Staff

  • Alan Rowsome

    Alan Rowsome has been with The Wilderness Society since 2005 — first as Executive Assistant to the President and now as the Director of Conservation Funding.

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  • Jeff Widen

    As an Associate Director, Jeff Widen provides strategic support to campaigns focused on wilderness and conservation designations for BLM lands, particularly in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

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  • Neil Shader

    Neil Shader works in our Communications Department in the Washington, D.C. office.  He works on press outreach and media strategy on issues including oil and gas drilling, conservation funding, and protecting wild lands in New England.

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  • Spencer Phillips, PhD

    Spencer Phillips, PhD, is Senior Director for Economics Research for The Wilderness Society.  With more than 20 years' experience in the field, his goal is to help people, communities and institutions understand and attain the benefits of improved land stewardship.

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