Board of Directors

Executive Director	Janelle Long Duluth, Minnesota M. Ed. in Environmental Education BS – Wildlife Management, minor in Conservation Biology
Chairperson	Tim Bates Duluth, Minnesota Associate Director, University of Minnesota Duluth Recreational Sports Outdoor Program Assistant Director, UMD Center for Environmental Education Chair, Bagley Nature Area Management Committee
Secretary	Janet Green Duluth, Minnesota Member, Minnesota Forest Resources Council (Governor’s appointee, environmental position) Board member, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy and McCabe Chapter (Duluth) Izaak Walton League Member, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI-UMD) Advisory Council Long-time member of National and Duluth Audubon Society and Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union
Treasurer	Erica Sivertson Duluth, Minnesota Supervisor of Small Business Services, Eikill & Schilling, Ltd. Mentor Duluth BAcc, University of Minnesota Duluth Member and volunteer, numerous regional and national equestrian organizations.
member	Tom Bell Duluth, Minnesota Retired business professional with concern for the community and the environment and a keen interest in the outdoors.
member	Doug Lewis Duluth, Minnesota Chairman, North Shore Bank of Commerce Chairman, Marshall School “Second Century Campaign” Board member (past chair), Saint Luke’s Foundation Mentor Duluth Duluth Rotary Club #25
member	Mark Martell St. Paul, Minnesota Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon Minnesota Actively involved in bird conservation and raptor studies for more than 25 years, serving as co-coordinator of the Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Program, the Minnesota Osprey Reintroduction and as a member of the National Bald Eagle Recovery Team Former research fellow, University of Minnesota
member	Gerald Niemi Duluth, Minnesota Director, Center for Water and the Environment, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Professor of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth Graduate Faculty Appointments, Biology, UMD and Conservation Biology Program, U of Minnesota Serves on UPM Blandin Advisory Board and Great Woods North Board Elected Fellow, American Ortnithologists’ Union Member, Society for Conservation Biology & Ecological Society of America
member	Robert Owens Duluth, Minnesota A graduate of Westminster College, Fulton, MO, he moved to Duluth in 1959 to work in the lumber and logging industry. Owens Forest Products began in 1974 as a lumber and building materials distributor. Now known as Owens, Inc., the company diversified into manufacturing interior doors in 1992 and hardwood flooring in 2002. He has been president or chairman of a number of industry associations. Trustee, The Nature Conservancy and Marshall School
member	Molly Thompson Duluth, Minnesota Interim Executive Director, Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association Active in Audubon Societies in NY, MO and WI Member, American Birding Association
member	Steve Wilson Tower, Minnesota Minnesota DNR Scientific and Natural Areas regional specialist Lifetime member, Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union Wildlife research has included black bear, white-tailed deer and winter irruptions of boreal owl.