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 business—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.
Board of Directors
*Winsome McIntosh, Chair
District of Columbia
*Caroline Gabel, Vice Chair
Maryland
*Susan Wallace, Secretary
Pennsylvania
*Richard Kopcho, Treasurer
California
Edward Asner
California
Dinah Bear, Esq.
Arizona
*Jamie Rappaport Clark, President and CEO
Virginia
Jeff Corwin
Massachusetts
Holly Doremus, Ph.D., Esq.
California
* Eric R. Glitzenstein, Esq.
District of Columbia
Liberty Godshall
California*
Lyons Gray
North Carolina
Mari Snyder Johnson
California
Ashley Judd
Tennessee
Ruth Musgrave, Esq.
Washington
Barry Noon, Ph.D.
Colorado
Judy Posnikoff, Ph.D.
California
Richard G. Pritzlaff
Maryland
Ron Pulliam, Ph.D.
Arizona
Richard Robb
Florida
Terry L. Root, Ph.D.
California
Joel Sartore
Nebraska
Laura Turner Seydel
Georgia
Karin Sheldon, Esq.
Colorado
* Victor M. Sher, Esq.
California
Lee M. Talbot, Ph.D.
Virginia
* Executive Board Member
Board Emeritus
Terry C. Pelster
New York
Alan Steinberg
Florida
Litigation Committee
Dinah Bear, Esq.
Attorney at Law, Arizona
Holly Doremus, Ph.D., Esq.
University of California, Berkley
Eric R. Glitzenstein, Esq.
Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, District of Columbia
Ruth Musgrave, Esq.
Attorney at Law, Washington
Barry Noon, Ph.D.
Colorado State University
Karin Sheldon, Esq.
Western Resources Advocates, Colorado
Victor M. Sher, Esq.
Attorney at Law, California
National Council
Kenneth Berlin
Maryland
William Y. Brown, PhD
District of Columbia
Cassie Fisk Carroll
Washington
Joan Cambray
California
Mark Caylor
Washington, DC
Virginia Cirica
California
Marianne Gabel
Ohio
Lawrence Goelman
California
Adelaide P. Gomer
New York
Chuck Hansen
California
Michael Kieschnick
California
Darcy Kopcho
California
Barbara Long
Texas
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
Virginia
Michael Mantell
California
Donna Mills
California
Alice P. Neuhauser
California
Bryan G. Norton, Ph.D.
Georgia
Kris Norvig
California
Gilman Ordway
Wyoming
Stephanie Freid-Perenchio
Idaho
Gaye Pigott
Washington
Alan R. Pilkington
Colorado
Dr. George B. Rabb
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