NPCA’s Board of Trustees is the governing body for the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization — the nation’s leading voice for America’s national parks.

as of November 15, 2022

CHAIR
Elizabeth Waddill – Fort Worth, TX

VICE CHAIRS
Sändra J. Washington, First Vice Chair – Lincoln, NE
Nikki Buffa - San Juan Capistrano, CA
Bill Huyett – Concord, MA

TREASURER
David Aldrich – Vienna, VA

SECRETARY
Roberta R. Katz – Palo Alto, CA

TRUSTEES
Estela Avery – San Antonio, TX
Donald B. Ayer – McLean, VA
Wendy Bennett – Golden Valley, MN
Jennifer L. Costley – Olivebridge, NY
Stewart C. Cushman – Hermosa Beach, CA
Dalia Dorta – Denver, CO
Shannon Dosemagen – New Orleans, LA
James R. Floyd – Tulsa, OK
Mortimer B. Fuller, III – Waverly, PA
Denis P. Galvin – McLean, VA
Fernando Gracia – Arlington, VA
Helen Hernandez – Pasadena, CA
Vincent E. Hoenigman – San Francisco, CA
Robert B. Keiter – Salt Lake City, UT
Eaddo Hayes Kiernan – Manalapan, FL
Katharine Overlock – Greenwich, CT
Susan Pohl – Seattle, WA
Elizabeth Setsuko Raffin – San Francisco, CA
Bruce V. Rauner – Key Largo, FL
Jim Reynolds – Chicago, IL
Kurt M. Riley – Pueblo of Acoma, NM
Robert D. Rosenbaum – Bethesda, MD
Jeff Sagansky – Palm Beach, FL
Lauret Savoy, Ph.D. – Leverett, MA
William Taggart, Jr. – Madison, NJ
Greg A. Vital – Georgetown, TN

TRUSTEES EMERITUS
William R. Berkley – Miami, FL
Diana J. Blank – Bozeman, MT
Sally Jewell – Seattle, WA
Gretchen Long – Wilson, WY
Glenn Padnick – Beverly Hills, CA
Thomas F. Secunda – Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Gene T. Sykes – Los Angeles, CA
Fran Ulmer – Anchorage, AK
H. William Walter – Minneapolis, MN

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    Jun 2023

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