WWF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mark Quinn, Lacey (President)

Mark retired from a 31 year career with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife where he served as a local area manager, regional biologist, and Lands Division Manager in Olympia.  Mark has also worked as a biologist for the U.S Forest Service, Weyerhauser, The Federal Highway Administration and Grant County Public Utility District.  Mark has been active in Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, The Mule Deer Foundation, The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.  He is involved with the Olympia Climate Action Group advocating for clean energy and climate change legislation.

John McGlenn, Bellevue (2nd Vice President)
John is principal and chief engineer of a multi-discipline engineering and architecture firm. He is the vice chairman of the management board for Intermountain West Joint Venture, a board member for the Wild Salmon Center, a trustee for the Wild Steelhead Coalition, and is involved with many conservation groups   including Ducks Unlimited, the Izaak Walton League, and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition. John serves as chairman for his local parks board, and is a past Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioner serving two terms (12 years). John is a founding member of WWF. 
 
Steve Phillips, Seattle (Vice President)
Steve has held various procurement and finance positions at The Boeing Company for over 30 years. He currently is Contracts Manager for Boeing’s F-22 Program. Steve has been has been active with WWF since 1993, having served previous terms as vice-president and president. He represents WWF on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Land Management Advisory Council. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Save Our Wild Salmon.

Ken Hilton, Moses Lake (Treasurer)
Ken is a retired CPA who was a partner in a large regional firm headquartered in Seattle. His specialty while working was consulting with small and medium sized businesses on all tax and accounting issues. Ken has been active in several conservation and outdoor sports-related organizations including Washington Duck Hunters. He serves as the WWF treasurer.
 
Brad Johnson, Marysville (Secretary)
Brad and his wife own Habitats NW, a company specializing in the development and sustainable integration of wildlife habitat, organic farming practices, and recreation. Brad also has been with The Boeing Company for 20 years. He represents WWF on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Game Management and Upland Game Advisory Councils. 

AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBERS

Mark Heckert, Puyallup (Past President)
Mark is a fish, wildlife, and wetlands biologist and consultant. He has served as a biologist with the Puyallup Tribe, as a technical director for the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society, and as the director for the Willapa Alliance, a regional conservation organization in southwest Washington. Mark is a past president of WWF.  

John Douglas, Olympia
John is a fisheries biologist who retired after 30 years with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. He has been an active member of WWF since it was established in 1989. John has served in other organizations including Ducks Unlimited, Washington Rivers Council, National Wildlife Federation, and with the Pacific Coast Joint Venture and Pacific Intermountain Joint Venture.  John is WWF’s secretary.
 
John Higgins, Seattle
John is the Regional President, South Central Region, for InfrastruX Group, Inc. John is a graduate of West Point, with an MBA from Harvard, and has 20 years of finance and management  experience in technology, forest products, and construction industries. John was elected to the WWF board in 2005. He also serves on the WDFW Fisheries Advisory Committee.
  
Jerry King, Okanogan
We are saddened to report that Jerry succumbed to lukemia on February 12, 2010.  Jerry was a retired wildlife manager who worked for the U.S. Forest Service and the Colorado and Alaska Departments of Game. He retired from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as an Area Wildlife Biologist for Okanogan County in the mid 90's.  Jerry dedicated his entire life to protecting wildlife and educating people about the value of willidfe and habitat in North Central Wasington.  Jerry loved the outdoors and the fish and wildlife that resided there.  He had an incredibly pleasant and accomodating personalitly and combined that with his love of willdife to help people understand the value of protecting and conserving wildlife.  Wildlife lost a dedicated advocate and we lost a great friend.  

Ronni McGlenn, Bellevue
Ronni is a former English teacher who co-founded Washington Outdoor Women in 1997. She has served as its Program Director since 2000. In addition to her work with this outdoor skills mentoring program, Ronni is active with the Seattle Chapter of the Izaak Walton League and served as the Washington State Division President for three years. She currently chairs the Wetherill Nature Preserve Commission.