Marshall Johnson
Chief Conservation Officer at National Audubon Society
- Role
- Chief Conservation Officer at National Audubon Society
- Location
- Fargo, ND, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marshall Johnson
If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s a new definition of greatness.” -MLKMission-centered nonprofit leader with a proven track record in fund development, relationship cultivation and staff and program management. Skilled environmental conservation project developer and fundraiser, with an emphasis on major gifts cultivation, and landscape scale working-lands conservation.
Experience
Chief Conservation Officer
Jun 2021 — Present · Fargo, ND, US
As Chief Conservation Officer (CCO) I lead a staff of 600 and a team of five senior direct reports, including the Deputy Chief Conservation Officer, Chief Scientist, Managing Directors for Global Policy, Community Building, North America and Latin America & Caribbean. Audubon\'s Conservation team is comprised of 22 state and regional offices, 10 focus Country offices, 32 Conservation Action Centers, and Conservation Initiative teams.The CCO position requires me to serve as a strategic leader, advisor and integrator throughout the Audubon Society. I lead overall strategy and implementation of Audubon’s national Conservation Strategies, Policy, Science, and International teams and programs and integrate strategy across these teams and throughout our Network. In a highly matrixed and distributed organization, my role as CCO requires that I must be an excellent and flexible collaborator, able to draw upon and help steer the talents of Audubon’s outstanding staff in our national and field programs and inspire and mobilize the passions of its vast bipartisan grassroots network. As CCO I also serve as a member of the Executive Team where I am a key partner in helping to design and develop Audubon’s next Strategic Plan. In my role, I report directly to the CEO, Dr. Elizabeth Gray.
Education
University of Minnesota Crookston
Business Management, Business Administration and Management, General
2005 — 2009
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