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MARK ROBERTSON

Executive Director

Mark Robertson has worked for The Nature Conservancy since 1985. He was Aquatic Ecologist at the Conservancy’s Virginia Coast Reserve, where he managed 6,000 acres of farmland buffers along the seaside marshes and estuaries, and developed a model conservation easement for waterfront properties.   He opened the Conservancy’s Florida Keys office and was its director for twelve years. During that time the Conservancy completed more than 200 acquisitions to protect wetlands and tropical forests in the Keys valued at more than $20 million. The Conservancy also played a leadership role in establishing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which protects the only living coral reef ecosystem in the continental United States. 

Mark has served as Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina since 1999. He directs a multi-disciplinary staff in five locations around the state. Since 1974, the Conservancy has helped to protect more than 288,000 acres in South Carolina, from the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean beaches. In addition to land protection, the South Carolina chapter also implements conservation actions in prescribed fire, aquatic ecology, land management and has led statewide efforts to create new financial incentives and funding sources in state government for conservation.

Mr. Robertson received a BS degree in Biology from the College of William and Mary, and an MS degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.