After 19 years as a conservation professional, I decided to launch Strong Outcomes to use what I learned to help environmental agencies and organizations be more successful.

In my career, I have helped dozens of communities and organizations build capacity to conserve natural resources and authored a book on natural resource-based land use planning. I developed conservation plans, organized workshops and events, developed community engagement strategies, and implemented practical measures of success.

I have a BS in Biology and an MS in Biodiversity Conservation and Policy from the University at Albany, and a Certificate in Change Leadership from Cornell University. I am a Senior Fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program and have 13 years of nonprofit board experience.

Braun & Gresham provides legal services to owners of rural land — advocating for their interests in estate planning, land conservation, real estate investment and property taxes; and defending them from condemnation, groundwater depletion, surface water pollution or infrastructure routing. Braun & Gresham believes that its conservation counsel is more effective if it stays focused on representing landowners rather than trying to represent land trusts and landowners.

The Conservation Consulting Group (CCG) is a collective of highly experienced professionals who are passionate about land conservation and dedicated to building the capacity and advancing the mission of nonprofit environmental and conservation organizations throughout the United States. Specialties include strategic planning, organizational assessment and improvement, Board development, meeting facilitation, coaching and mentoring, training and education. We assist organizations with planning and developing initiatives that engage, invigorate, and mobilize stakeholders and constituencies. We offer assessments and specific recommendations based on best practices to empower staffs and Boards. We deliver so our clients can deliver — results second to none.

Conservation Impact and Nonprofit Impact are client-centered practices of our mission-driven company dedicated to helping organizations become more impactful, successful, and sustainable.

David Allen at Development for Conservation assists conservation organizations raising money from individual donors by improving renewal, cultivation, and major gift development systems. David brings 25 years of experience to the practice, including 13 with The Nature Conservancy. With a focus on implementation and follow-through, he has worked with dozens of land trusts across the country on fundraising audits and plans, board training, campaigns, and coaching. “You can raise more money for your land trust. I can help."

The Fidelity Foundations are a group of private, non-operating foundations that fund a diverse set of programs on a national scale, with particular focus on Boston and New England. In addition, the Foundations fund nonprofit organizations that strengthen the primary communities in which Fidelity Investments employees live and work. The Foundations’ values of responsibility, integrity, compassion, and expertise guide its investments in education, arts and culture, health, conservation, and community services.

With offices in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Oregon and America's largest portfolio of compliance forest offset projects from Maine to Alaska, we offer landowners a single-source solution for creating and monetizing their forest carbon assets. Combining unparalleled project development experience with extensive carbon market knowledge, our in-house team offers the most comprehensive forest carbon project development and commercialization service in the United States.

Founded in March 2004 by a group of partners who had practiced together for many years at another major law firm, Coughlin Duffy LLP is a diverse, full-service firm committed to providing legal services of exceptional quality and superior value.

Representing land trusts and public agencies in conservation transactions and organizational management.

The Lyme Timber Company LP is a private timberland investment manager that focuses on the acquisition and sustainable management of lands with unique conservation values. Since its founding in 1976, the Company has followed a disciplined and value-oriented approach to investing in forestland and rural real estate in the U.S. and Canada.

CONSULTANT | COACH* focusing on executives and emerging leaders | ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEM SOLVER | BOARD FIXER | STRATEGIST | PLANNER.

MAYES | WILSON & ASSOCIATES knows your world and your pain-points. Our team's core focus is organizational development and sustainability, building better boards and solving board problems, solving organizational and team challenges, planning for the future (strategic, succession & transition) and fundraising. We conduct organizational assessments, deliver accreditation guidance and application management and prepare fundraising plans. We problem solve, we build, we train. We're bada** consultants who are passionate about solving your problem and love our work. We bring experience in leading nonprofits, programs and businesses to our solution oriented approach to your most challenging problems. We work throughout the US & in the Caribbean in person and by conference/video calls.

*CTI coach certification program 2018.

The Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation (the Gulf Partnership) is a coalition of more than 20 local, regional and national conservation organizations that work in the Gulf Coast region within the five Gulf of Mexico states – Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Our mission is to increase the pace, quality and permanence of voluntary land and water conservation within the coastal region.

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) provides planning services, economic development services and multiple initiatives for six counties and 84 communities throughout central Alabama. Annual dues provided by the member governments of these counties and communities make it possible for the RPCGB to provide valuable resources. Funding for the Commission is obtained through federal matching grants, member government dues, annual appropriations from the state, and contract fees.

Resource & Land Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 by Mike Petter. Mike has operated this business over these years to serve a variety of clients. These clients range from private small and large landowners, corporate entities that own and operate land, real estate investment trusts and timber investment management organizations for pension funds and other investors, and for municipalities.

A full-service law firm representing clients across the United States and internationally, Stites & Harbison, PLLC is known as a preeminent firm managing sophisticated transactions, challenging litigation, and complex regulatory matters on a daily basis. The firm represents a broad spectrum of clients including multinational corporations, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, health care organizations, private companies, nonprofit organizations, family-owned businesses and individuals.

The Texas Land Trust Council (TLTC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that builds and supports a strong, active coalition of more than 30 organizations working to conserve the lands and waters of Texas. We serve as a powerful voice for conservation to protect drinking water, Texas' iconic wildlife, and our rich natural and cultural heritage. Together and in partnership with private landowners and citizens, we work to ensure that the Texas landscape — rich in history, natural resources, breathtaking views and recreational opportunities — can be left intact for all of us today and for the future.