Speakers
Of all my philanthropic endeavors…the saving of these beautiful natural areas has given me the profoundest pleasure and the most heartwarming satisfaction.”
– Paul Mellon
Confirmed Speakers Include
- Valer Austin, Cofounder and President,
Cuenca Los Ojos Foundation - Tom Butler, Author,
Wildlands Philanthropy - Vin Cipolla, President & CEO,
National Park Foundation - Jane Danowitz, Senior Officer, Pew Environmental Group,
The Pew Charitable Trusts - Christopher (“Kim”) J. Elliman, Chief Executive Officer,
Open Space Institute - Adrian Forsyth, Vice President of Programs,
Blue Moon Fund - Lisa M. Hamilton, President,
The UPS Foundation - Dan Janzen, DiMaura Professor of Conservation Biology,
University of Pennsylvania - James N. Levitt, Director, Program on Conservation Innovation,
Harvard Forest, Harvard University - Robert W. Righter, Research Professor of History,
Southern Methodist University - Mark L. Shaffer, Program Director for the Environment,
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - Doug Tompkins, Founder,
The Conservation Land Trust - Kris Tompkins, Founder and President,
Conservación Patagonica - Rand Wentworth, President,
The Land Trust Alliance