Bill Meadows
President of The Wilderness Society since 1996, Bill has been active in conservation for over 30 years. He credits Earth Day, founded by late Senator Gaylord Nelson, as the catalyst for his involvement.
As president he leads a staff of 175 headquartered in Washington, DC and nine regional offices, and acts as the key spokesperson and advocate for The Wilderness Society’s work on Capitol Hill and across the country.
Recognized as a national leader in public land conservation and wilderness preservation, Bill has played an important role in the protection of national forest roadless areas, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and America’s national monuments. Since he took the reins of the organization, more than three million acres of wilderness have been added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Bill is committed to building partnerships and bringing new constituencies into the wilderness movement — and believes that helping empower other groups is the key to our own success.
He is a past Chairman of the Green Group, Chairman of the Board of the Campaign for America’s Wilderness and the Partnership Project, and also serves on the boards of the League of Conservation Voters and Island Press.
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Wendy Loya, Ph.D.
Dr. Wendy Loya joined The Wilderness Society in 2006 as our Alaska Region Ecologist. Her work focuses primarily on climate change and northern ecosystems. An overarching objective of her work is understanding how the cumulative impacts of climate change and industrial development can be quantified to achieve a better understanding of future ecosystem health and potential mitigation solutions.
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