Penelope Pierce President & Chair

Penelope Pierce is the US Regional Director for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
in Bozeman, Montana. She is a 1990 graduate of the University of Oregon
School of Law, with certificates in Natural Resources Law and Ocean and
Coastal Law. She has experience with a variety of environmental issues,
including wetland preservation and spotted owl litigation. She has
worked with The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, the Aquatic Resources
Conservation Group in Utah, and was the Major Gifts/Planned Giving
Manager at the Seattle Art Museum. Penelope returned to the United
States in 2004 after managing a private reforestation project in Costa
Rica.