RFF Board of Directors

RFF Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Resources for the Future is comprised of men and woman representing the business community, environmental advocacy organizations, former policymakers, including federal and state environmental officials as well as elected representatives, and pre-eminent scholars. The board provides overall direction for the organization and meets twice annually. Members are eligible to serve for three three-year terms.

RFF is deeply committed to bringing to the board, in ever-greater numbers, leading figures from outside the United States as well as representatives of minority populations from North America.

Professional affiliations of board members are listed for identification purposes only.

Lawrence H. Linden*
Chair
Founder and Trustee
Linden Trust for Conservation

Steven W. Percy*
Vice Chair
Former CEO
BP America

Philip R. Sharp
President
Resources for the Future

Board Members

Vicky A. Bailey
President
Anderson Stratton, International LLC

Trudy Ann Cameron
Raymond F. Mikesell Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
University of Oregon

Preston Chiaro
Chief Executive Officer
Rio Tinto Energy Group

W. Bowman Cutter
Senior Fellow and Director
Economic Policy Initiative
The Roosevelt Institute

Dr. John M. Deutch
Institute Professor
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

click photo for full-size image

Back row, from L to R: Peter R. Kagan, W. Bowman Cutter, John M. Deutch, Preston Chiaro, Mohamed T. El-Ashry, Richard Schmalensee, and Michael A. Mantell.

Middle row, from L to R: David Hawkins, Deborah Hechinger, Mark R. Tercek, Robert N. Stavins, Frank E. Loy, Vicky A. Bailey, and Daniel C. Esty.

Front row, from L to R: Trudy Ann Cameron, Lawrence H. Linden, Philip R. Sharp, Linda J. Fisher, Dod A. Fraser, Peter J. Robertson, and Kathryn S. Fuller.

Not pictured: Steven W. Percy and Joseph Stiglitz.

Mohamed T. El-Ashry*
Retired CEO and Chairman
Global Environment Facility

Daniel C. Esty
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy
Yale Law School

Linda J. Fisher
Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer
DuPont Environment & Sustainable Growth Center

Kathryn S. Fuller*
Chair
Ford Foundation Board of Trustees

David G. Hawkins
Director of the Climate Center
Natural Resources Defense Council

Deborah Hechinger
Debbie Hechinger Consulting Group

Peter R. Kagan
Managing Director
Warburg Pincus, LLC

Frank E. Loy*
Washington, DC

Michael A. Mantell
Attorney
Resources Law Group

Peter J. Robertson
Vice Chairman of the Board, Retired
Chevron Corporation

Richard Schmalensee
John C. Head III Dean
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology

Robert N. Stavins
Albert Pratt Professor of Business & Government
Chairman of the Environment & Natural Resources Faculty Group
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics, Business & International Affairs
Columbia University School of Business

Mark R. Tercek
President & CEO
The Nature Conservancy

Chair Emeriti

Darius W. Gaskins, Jr.
Partner
Norbridge, Inc.

Robert E. Grady
Partner and Managing Director
The Carlyle Group

*Member of the Executive Committee