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Mr. Reed Coleman, Chairman
Mr. Reed Coleman serves as the Chairman of the Sand County Foundation Board. He is the Chairman and CEO of Madison-Kipp Corporation, a manufacturer of precision components and assemblies for the durable goods market. In addition to Sand County Foundation, Mr. Coleman has volunteered his services for numerous community and civic organizations, including Beloit College, the United Way of Dane County, and the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, he graduated from Northwestern University in 1955 and went on to serve in the United States Air Force.
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| Atty. David J. Hanson, Vice-Chairman/Secretary
David J. Hanson is a senior partner in the Madison office of Michael Best & Friedrich and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Before joining the firm, Mr. Hanson served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin; Assistant Chancellor, Legal Counsel for the University of Wisconsin; and Deputy Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin. He earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1968. Mr. Hanson is named in The Best Lawyers in America.
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Dr. Brent Haglund, President
Dr. Brent Haglund earned a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Georgia where he studied with Eugene Odum and Frank Golley. His research interests have been in ecosystem level effects of weather modification, fire management and wildlife populations. Dr. Haglund was ecological consultant to the Wisconsin Legislative Council on non-point water pollution, was a member of the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute, and was a private sector conservation advisor to the Cabinet of Premier Nick Greiner, New South Wales, Australia. His latest book, "Hands on Environmentalism" Encounter Books (2005) was co-authored with Tom Still. |
| Ms. Tina Y. Buford
Tina Buford is the first female president of the Texas Wildlife Association and the first president to be from the Rio Grande Valley. Prior to serving as president, she was a board member for eight years. Ms. Buford represents the sixth generation of the H. Yturria family to work the land. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS in Rangeland Ecology and Science and is a graduate of the Texas Christian University Ranch Management Program. Ms. Buford is a director of the Texas Agricultural Land Trust and sustainer of the Junior League of Harlingen. She also serves on the Wildlife Committee of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association as well as the advisory board for the Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center in Kingsville.
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Dr. Ingrid (Indy) Burke
Dr. Ingrid (Indy) Burke is Director of the Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Burke is an ecosystem scientist, with particular expertise in carbon and nitrogen cycling of semi-arid ecosystems. She directed the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research team for 6 years, as well as other large interdisciplinary research teams funded by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, and the National Institutes of Health. She was designated a U.S. Presidential Faculty Fellow, has served on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Science and Toxicology, as well as numerous scientific panels for national agencies. She received her Bachelor's degree in Biology from Middlebury College, and her Ph.D in Botany from the University of Wyoming. She is married with two children, competes in occasional triathlons, and is an avid big game hunter.
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| Dr. Steven F. Hayward
Dr. Steve Hayward is an F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. He has written several books on the environment, including Almanac of Environmental Trends, and is the author of biographies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Winston Churchill. Dr. Hayward earned a Ph.D. in American studies from Claremont Graduate University. |
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Mr. George Kennedy
In addition to his service as a member of the Sand County Foundation Board, Mr. George Kennedy has served in prominent roles in numerous community organizations. Among his civic engagements he has presided as the Director of the Institute of International Education in Chicago and as a director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Kennedy retired as the chairman and chief executive officer of International Minerals and Chemicals and Mallinckrodt Group, Inc., both of which are Fortune 250 companies. He is a 1948 graduate of Williams College. |
| Mr. Charlie Potter
Charlie Potter is the President, CEO, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. He is the Founder and Chairman of Great Outdoors, LLC and is host of the Great Outdoors Show on WGN Radio in Chicago. Prior to his current position with McGraw, Mr. Potter was Executive Vice President of the North American Wildlife Foundation, served as Chairman of the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, and was a member of the Illinois Conservation Advisory Board. He has earned the Chevron/Times Mirror Conservation Award, has been honored by Reader’s Digest as a “Hero of the Land” and recognized for his leadership by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. He is an accomplished writer with articles appearing in a number of outdoor periodicals. In all, he has been in the forefront of America’s conservation efforts for the past 25 years. Charlie is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives with his wife, Julie, and their three children, Alexandria, Charlie, and Prescott, in Lake Forest, IL.
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Dr. Stanley A. Temple
Dr. Stanley A. Temple is the Beers-Bascom Professor in Conservation (emeritus) in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and past Chairman of the Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development Program in the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin. He has worked on international conservation problems, and has helped save several rare endangered species. Dr. Temple has received the highest honors bestowed by The Society for Conservation Biology and The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology; he is a Fellow of The American Ornithologists' Union, The Explorer's Club, the New York Zoological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Temple has been Chairman of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and President of The Society for Conservation Biology. He has served on editorial boards or as editor of several wildlife publications, including Bird Conservation, which he founded. His bibliography contains over 300 publications. Dr. Temple's career in conservation and ecology has been characterized by interdisciplinary approaches to solving environmental problems and energetic contributions to the conservation movement both locally and globally.
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Mr. Ed Warner
Mr. Ed Warner is a noted philanthropist and conservationist. He had a career as an exploration geologist which culminated in his discovery and participation in Jonah Field and the first commercial exploitation of Pinedale Field next door in Sublette County, Wyoming. Jonah and Pinedale combined are the third largest gas accumulation discovered within the continental U.S. Mr. Warner left the natural gas business in 2000 to pursue philanthropy full-time. In 2005 he placed 45th on the Slate 60 list of American Philanthropy. Mr. Warner has made major gifts to Colorado State University, Sand County Foundation, MIT, Grand Valley State University, Colorado Conservation Trust, and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust. In 2005, Colorado State University named the College of Natural Resources after him. Mr. Warner received his Bachelors of Science from Colorado State University and his Masters of Science from UCLA, both in geology. He has been a Visiting Lecturer for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and holds two honorary faculty positions at Colorado State University, a Faculty Affiliate position in the Department of Geosciences, and a professorship in Cooperative Conservation. Mr. Warner has lectured on geology and cooperative conservation at numerous universities. He has been professionally published in three fields: geology, conservation biology, and virology. He also writes book reviews for Denver based Bloomsbury Review. Mr. Warner is a Trustee or Director of Sand County Foundation, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and the Explorers Foundation. He is a past trustee of the Geological Society of America Foundation and the American Geological Institute Foundation, as well as an Advisor to the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust. In 2007, Mr. Warner was awarded the Public Service Award by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
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