JAMIE RAPPAPORT CLARK, CEO
Jamie Rappaport Clark is the CEO of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. She is also the president of Defenders of Wildlife.
Jamie’s lifelong commitment to wildlife and conservation led her to choose a career in wildlife biology. In her early college years, she released peregrine falcons into the wild as part of a successful recovery effort—so successful, in fact, that 20 years later, she had the honor of removing them from the list of endangered species as the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Jamie came to Defenders after a 20-year career in conservation with the federal government, mostly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In recognition of her accomplishments and national leadership in this field, President Bill Clinton appointed her as director of the Service in 1997, a post she held until 2001. During her tenure as director, Jamie oversaw the establishment of 27 new refuges and the addition of over two million acres to the National Wildlife Refuge System and presided over the recovery of key endangered species such as the bald eagle, gray wolf and the Aleutian Canada goose.
DEFENDERS ACTION FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jamie Rappaport Clark
Winsome McIntosh
Brock Evans
Bill Pelster
DEFENDERS ACTION FUND STAFF
Senior Director



