The president’s council is a national volunteer leadership forum for individuals committed to the environment and The Wilderness Society’s mission.
The president’s council is a non-governing body dedicated to furthering The Wilderness Society’s mission – to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places - and advance the conservation, fundraising, and advocacy goals of the organization.
President’s council members:
- David Churchill, Chair - Bethesda, Maryland
- Gail Austin – Georgetown, Kentucky
- Allan and Marilyn Brown – Portola Valley, California
- Frances Chamberlin Carter – Green Valley, Arizona
- Stewart and Judith Colton – Short Hills, New Jersey
- Anne R. Conn – Seattle, Washington
- Margo Earley – Mount Hood, Oregon
- James and Margaret Ellsworth – Mill Valley, California
- Chris and Margot Enbom – San Anselmo, California
- Daniel Flickinger – Seattle, Washington
- Rick Flory and Lee Robert – Paradise Valley, Arizona and Jackson, Wyoming
- Ed Groark – McLean, Virginia
- Ann Harvey – Wilson, Wyoming
- Gerald and Lena Hirschler – Kirkland, Washington
- Jeffrey Kenner – New York, New York
- Michael and Ann Loeb – New York, New York
- Henry Lord – New Haven, Connecticut
- Patrick Martin – Evanston, Illinois
- Janice Miller – Pacific Palisades, California
- Priscilla Natkins – Scarsdale, New York
- Robert Osborne – McLean, Virginia
- Diane Parish and Paul Gelburd – Sausalito, California
- Nancy Plaxico – Annapolis, Maryland
- Gaylan Rockswold, MD, PhD – Golden Valley, Minnesota
- Carl and Jan Siechert – Pasadena, California
- Terri and Rich Slivka – Denver, Colorado
- Robin T. Stebbins, PhD – Silver Spring, Maryland
- Edward and Millicent Thomas – Princeton, New Jersey
- Andrew Turner, PhD, and Barbara Turner – Seattle, Washington
- Marshall Hackett Whiting, PhD, and Richard Arnold – Telluride, Colorado
- Edward B. Whitney – New York, New York
- Frederick and Eleanor Winston – Wayzata, Minnesota
- Marsha McMahan Zelus – Carmel, California
For more information on becoming a member of the president’s council, contact Luciana Honigman at 202.429.2649.

