Collin O'Mara
President & CEO
Dirk Sellers
Chief Development Officer
With a new year in store, it’s time to reflect on the past and look towards the future. Join Federation President & CEO, Collin O’Mara, and Chief Development Officer, Dirk Sellers, as they discuss our latest work addressing the converging biodiversity, climate, and environmental justice crises, pivotal ongoing legislative efforts, and explore how the Federation will navigate its conservation priorities in 2024 and beyond.
Recorded December 14, 2023.
Collin O’Mara serves as President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, ʹappƽ̨’s largest wildlife conservation organization with 52 state and territorial affiliates and nearly six million members. Under O’Mara’s leadership, the Federation is focused on recovering ʹappƽ̨’s wildlife, improving management of and access to public lands, restoring ʹappƽ̨’s water bodies, advancing environmental education (including publishing Ranger Rick® magazines), and connecting every ʹappƽ̨n child with the great outdoors. He is regularly called before Congress to testify about wildlife, water, and sportsmen issues. Prior to the Federation, O’Mara led the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as Cabinet Secretary from 2009 through 2014. A native of Syracuse, New York, O’Mara was a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford, earned an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree at Dartmouth College.
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