Molly Wallace
Pacific Division Director
Seattle, Washington
Molly Wallace The Nature Conservancy. © Courtesy Molly Wallace
Areas of Expertise
Public Policy, Strategy & Science Alignment
Biography
Molly Wallace is TNC’s Pacific Division Director, leading strong teams from California through the Pacific. Molly has been with TNC for nearly two decades and has served in a variety of roles, most recently as TNC’s Interim Global Lead for Policy and Public Funding, where she led TNC’s work to expand what is possible in conservation through transformational policies that achieve equitable climate and conservation outcomes for people and nature.
Prior to serving on TNC’s Global Policy team, Molly served as Managing Director of TNC’s Global Science Team, responsible for ensuring strong strategy and science alignment for global and regional priority teams, and support for the over 300 scientists across the organization. Molly has a passion for leveraging science towards critical policy decisions, as well as a background in public health.
During her time with TNC, Molly has led science and conservation programs in Washington, Alaska, British Columbia and Western Australia. She led the organizational design process for establishing TNC’s Canada program, Nature United, and conducted market and strategic analysis to launch TNC’s India program. She received a dual Masters in Public Policy and Conservation Biology from the University of Maryland, College Park. Molly is based in Seattle, Washington.