Board of Directors

Dr. George Archibald, Chairperson
Dr. Archibald is the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation (ICF) and he has served as the President of ICF for 27 years.  Since 2000, he has devoted his time to the study and conservation of the Korean DMZ, the restoration of Siberian Cranes in west Asia, and building an endowment fund for ICF.

Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, President
President of The Heinz Center, Dr. Lovejoy conceived the idea for the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems project (a joint project between the Smithsonian and Brazil's INPA), originated the concept of debt-for-nature swaps, and is the founder of the public television series Nature. In his capacity as President of the Heinz Center, Dr. Lovejoy is responsible for directing the Center's fund raising efforts.

Sylvia Ripley Addison, Vice-President
Family member, co-owner – Addison/Ripley Fine Art, board member – Conservation Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, and member of the board of the Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc.

Rosemary Ripley, Treasurer
Rosemary L. Ripley is a Managing Director of NGEN.  Ms. Ripley joined NGEN as an Entrepreneur in Residence in 2006 and became a Managing Director in 2007. Rosemary led the firm’s investments in Carbonetworks and Flipswap and sits on those companies’ boards.

Ms. Ripley brings to NGEN substantial experience in strategic planning, acquisitions and public and private market transactions. Responsible for Corporate Business Development worldwide at Altria Group (previously Philip Morris Companies) from 1990-2005. Ms. Ripley helped spearhead and execute numerous expansionary growth plans for the operating companies.  She led teams that invested heavily in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia and transformed Kraft Foods with the $19 billion acquisition of Nabisco and subsequent $8.5 billion initial public offering.  Ms. Ripley also developed the strategy and led the transformation of Miller Brewing Company from a domestic business to part of an international enterprise with the merger with South African Breweries.

Prior to joining Altria, Ms. Ripley was a Managing Director at Furman Selz, responsible for the Retail and Consumer Group, and prior to that was a senior investment banker at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin where she financed numerous small and mid-size technology companies and worked on the firm’s venture investments. Previously, she worked for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan where she supported the Senator’s work on the Committee for Environment and Public Works.

Ms. Ripley co-founded Circle Financial Group, a multi-family office, and sits on the Advisory Boards of the Chicago Climate Exchange and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. Ms. Ripley received both her BA, cum laude, and MBA at Yale University.

Julie Ripley Miller, Secretary
Family Member

Dr. Guy Baldassarre
Guy Baldassarre is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the wildlife science program at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry.  He has been a member of the Wildlife Society since 1973, and is also a member of the American Ornithologists' Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, and the Association of Field Ornithologists.  He is also a past Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Wildlife Management, author of Waterfowl Ecology and Management, and editor of Conservation Biology of Flamingos.

Dr. Bruce Beehler
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, with expertise in tropical ecology, conservation biology and ornithology of the Southwest Pacific and South Asia.

Theodore Janulis
Aurora Bank, FSB

Laura Ridgely
Family member attending Medical School at George Washington University.

Juliet Tammenoms Bakker
General partner, Pequot Ventures, responsible for investments in healthcare and biotechnology for the Pequot venture and private equity funds.

T. Dennis Williams
Life-long resident of Litchfield, CT, freelance writer specializing in investigative reporting.

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