Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders Should Come from Energy Industry, Too
(Washington, DC) Today’s conservation leaders are starting to retire – who will fill their seats? The National Conservation Leadership Institute is calling for industry associated with natural resources to nominate their “rising stars” or individuals with high potential to be considered for acceptance as a Fellow for its 2008-2009 leadership development program.
The Institute is the premier leadership development opportunity available to organizations in conservation. Often called natural resource conservation’s “war college,” the Institute brings together the public and private sectors to challenge assumptions, teach skills and prepare extraordinary leadership for the next generation.
“It’s really a unique combination of several things that makes the Institute experience so outstanding,” says Dr. Sally Guynn, Director of the NCLI. “It connects the best from academia with the best from natural resources using Adaptive Leadership from Harvard’s Kennedy School Government. There is a major emphasis on participant networking across organizational boundaries on a nationwide scale. And, learning is grounded with real case examples ‘from the trenches’ of natural resource conservation.”
“My experience as a Fellow with NCLI has not only allowed me to receive ‘world class’ leadership development; I had the opportunity to establish lasting relationships with the conservation leaders throughout the United States that may form innovative public-private conservation partnerships in the future,” says Gary P. Boyd, Manager, Conservation Partnerships at International Paper.
“Our insistence on getting the ‘right people at the table’ strongly adds to the excellence of the Institute experience,” adds Guynn. “Organizations nominating key staff to the Institute show they recognize the future of their operations and conservation lies within its people.”
Approximately 35 fellows will be selected from nominations received from the heads of tribal, federal, state, NGOs and corporations. Individuals from the alternative energy sector are highly encouraged to apply.
The non-profit program includes an 11-day highly, interactive residency at the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia in September 2008. After returning home, Fellows work for five months on individual leadership projects, and the program culminates in the Spring with a long-weekend session at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri.
Nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2008. Application requirements, forms and tuition information are available at www.conservationleadership.org.
About the National Conservation Leadership Institute
The National Conservation Leadership Institute is a non-profit, multi-organizational effort with the single purpose of providing a world class experience for developing extraordinary leaders in natural resource conservation. The Institute is supported by many of the nation’s most passionate conservation interests including the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, Weatherby Foundation International, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, International Paper, Boone and Crockett, the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Bass Pro Shops. For more information, go to www.conservationleadership.org.
About the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies—the organization that represents all of North America’s fish and wildlife agencies—promotes sound management and conservation, and speaks with a unified voice on important fish and wildlife issues. Found on the web at www.fishwildlife.org.
