Leadership - National Park Foundation

Our Mission

As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance America’s national parks for present and future generations.

Our Vision

Inspiring all people to connect with and protect America’s national parks.

President & CEO

Will Shafroth
Washington, D.C.

Board of Directors

William O. Hiltz
CHAIR
New York, NY
Rick James
VICE CHAIR
Auburn, IN
Cynthia Fisher
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Newton, MA
Rhoda Altom
TREASURER
Seattle, WA
Patricia Arvielo
Las Vegas, NV
Al Baldwin
Newport Beach, CA
Austin Beutner
Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Brown
Tampa, FL
Stephen Chazen
Houston, TX
Karen Swett Conway
Boston, MA
Steven A. Denning
Greenwich, CT
John DeStefano
Washington, DC
Lisa Eccles
Salt Lake City, UT
Randi Fisher
San Francisco, CA
Tom Goss
Detroit, MI
Andrea J. Grant
Boulder, CO
William Grayson
San Francisco, CA
Joseph Landy
New York, NY
Sean Maloney
Newport, RI
John L. Nau, III
Houston, TX
Barbara Neal
Chicago, IL
William Pickard
Detroit, MI
Brenda Potterfield
Columbia, MO
Robert S. Rivkin
Chicago, IL
Melinda Stearns
Santa Ana, CA
Melani Walton
Scottsdale, AZ
Gregory Weingarten
Los Angeles, CA

Ex-Officio Directors

The Honorable Deb Haaland
Secretary
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
Shawn Benge
Deputy Director, Operations
Exercising the Delegated Authority
of the Director
National Park Service
Washington, DC

National Council

Rhoda Altom
CO-CHAIR
Seattle, WA
Randi Fisher
CO-CHAIR
San Francisco, CA
Ellen Alberding
Chicago, IL
Martha Bernadett
Long Beach, CA
Susan Byrd
San Francisco, CA
Darrell Crate
South Hamilton, MA
Linda J. Fisher
Washington, DC
Jim Forbes
New York, NY
Thomas Hand
Richmond Hill, GA
Mark Headley
Moose, WY
Ellen Malcolm
Washington, DC
Richard Malloch
Greenwich, CT
David Marchick
Washington, DC
Scott Moore
Omaha, NE
Winifred Ohrstrom Nichols
Bozeman, MT
Dean and Kathleen Rasmussen
Simi Valley, CA
Karen Skelton
Sacramento, CA
Cody Smith
Englewood, CO
Lucas St. Clair
Hampden, ME
Louise Stephens
San Francisco, CA
Sarah Stephens
Seattle, WA
David Vela
Bryan, TX
Mary Jo Veverka
Bethesda, MD
Janet Molina Watt
Long Beach, CA