Nature Conservancy Names Glenn Prickett As Chief External Affairs Officer
Brings Deep Expertise Gained from Two Decades of Work in International Environment and Development Policy
Arlington, VA — November 30, 2009 — The Nature Conservancy today announced that Glenn Prickett, a senior vice president at Conservation International (CI) and former chief environmental advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will become the Conservancy’s new chief external affairs officer.
In this role, Prickett will oversee the Conservancy’s international and U.S. government relations, corporate practices and sustainability efforts and relationships with leading multi- and bi-lateral development institutions and non-governmental organizations. Prickett will serve as a member of the Conservancy’s executive team.
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Glenn Prickett
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“We are thrilled to be able to bring Glenn on board at such a pivotal time,” said Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. “Glenn’s leadership and experience will be essential as we tackle global conservation challenges, ranging from climate change and water scarcity to habitat loss and the health of the world’s oceans.”
Prickett spent 13 years at Conservation International leading efforts to engage the private and public sectors in conservation and sustainability. Since 2000, Prickett led CI’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, a division created to engage the private sector in developing solutions to environmental challenges. During his time at CI, Prickett also led CI’s U.S. government relations and climate change teams. In 2009, Prickett served as a senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation to help shape a new international agreement on climate change. Prior to joining CI, Prickett served in the Clinton Administration as chief environmental advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development under administrator Brian Atwood. In that role, Prickett coordinated policy and budget for U.S. environmental and energy assistance to developing nations. Prickett began his career in 1989 at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), where he served as a senior associate with NRDC’s international program.
“As I take up my new position at the Conservancy, I am especially excited to focus my energies on restoring U.S. leadership on conservation and the environment and working with governments and businesses around the world to find creative ways to protect the natural systems upon which we all depend for survival,” said Prickett.
“It has been an honor to be a part of CI,” said Prickett. “I am especially proud of the progress we have made with CI’s corporate partners through the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. The Conservancy, with its programs in all 50 U.S. states and in 35 other countries, offers an excellent platform to continue the essential work of making governments and businesses worldwide even stronger forces for conservation.”
Prickett will begin his role with The Nature Conservancy on January 4 and will be based in the organization’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.
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