National Council

Members of the National Council advise and assist the Board in achieving the goals and objectives of the Museum. The council includes industry executives, former federal agency administrators and representatives of recreation, energy, wildlife, academic, tribal and forestry interests. Their breadth of experience and associations with the U.S. Forest Service will help the Museum reflect the role that cooperators and partners have played in shaping the conservation legacy of the agency.

Michael Berry
President, National Ski Areas Association
Colorado

Robert Bibb
Chairman/CEO, Bibb Engineers
Missouri

Ann Forest Burns
Vice President, American Forest Resource Council
Oregon

Derrick Crandall
President and CEO, American Recreation Coalition
Washington, DC

Stanley Dempsey
Chairman, Royal Gold, Inc.
Colorado

Smoke Elser
Wilderness Outfitters Consulting Group, LLC
Montana

Merv George, Jr.
Program Manager, Region 5 Tribal Relations, U.S. Forest Service; former Tribal Chair of the Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe
California

Larry Grimes
General Counsel, National Coal Council
Washington, DC

Nils Johnson
Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Holland and Hart
Washington, DC

Dr. James Earl Kennamer
Chief Conservation Officer, National Wild Turkey Federation,
South Carolina

Dr. Hal Salwasser
Executive Dean, Division of Earth Systems Science, Dean of the College of Forestry and Director, Oregon Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University
Oregon

John Turner
Managing Partner, Triangle X Ranch; former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International and Scientific Affairs; former Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wyoming

Dr. Bill Whitsitt
Executive Vice President, Devon Energy Corporation
Oklahoma

Pat Williams
Senior Fellow Emeritus, O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana; former nine-term Congressman for Montana
Montana

Clayton Yeutter
Senior Advisor, Hogan Lovells; former Secretary of Agriculture; former U.S. Trade Representative
Washington, DC