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CLASS OF 2013

A. Peter Cannon, Jr. of Madison, Wisconsin is the regional director for National Audubon Society’s Central Region. Mr. Cannon is the Program Chair of the Madison Audubon Society and Acting Secretary of the Wisconsin Audubon Council. He is a retired legislative analyst with Wisconsin’s Legislative Reference Bureau and is Secretary of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

Mary McDermott Cook of Dallas, Texas, is President of the Eugene McDermott Foundation. She is a Founding Member of the Trinity River Audubon Center, Chair of the Trinity Trust Board for the overall Trinity River Project (of which the Trinity River Audubon Center is the cornerstone), Vice Chair of the Dallas Museum of Art Board, and on the Executive Committee of the Dallas Zoological Society.  She enjoys spending her time with her many dogs and at her ranch in North Texas.

David B. Ford of New York, New York is currently the President of DBF Associates, a private investment firm, and Senior Advisor to Gatemore Capital Management, LLC, a private wealth and institutional investment management firm.  David was previously with Goldman Sachs Group, where he was a Managing Director and co-head of Global Asset Management.  Prior to that David was a General Partner and head of Fixed Income Sales for Goldman Sachs & Co.  He devotes significant time to a number of philanthropies.  He serves as a Trustee of the Florida State University and the Florida State University Foundation.  He is on the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School, and a Trustee of the New School University.  David is a member of the Board and Director of The Global Heritage Fund, The Redwood Library, The Preservation Society of Newport County and The American Place Theatre.

Frank Gill of Rushland, Pennsylvania is the retired Chief Scientist of National Audubon Society. He is former Vice President of the Academy of Natural Sciences and past President of the American Ornithologists’ Union. He is the author of Ornithology 3e.

Jane-Kerin Moffat of Greenwich, Connecticut is the regional director for National Audubon Society's Northeast Region. She is a member of the Audubon Connecticut Advisory Board, Chair of its Chapters and Members' Services Committee, and a lifetime honorary member of Audubon Greenwich Advisory Board.  Previously she served as grassroots coordinator of Audubon's "Listen to the Sound" (Long Island Sound) campaign and the Sound-wide coalition of environmental groups to which it gave rise. For many years, she also served as a leader of the former Audubon Council of Connecticut and of the former Greenwich Audubon Society.  She is a retired school teacher.

Jess Morton of San Pedro, California is the regional director for National Audubon Society's Western Region. He is Treasurer, past Newsletter Editor, and founding President of the Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society and founder of the Audubon YES! (Youth Environmental Services) Program. Jess is a natural history writer and photographer, poet, tax preparer, board member of several environmental and cultural organizations, and a recipient of National Audubon Society's 1996 Charles H. Callison Award.

Governor George Pataki of New York, New York currently practices at Chadbourne & Parke LLP. He focuses on energy, environmental and corporate matters. He served three terms as the 53rd governor of New York State, from 1995 through 2006. First elected in 1994, he won re-election in 1998 and 2002. He was a partner in the New York law firm of Plunkett & Jaffe until 1987. He was elected mayor of Peekskill, New York in 1981, and served in the New York State Legislature as an assemblyman and then a senator from 1985 to 1994. During his tenure as New York’s chief executive, Governor Pataki advanced award-winning, cutting-edge policies in the renewable energy and environmental fields. His initiatives included the protection of over one million acres of open space, the adoption of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the implementation of the nation’s first green building tax credit, landmark brownfield legislation and programs to enhance the production and use of alternative energy like biodiesel, ethanol, fuel cells and clean coal.

Kristi Patterson of Portola Valley, California is a member of the Audubon California Advisory Board and serves as its Marketing Committee Chair.   Previously she managed the Western region product implementation group of Kana Communications, a software startup company. She also created and led the education and training division for Kana’s training of employees, customers, and partners since 1998.  Prior to Kana, Ms. Patterson worked at Bain Consulting and then Netscape Communications.  She enjoys exploring Northern California, Western Colorado and Montana with her husband, Tom, and their two children.

Lloyd Semple of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan is Vice Chair of National Audubon Society’s Board and Chair of the Audit and Ethics Committees. Mr. Semple is Dean at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and Chairman Emeritus of Dykema Gossett PLLC, a Detroit-based law firm. He is an officer and director of the Detroit Zoological Society and is Chairman of the Michigan chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Michael Stolper of Berwyn, Pennsylvania is a general partner of Veritable, LP, a privately-held registered investment advisor. He was the co-managing director of Hawthorn, a PNC Company, and was President of Stolper & Co. He has over 30 years experience as an investment advisor and financial consultant.

Victor D. Vidales, III of Phoenix, Arizona, is Chair of Audubon Arizona's Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center Stewardship and Education Committee. Mr. Vidales is Owner and Founder of RE/MAX New Heights Realty and South Downtown Properties, a Phoenix-based real estate and development company. He is currently serving as a board member for Arizona State University's College of Public Programs. Mr. Vidales is the former Executive Director of the National Football League's Youth Education Town, a K-12 charter school, and President and CEO of Arizona Quest For Kids, a college preparation program for low-income youth.

Alan Wilson of Manchester, Massachusetts is a Vice Chair of National Audubon Society and Chair of its Conservation and Outreach Committee. Mr. Wilson is an environmental lawyer and retired Vice President of the Conservation Law Foundation. Mr. Wilson serves on the board of the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation and the Montserrat College of Art, and was formerly Chair of Massachusetts Audubon Society. He is the elected Town Moderator in Manchester.

TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE CLASS OF 2012:

Carol Schilling of Scottsdale, Arizona, is a member of National Audubon Society and a longtime community volunteer in Phoenix. She has been a member of various non-profit boards, including the Desert Botanical Garden, McDowell-Sonoran Land Trust, Ballet Arizona, Arizona Opera, Arizona School for the Arts, City of Phoenix Parks, Recreation and Library Board, and the Arizona Outdoor Recreation Coordinating Council. She is a trustee of the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, as well as a writer and editor.

TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE CLASS OF 2011:

S. Joyce King of Melrose, Florida, is the regional director of National Audubon Society’s Southeast Region.  She is the founding president of Santa Fe Audubon, and former president of St. Petersburg Audubon.  She served as a board member of Florida Audubon and after that organization became the state office of National Audubon Society, she served as a board member of Audubon of Florida. As chair of the state Audubon Chapters Committee, she founded the annual Audubon Academy to train and mentor chapter leaders from throughout the state.  In 2002, Joyce was named National Audubon’s Bushnell Conservationist of the Year, and in 2009, received National Audubon’s Charles H. Callison Award as outstanding chapter volunteer.  She is a retired teacher and school counselor.