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The search for ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s next CEO is underway. At our search committee’s recent meeting, our top priorities were to review feedback from the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ community who provided their perspective on what is distinctive about the organization, what are the opportunities and challenges facing ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, and what we should look for in a new CEO.

Thank you to everyone who completed the survey. Even during the summer months of a very unusual year, participation was broad and balanced across staff, chapter leaders, advisory board chairs, and donors. Nearly 400 people provided insight to us through the survey, and the responses were thoughtful, sincere, and helpful in shaping the CEO position description, the document that describes our aspirations for the next leader.

Several key themes emerged in the feedback:

• Birds—the conservation of birds and their habitat—are foundational to everything that ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ does. Through the lens of birds and grounded in science, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ works to impact the major environmental issue of biodiversity and climate change.
• ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, which has an extraordinary brand recognition and works across political lines, has an expansive grassroots network of chapters, state offices, and campuses that make the organization widely accessible. Building the next generation of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ members will be crucial work in the coming years.
• ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has been through a period of expansive growth, and the next leader will need to work to unify the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ community, nurturing partnership and building systems to align the field & central offices. Building trust with the staff is fundamental to this effort.

We invite you to view—and share— for the next CEO of the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

Thank you to everyone who nominated an individual for the role. You can continue sending nominations to ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏCEO@spencerstuart.com.

Over the next few months, the search process will enter a quiet phase as the search committee begins to consider potential candidates. We will share a brief update later in the fall.

Sincerely,

Susan Bell, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Board Chair and CEO Search Committee Chair

with search committee members,

George Golumbeski, Steffanie Munguía, Kathy Sullivan, and Stephen Tan