Nickolas Butler Trustee Biography Nickolas Butler is the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of several books, including Shotgun Lovesongs, Beneath the Bonfire, The Hearts of Men, Little Faith, Godspeed, and A Forty Year Kiss. His novels have been optioned for the screen by the likes of David E. Kelley and Fox Searchlight. In addition to his fiction, Butler wrote award-winning essays for…
David Moscow Trustee Biography David first read the works of Rick Bass, Barry Lopez, and Aldo Leopold by head lamp on the Blue River in Arizona as a student on Round River’s Mexican Wolf program in 1994. They opened his mind to the adventure of nature writing. David has since looked to marry his love…
Barbara Dugelby Trustee, Michael Soulé Conservation Chair Biography Barbara Dugelby is a conservation and human ecologist with an MS in natural resource economics and policy and a PhD in tropical and human ecology from Duke University. She has over 30 years of experience working in the US and abroad on multi-stakeholder, science-based conservation planning initiatives,…
Pic Walker Trustee Biography Prior to joining the board, Pic was involved with Round River as a foundation program officer, advisor and consultant. At Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting, Pic developed and implemented sustainability strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to this, he worked at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, co-developing the Wild Salmon Ecosystem…
John D. Ward Board Chair Biography John has always guided our efforts with his people, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, and has served on the Round River board for over 15 years. As a respected Elder, Round River will now, even more, benefit from his wise counsel throughout all of our endeavors. Additionally, as…
Gerald Scoville Trustee Biography Jerry holds a BS in biology from The Evergreen State College, an MS in communications from the University of Utah, and an MS in biology from Utah State University. He has been affiliated with Round River for over twenty years, working on the Mexican Wolf, Border Cat, Great Bear, Namibia and Taku…
Kaggie Orrick Trustee Biography Kaggie Orrick is a conservation science with a MA in Conservation Biology and a PhD from the Yale School of the Environment. Her work examines the human-wildlife interface in social-ecological landscapes. She bridges ecological and social science theories in the hopes to advance our ability to do conservation science. She am…