The Nature Conservancy Appoints Katherine Bishop to Board of Trustees

Newest addition to join Pennsylania program

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — April 17, 2008 — The Nature Conservancy recently appointed Katherine Bishop, CEO of Lebanon Seaboard Corp., to the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy’s Pennsylvania Chapter.

Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy, a global non-profit organization has been instrumental in protecting and preserving more than 117 million acres worldwide. Its conservation efforts include work in major landscapes across Pennsylvania to protect forests, rivers, plants, animals, and natural communities, as well as exporting conservation knowledge developed here to other states and international conservation projects.

“Katherine Bishop brings not only a passion for the environment but also a wide array of expertise in developing sustainable, low impact agricultural and seed products that benefit people and the environment. She is a valuable addition to our Board and an asset to the Conservancy as we find solutions to balancing the needs of people and nature,” said Bill Kunze, Pennsylvania state director of The Nature Conservancy.

In addition to her position at as the chairman, CEO and president of Lebanon Seaboard Corp., Bishop also is a trustee of Lebanon Valley College and a past chairperson of the Ben Franklin Technology Center, CNP. She holds a master’s degree in Management from Sloan School, MIT and in 1997 was selected as one of the 50 Best Businesswomen in PA.

The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 15 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 102 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.