Women in Conservation Leadership

Women in Conservation Leadership Summit

In March 2017 the National Wildlife Federation hosted the first-ever Women in Conservation Leadership Summit, bringing together almost 200 women from across the Federation family, including from our affiliate organizations, staff, and board members. The summit was a resounding success with compelling sessions on women’s empowerment, skills, and approaches for supporting women’s leadership, understanding the barriers and opportunities for building women’s leadership, and individual and group commitments to take action.

While the 2017 summit included attendees from the National Wildlife Federation's internal staff, affiliate organizations, and board members, in 2018 we were pleased to open the summit to any woman working in the conservation field.

Thank you to 2018's generous sponsors and conservation partners:

Conservation Partners

Individual Donors

Martha Darling, Chair, National Wildlife Federation Action Fund
Nicole Wood, National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Bruce Wallace, Immediate Past Chair, National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Miranda Ballentine, National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Mary Van Kerrebrook, National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Lynn Scarlett, Global Managing Director for Public Policy, The Nature Conservancy
Kent Salazar, Western Vice Chair, National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Carol Buie-Jackson, National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors
Barbara Bramble, Vice President, International Conservation and Corporate Strategies, National Wildlife Federation

Corporations

Past Events

Second Annual WCL Summit

March 13-15, 2018
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake
Cambridge, MD

First Annual WCL Summit

March 17-19, 2017
National Conservation Training Center
Shepherdstown, WV

For more information about the event or how to receive an invitation, please contact Elizabeth Lillard at LillardE@nwf.org or call 734-887-7134.

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More than one-third of U.S. fish and wildlife species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades. We're on the ground in seven regions across the country, collaborating with 52 state and territory affiliates to reverse the crisis and ensure wildlife thrive.

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