Leadership

October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021

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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