Staff
Reid Haughey, President
Colorado
Reid has served as the President of the Wilderness Land Trust since 2002, growing the organization to a position of national prominence. Prior to joining the Trust, Reid directed the efforts of a regional land trust in Colorado. He has negotiated and completed multiple complex conservation transactions while growing the sustained capacity of organizations to complete work. Prior conservation work has been identified by the Wall Street Journal as “state of the art”, been recognized by the U.S. Forest Service as the 2004 Land Exchange of the Year and earned a Fellowship to the Yale School of Management in 1987. Work at the Trust has been recognized by awarding the Trust the U.S. Forest Service Bob Marshall Award and three BLM partnership awards. Reid has also trained other conservation professionals, including for the Land Trust Alliance and the World Bank. He is married to Mary and the proud father of Megan and Claire.
Aimee Rutledge, California Program Manager
California
Aimee joined the Trust in March 2008. Aimee has been Executive Director of the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, a land trust serving the Sacramento region, since October 1996. At the Conservancy, Aimee completed over 25 conservation real estate transactions and built the organization from a $10K annual budget to a $500K annual budget. Previously, Aimee helped found the Friends of the Sacramento River Greenway, worked with the American Institute of Architects, California Council as Director of Governmental Relations, and ran her own consulting firm, ABR Services, serving as legislative advocate for the California Bicycle Coalition and performing outreach and advocacy services for various other clients. She holds a BA in History from Pomona College. Aimee spends her spare time in the Central Valley, Sierras or on the coast, enjoying the bounty and beauty of California’s farms, ranches and wild places.
David Kirk, Senior Lands Specialist
Colorado
His primarily focuses on wilderness land acquisition projects in Arizona, Wasington and Nevada. He joined the Trust in July 2005 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. David holds a law degree from the University of Colorado and a BA from the University of Depauw. He is also a licensed real estate broker. Among other positions, he served as a project director for The Conservation Fund from 1995-2002.
Carolyn Chamberlain, Development Director
California
When Carolyn is not raising funds for The Wilderness Land Trust to complete its mission, she can be found doing ultralight backpacking in the Sierra or playing golf. She worked as a ranger naturalist in Yosemite for two summers after graduating from college. Prior to becoming a fundraiser she worked as a commercial loan officer for Wells Fargo and Union Bank. She was an Associate Director of Philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy for five years, was with Resources Law Group for five years, and joined the Wilderness Land Trust in 2008. She holds a BA from Stanford in environmental studies and an MBA from UCLA.
Karin J. Evans, Administrative Director
Colorado
Karin joined the Trust in October 2005. She is responsible for supporting development, marketing and land acquisition activities and office management. Karin holds a BA from the Ohio University. She brings extensive administrative experience and is based in Carbondale, Colorado and is the busy parent of three sons Jack, Beck, and Jacob and a daughter Emily.
