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NANCY JO CRAIG
(225) 201-9839
njcwings@aol.com
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Masters of Public Administration, Specializing in Non Profit Management 1995
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
School of Public Health, Masters of Science Public Health, 1983
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
B.A. in Biology, 1975
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
COACHING FOR NON PROFIT EXECUTIVES 2000-2009
Individual Consultant working with non-profits and municipalities. Select clients include:
| Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council 2004-2009. Turned this non-profit around from substantial debt and financial woes to solid financial success. Helped the organization complete full audit. Trained staff in non-profit fundamentals. Now Executive Director on a full-time basis. |
| During tenure as Executive Director headed the largest computer relief project in the nation. Featured on the Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Recycle. Nationally recognized leader in recycle/refurbishment community by Microsoft. www.cacrc.com facebook fan page CACRC |
| City of Baton Rouge Recycling Office. Designed and implemented a successful communication campaign to reduce yard waste: Yard Smart Earth Wise. |
| Association of Biodiversity Information. Successfully lobbied for an increase in user fee for the La. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to help fund rare plant and animal habitat protection. |
| YouWho Coalition. Worked with this newly formed child advocacy organization to develop strategy, budgets, first year planning and grants to secure initial funding of $160,000. Coaching with President and Chairman of the Board. |
| The Trails Conference. Worked with this National organization on Strategy for new Capital Campaign and Annual Planning. Weekly coaching conference calls with Executive Director. |
| Capital Area Animal Welfare Society. Assisted the President of the Board during time of transition by reworking bylaws, Board building, Fundraising and Strategic Planning. |
| Black Bear Conservation Committee. Executive Coaching with the Executive Director on Planning, Budgeting, and Fundraising Campaign. Budget and staff tripled in 11 months. |
| Wholistic Wellness Network. Executive Coaching for President of the Board and Fundraising. |
| Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Executive Coaching with the President and CEO on internal organization and management. |
PRESIDENT AND CEO, COUNCIL FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA 2001
| Led this organization through a difficult transitional period. The Council for a Better Louisiana is a 40-year-old "good government watchdog organization" with a staff of 5 and a budget of $700,000. |
| Rebuilt organizational structure including institutionalizing annual plans, program goal setting, detailed budgeting process, performance standards, measures of success, and long range planning. |
| Developed fundraising plan for the organization and successfully raised budget through active personal solicitation of individuals, corporations, and foundations. |
| Served as chief spokesperson in the media, meetings, governmental roundtables, and in testimony before the legislature. Helped passed the first early childhood program for the state. |
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY 1984-2000
Worked for this premier conservation organization over 16 years in the following capacities:
Vice President, Executive Director of "Wings of the Americas" 1995-2000
| Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy. Worked with this new Conservation Division of TNC to develop strategy, goals, and to increase funding. |
| International Program, Wings of the Americas. At the request of the President and CEO John Sawhill developed a business plan for the start up of the first international bird program for TNC. With National Board of Governor's approval was hired as Executive Director to develop program from scratch. Hired staff of 12, developed and implemented annual and long-range plans and in first year raised budget of $1.5 million. Subsequent years raised this operating budget as well as funding to establish partnerships between states and Latin American countries, including Ohio-Belize, Pennsylvania-Ecuador, and Connecticut-Jamaica, to protect habitat for migratory birds. Cultivated and solicited funds from major individual donors, corporations, and foundations. Overcame organizational obstacles to a new "cross-cutting" program. |
Sabbatical at Harvard 1995
| The Nature Conservancy paid full tuition and 2/3 salary for attendance to the Kennedy School. |
Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana 1986-1994
| Established program in the state. Secured the first major gift of $250,000 from a corporation for start-up funding. Responsibilities included hiring and managing staff of 20. Setting annual and long-range plans. |
| Built effective statewide Board of Directors from state's most prominent and most influential respected citizens. |
| Fundraised $1,000,000+ annual budget from growing membership, active solicitation of major gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations. Additionally secured more that $50 million in private and public funding for habitat acquisition. This required testifying in front of congressional committees and state legislative bodies. Secured gifts of thousands of acres of habitat through corporate donations. |
| Acquired and protected during tenure nearly a quarter of a million acres of critical habitat, in six new National Wildlife Refuges, and twelve private nature preserves. |
| Appointed chair of the Land Acquisition Task Force by Governors Roemer and Edwards. This task force was the first successful collaborative effort by the environmental community, state, and private sector resource users. |
| Acted as spokesperson on television, radio, and in the print media. Gave hundreds of speeches often in front of very large audiences. |
Vice President of The Nature Conservancy 1990
| Approved by National Board of Governor's to be a Vice President of the organization. |
| Spokesperson for National Campaign "Saving the Last Great Places." |
| Appointed member of Cultural Diversity Task Force. |
The Nature Conservancy Conservation Fellow Summer 1988
| Facilitated start-up of sister Bolivian conservation organization, Fundacion Amigos de la Naturalezaas as one of the first Conservation Fellows of TNC. |
| Worked in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with core group of Bolivians to help them start their new conservation organization by developing Board, budgets, fundraising plan, solicitation of corporations and individuals, annual plan, and presentation. In 1998 this organization received international recognition for protecting close to ten million acres of habitat. |
Program Coordinator/Ecologist; Louisiana Natural Heritage Program of the Nature Conservancy
1984-1986 Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge.
