Board of Directors

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
Advisory Director
The Goldman Sachs Group

Frank E. Loy*
Vice Chair
Washington, DC

Philip R. Sharp
President
Resources for the Future

Board Members

Vicky A. Bailey
President
Anderson Stratton, International LLC

Michael J. Bean
Chair, Wildlife Program
Environmental Defense

Preston Chiaro
Chief Executive Officer
Rio Tinto Energy Group

Norman L. Christensen, Jr.
Professor of Ecology and
Executive Director
Duke Environmental Leadership Program
Nicholas School of the Environment,
Duke University

Maureen L. Cropper
Professor of Economics
University of Maryland

W. Bowman Cutter
Managing Director
Warburg Pincus

E. Linn Draper, Jr.
Retired Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
American Electric Power Company, Inc.

Top row, from left: Mohamed T. El-Ashry, Charles F. Kalmbach, W. Bowman Cutter, Frank E. Loy, Peter J. Robertson, Kathryn S. Fuller, Dod A. Fraser

Bottom row, from left: Michael J. Bean, Linda J. Fisher, Lawrence H. Linden, Philip R. Sharp, Maureen L. Cropper, Michael A. Mantell, Daneil C. Esty

Not Pictured: Vicky A. Bailey, Preston Chiaro, Norman L. Christensen, Jr., E. Linn Draper, Jr., David G. Hawkins, R. Glenn Hubbard, Steven W. Percy, Matthew R. Simmons, Robert N. Stavins, Joseph Stiglitz, Mark R. Tercek

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

Dod A. Fraser*
President
Sackett Partners Incorporated
White Plains, NY

Kathryn S. Fuller*
Chair
Ford Foundation Board of Trustees

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

R. Glenn Hubbard
Dean, Columbia Business School
Columbia University

Charles F. Kalmbach*
Chief Executive Officer
DBM, Inc.

Michael A. Mantell
Attorney
Resources Law Group

Steven W. Percy*
Former CEO
BP America

Peter J. Robertson
Vice Chairman of the Board
Chevron Corporation

Matthew R. Simmons
Chairman
Simmons & Company International

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

*Member of the Executive Committee