The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™

Katherine D. Skinner

Executive Director

Contact Information

American Tobacco Campus
334 Blackwell Street, Suite 300
Durham, NC 27701
(919) 794-4373
E-mail: kskinner@tnc.org

Brief Biography

In 30-plus years, we have protected almost 700,000 acres of land in North Carolina. The staff of our chapter can be found working all across the state. Most are located at the chapter office in Durham. Five regional offices also carry out the Conservancy's mission and work with local communities. They are:

• Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve (Kill Devil Hills)
• Roanoke River (Halifax)
• Southeast Coastal Plain, often abbreviated as SECP (Wilmington)
• Sandhills (Southern Pines)
• Mountains (Asheville)

Katherine D. Skinner (pictured) is executive director of The North Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Contact the North Carolina chapter's Director of Communications, Debbie Crane, at dcrane@tnc.org if you have questions. 

For questions pertaining to the website, contact Laura Smith at (919) 794-8868 or laura_smith@tnc.org.

The main number for our office is (919) 403-8558. Each employee in the Durham office also has a direct number, listed below.

Staff Directory

Name/Title	Location	Phone
Fred Annand Associate Director	Durham	(919) 246-9651
Sara Babin Conservation Coordinator	Wilmington	(910) 395-5000
Rebecca Benner Director of Science	Durham	(919) 794-4369
Jessie Birckhead Conservation Assistant	Durham	(919) 794-4398
Margit Bucher Assistant Director of Science & Stewardship	Durham	(919) 794-4368
Angie Carl SECP Fire Specialist & Land Steward	Wilmington	(910) 395-5000
Julie Chappell Director of Operations	Durham	(919) 794-4370
Neal Cheek Philanthropy Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator	Durham	(919) 794-4371
Gretchen Coll Conservation Coordinator	Southern Pines	(910) 246-0300
Debbie Crane Communications & Marketing	Durham	(919) 794-4373
Mark Daniels Information Systems Manager	Durham	(919) 794-4374
Ryan Elting Sandhills Project Director	Southern Pines	(910) 246-0300
Vacant Human Resources Manager	Durham	(919) 794-4375
Margaret Fields GIS & Invasive Species	Durham	(919) 794-4376
Mike Horak Associate Director of Philanthropy	Asheville	(828) 350-1431
Karin Horn Human Resources/Office Manager	Durham	(919) 794-4375
Carla Hudy Philanthropy Coordinator	Durham	(919) 794-4378
Kristen Huffman Philanthropy Manager	Durham	(919) 794-4380
Genevieve Joseph Associate Director of Philanthropy	Durham	(919) 794-8870
Jennifer Lamb Conservation Coordinator	Asheville	(828) 350-1431
Jodie LaPoint Conservation Information Manager	Durham	(919) 794-4379
LaDonna Lindgren Major Gifts Manager	Durham	(919) 794-4381
Aaron McCall Northeast Regional Steward	Kill Devil Hills	(252) 441-2525
Hervey McIver Protection Specialist	Durham	(919) 794-4396
Kimberly Meitzen Freshwater Postdoctorate with Duke and TNC	Durham	(919) 246-5194
Will Morgan Director of Government Relations	Durham	(919) 794-4372
Kate Murray Office Manager	Kill Devil Hills	(252) 441-2525
Mike Norris Land Steward	Southern Pines	(910) 246-0300
Chuck Peoples Roanoke River Project Director	Halifax	(252) 583-0007
Janice Periquet Director of Philanthropy	Durham	(919) 246-5189
Dan Ryan SECP Project Director	Wilmington	(910) 395-5000
Kate Sayers Associate Director of Philanthropy	Durham	(919) 794-4399
Jolene Schira Finance Coordinator	Durham	(919) 794-4399
Katherine Skinner Executive Director	Durham	(919) 794-8867
Laura Smith Philanthropy & Communications	Durham	(919) 794-8868
Rick Studenmund Director of Conservation Programs	Durham	(919) 794-8869
Megan Sutton Southern Blue Ridge Program Director	Asheville	(828) 350-1431
Adam Warwick Southern Blue Ridge Stewardship Manager	Asheville	(828) 350-1431

Katherine D. Skinner

Executive Director

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