The Nature Conservancy
Kansas
Kansas
The Nature Conservancy
2420 NW Button Road
Topeka, KS 66618
Phone:
785-233-4400
Email:
kansas@tnc.org
Kansas Contacts
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Media Contact & Speaking Engagements
Laura Rose Clawson
Director of Marketing & Outreach
Phone: 785-233-4400 Email: lroseclawson@tnc.org -
Development Contact
John Cougher
Director of Philanthropy
Phone: 785-233-4400 Email: jcougher@tnc.org -
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park
SaraKay Carrell
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism
Phone: 620-872-2061 Email: sarakay.carrell@ks.gov
Our Staff
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Matt Bain
Western Kansas Conservation Manager
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Kelly Blandford
Associate Director of Policy & Philanthropy
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Ken Brunson
Red Hills Project Coordinator
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Natalie Busby
Operations Manager
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Tony Capizzo
Flint Hills Initiative Manager
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John Cougher
Director of Philanthropy
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Nora Cox
Philanthropy Operations Manager
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Amy Crouch
Project Director, Kansas & Iowa
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Xen Hasnat
IT Technician, Kansas & Nebraska
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Ana Jiménez-Omaña
Executive Assistant to State Director & Trustee Liaison
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Rob Manes
State Director
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Paula Matile
Grasslands Protection & Stewardship Specialist
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Heidi Mehl, PhD
Director of Water & Agriculture
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Laura Norian
Grants Specialist, Kansas & Iowa
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Brian Obermeyer
Director of Land Protection & Stewardship
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Robert Penner, PhD
Avian Conservation Manager
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Keith Reif
Cheyenne Bottoms Land Steward
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Justin Roemer
Smoky Valley Ranch Conservation Steward
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Laura Rose Clawson
Director of Marketing & Outreach
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Steve Schaumburg
Associate Director of Philanthropy - Wichita
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Susan Smith
Operations Coordinator
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Jenny Trucano Muller
Director of Finance & Operations
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Julie Wasser
Conservation Specialist
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Shelly Wiggam, PhD
Flint Hills Conservation Easement Stewardship Manager
Our Trustees
A dedicated team of volunteer leaders helping us achieve lasting conservation results for Kansas.
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G. Kenneth Baum
Chair, Fund Development Committee
Stilwell
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Bill Blessing
Chair, Streams & Soils Committee
Leawood
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Debra Bolton
Manhattan
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William F. Bradley, Jr
Chair, Board of Trustees & Trustee Legacy Ambassador
Olathe
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Kelly Callen
Wichita
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David Dillon
Mission Hills
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Gordon W. Elliott
Pittsburg
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Kelly Harrison
Lawrence
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Richard L. Hines
Erie
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Stacy Hoeme
Scott City
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Mary Ice
Manhattan
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Brian Illig
Overland Park
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Jeff Kennedy
Wichita
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Meleda Wegner Lowry
Chicago, IL
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William M. Lyons
Chair-Elect, Board of Trustees
Mission Hills
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Barry Mayhew
Mission Hills
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John Mize
Salina
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Patty Reece
Global Ambassador
Mission Hills
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Charles W. Rice
Chair, Climate & Energy Committee
Manhattan
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William M. Riley, Jr.
Chair, Trustees Without Borders Committee & Member, Argentina Advisory Council
Manhattan
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R. Douglas Sebelius
Chair, Governance Committee
Norton
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Elizabeth T. Solberg
Chair, External Affairs Committee
Kansas City
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William Stueck
Stilwell
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Dale Trott
Lenexa
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Stephanie Turner
Oakland, CA
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Tyler Woolfolk
Chair, Land Protection & Stewardship Committee
Protection
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Roger Zellers
Wichita
Support Our Work In Kansas
From the Flint Hills to Cheyenne Bottoms, healthy streams to Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, The Nature Conservancy works to protect Kansas for nature and people.
Connect with The Nature Conservancy Worldwide
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. We are impacting conservation in more than 70 countries and territories — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.