OFFICERS
president and chief executive officer
William B. Rogers
senior vice president and director of city park development Adrian Benepe
senior vice president and chief philanthropy officer
Margie Kim Bermeo
senior vice president and division director Raymond Christman
senior vice president and chief marketing officer
Sean Connolly
senior vice president and director of conservation strategies
Ernest Cook
senior vice president and division director Jeff Danter
senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary
M. Holly Haugh
senior vice president and division director Roger Hoesterey
senior vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer
Cynthia Scherer
vice president and director of federal affairs Kathy DeCoster
vice president and director of conservation transactions
Brenda Schick
vice president and director of human resources Barbara Smith
I JOINED THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND BOARD BECAUSE ... I was introduced by another committed board member and have been attached ever since.
I BELIEVE PARKS AND GREEN SPACE ARE VITAL TO QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE ... without access to the land, we would be a lesser people. I truly identify with our organization’s land-for-people mission. I think of the outdoors as my place of origin and try to consciously separate myself from my city life and responsibili- ties to get outside and maintain my primal connection to nature.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Page Knudsen Cowles (Chair), Stephen W. Baird, George Bell, William J. Cronon, George P. Denny III, Douglas Durst, F. Whitney Hatch, Caroline P. Niemczyk, Michael E. Patterson, Thomas S. Reeve, Roy Richards Jr., William B. Rogers, Ron Sims, Sheryl Tishman, F. Jerome Tone, Susan D. Whiting
THE WORK OF THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ... In our country we have a deeply set commitment to pri- vate property rights and a history of land exploitation. But as the country becomes more urbanized, I believe it’s time to re- think exploitation before all our wild land is gone, and before parkland becomes too expensive to wrest from the path of devel- opment. We are creatures that need open,
natural space for our health and happi- ness, and I pray that we have the foresight to conserve it.
MY PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT AS A BOARD MEMBER WAS ... raising money for the conservation of the Chattahoochee River Corridor in Georgia. This project is now the “spine” for an entire body of land conservation there, and has been emu- lated by a half-dozen other states.
THE KEY CHALLENGE FACING THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS ... reminding our commu- nities of the importance of saving green space. There is near-unanimous support for its protection, once we remind people that it should be done. So the burden is on us to advocate for conservation and provide the tools and financing to make it possible.
WHEN I WANT TO CONNECT WITH NATURE I ... go hunting. Every day of the year, that is where I’d rather be.
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Get to know Roy Richards Jr.
A member of The Trust for Public Land board since 1999, Roy Richards Jr. is the chairman of Southwire Company, one of North America's largest producers of electrical power cable. He has served as past president of the International Cablemakers Federation and past chair of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and was named “Georgia’s Most Respected CEO” by readers of Georgia Trend magazine. He is an active fly fisherman, downhill skier, and reader. He currently resides with his family in Charleston, South Carolina.
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