offices of Matthew F. Pawa, P.C.

Daniel Rohlf
Lewis & Clark Law School

*Karin Sheldon
Western Resources Advocates

*Victor M. Sher
Sher Leff LLP


National Council

Joan Cambray
California

Virginia Cirica
California

Marianne Gabel
Ohio

Lawrence Goelman
California

Chuck Hansen
California

Michael Kieschnick
California

Darcy Kopcho
California

Thomas E. Lovejoy, Ph.D.
District of Columbia

Donna Mills
California

Alice P. Neuhauser
California

Bryan G. Norton, Ph.D.
Georgia

Gilman Ordway
Wyoming

Stephanie Freid-Perenchio
Idaho

Gaye Pigott
Washington

Alan R. Pilkington
Colorado

George B. Rabb, Ph.D.
Illinois

Sally Spooner
New York

Loretta M. Stadler
New Jersey

Fred Stanback
North Carolina

Nancy Stephens
California

Martha Hayne Talbot
Virginia

Ellen Whitaker
Tennessee


Science Advisors

Dr. Barry Noon
Colorado State University

Dr. Reed Noss
University of Central Florida

Dr. Charles (Pete) Peterson
University of North Carolina

Dr. H. Ronald Pulliam
University of Georgia

Dr. George B. Rabb
Chicago Zoological Society

Dr. Terry Root
Stanford University

Dr. Mark Schwartz
University of California, Davis

Dr. Lee M. Talbot
George Mason University, Virgina

Dr. David S. Wilcove
Princeton University, New Jersey

Dr. Edward O. Wilson
Harvard University, Massachusetts

Dr. Rosie Woodroffe
Institute of Zoology, London