| Established program from scratch. Hired staff and developed and implemented program objectives. |
| Completed inventory of critical ecological areas throughout the state. |
| Lobbied and successfully passed legislation to institutionalize program within state government. |
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PLANNER AND COORDINATOR 1983-1984
State Planning Office, Office of the Governor, Baton Rouge.
| Total responsibility for statewide policy planning in environmental resource matters and programs. Published "Environmental Health and Cancer in Louisiana". |
RESEARCH ASSISTANT 1982-1983
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North of Carolina at Chapel Hill. Master's thesis on land use and eutrophication in the Chowan River, NC.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE 1977-1981
Center for Wetland Resources, Coastal Ecology Laboratory, Louisiana State University.
| Conducted research on bottomland forests of Southeastern US. |
| Researched and reported the major causes of wetland loss and cumulative impacts resulting in eutrophication in coastal Louisiana with management solutions. |
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
| 2009 | Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Environmental Leadership Program NGO Achievement Award |
| 2002 | Circle of Service, Unitarian Church for over 150 hours of Community Service |
| 2001 | Holly Reynolds Award/CAAWS, Annual award to person for greatest dedication to animal welfare in the community. |
| 1996 | Recognition from Governor Foster for contribution to Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Program |
| 1993 | Gold Award for Outstanding Recycling Initiatives (Board member of Garden District Association) |
| 1992 | Louisiana Outdoor Writer Association Conservation Commendation |
| 1991 | United Nations Environmental Program 500 Environmental Achiever |
| 1991 | Chevron Conservationist of the Year, Professional Category. This is one of the highest honors to be received in conservation. |
| 1989 | The Nature Conservancy Outstanding State Progress |
| 1989 | Governor's Conservationist of the Year-Awarded by the Wildlife Federation's Peer Review. This is the most prestigious award given in the state for conservation. |
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
* Commission for the Future of Louisiana's Coast (Governor appointment)
October 2001-2002
* Louisiana Sea Grant Advisory Council 1991-2003
* Clinton Transition Team-Department of the Interior, December 1992- January 1993
* Louisiana State Parks Commissioner (Lt. Governor appointment) 1992-1994
* Chairman, Governor's Land Acquisition Task Force (Governor appointment) 1989-94
* Chairman, Statewide Emergency Response Commission (Governor appointment) 1993
* Environmental Quality Task Force (Governor appointment) 1992-94
* Board of Directors, Council for a Better Louisiana 1989-1996
* Government Leadership Institute Advisory Council 1991-1996
CIVIC LEADERSHIP
* Visions of Baton Rouge
* Hilltop Arboretum Board of Trustees 2000-2003
* Baton Rouge Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA)
Board of Trustees 1999-2004
* Earth Day Board of Trustees 2000-2001
* Burden Foundation Board of Directors 1996-2006
* Founder of the Mystic Krewe of Mutts Mardi Paws Parade 1999-2006
* Vice President Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS) 2002-2004
PUBLICATIONS
Published numerous articles on the topics of landscape and wetland ecology, management and planning, cumulative environmental impacts, environmental health, natural resource/biodiversity conservation, and poetry. Available on request.
LINKS
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