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Conservation Finance Team

Will Abberger

Conservation Finance Director
Will is Director of TPL's national Conservation Finance Program, helping state and local governments and citizen groups throughout the United States gauge public support for open space and craft ballot measures that generate new sources of funding for land conservation. read more »

Mary Bruce Alford

Senior Research Associate
Mary Bruce Alford is responsible for the research and development of the Conservation Almanac. read more »

Joshua Alpert

Regional Conservation Services Director
Joshua Alpert works with cities, counties, and states to create public funding for parks and open space in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, California, and Hawaii. read more »

Peggy Chiu

Counsel
Peggy Chiu is charged with overseeing compliance with the lobbying, campaign finance, and election laws in the many states and municipalities where TPL is supporting ballot measures to generate funds for open space and parks. read more »

Ernest Cook

Director of Conservation Strategies
Since joining TPL in 1980, Ernest has significantly expanded TPL's geographic and program scope. He laid the groundwork for TPL's land conservation programs in New England and the Midwest and served as the first Regional Director for both regions. read more »

Rachel Dinno-Taylor

Director of Government Relations, West Region
Rachel Dinno-Taylor works in state capitols throughout the western states to develop new conservation funding sources and to create legislative and budgetary opportunities for conservation measures. read more »

Andrew Du Moulin

Director, Center for Conservation Finance Research
As Director of TPL's Center for Conservation Finance Research, Andrew du Moulin is responsible for directing two of TPL's major research projects; LandVote and the Conservation Almanac. read more »

Dee Frankfourth

Associate Conservation Finance Director
Dee Franfourth has 25 years of advocacy, legislative and political experience and has worked to develop and implement public policy at the local, state and federal levels read more »

Tom Gilbert

Regional Conservation Services Director
Tom Gilbert joined TPL in January of 2008 to direct conservation finance campaigns in the Mid-Atlantic region. read more »

Kim Gilman

Conservation Finance Program Manager
Kim Gilman plans and implements state legislative campaigns for conservation funding, and has achieved major new statewide resources for land protection in several New England states read more »

Wendy Muzzy

Feasibility Research Director
Wendy Muzzy oversees The Trust for Public Land's feasibility research to evaluate the potential of state and local governments to design public funding programs for land conservation. read more »

Jessica Sargent-Michaud

Jessica Sargent-Michaud oversees The Trust for Public Land's economic and fiscal impact analysis of open lands research for counties. read more »

Matt Zieper

Research Director
Matt Zieper directs a team of researchers whose work underpins The Trust for Public Land's ability to design ballot measures, shape legislation and influence public policy. read more »