Old Our Board

Executive Director - Suzanne O'Neill  cwfed@coloradowildlife.org

Communications Director - Todd Malmsbury

Regional Organizer, National Wildlife Federation -- John Gale
2260 Baseline Rd, Suite 100, Boulder, Colorado 80302

Region 10 Director, NWF Board of Directors – Kent Salazar

John Smeltzer, Chair of the Board of Directors and President, Ft. Collins	Kent Ingram, Treasurer, Littleton, and
	Co-Chair, Issues Committee,
Harvey Nyberg, NWF Affiliate Representative, Denver	in conjunction with Walt Graul
Greg Benzmiller, Secretary, Colorado Springs	Michael Hora, Lyons/Chicago
	Mark Phillips, Lafayette
Luke Schafer, Craig  Peggy Clark, Longmont Bob Goodnough, Golden	Gary Miller, Estes Park Dan Severa, Denver

Directors Emeritus

Dennis Buechler
Jim Goddard
John Rold

Past Presidents

• 1952 - 1954  Herb Hockstrasser
• 1955 - 1957 William H. Corlett
• 1958 - 1959 H. Ray Macht
• 1960 B.K. Linder
• 1961 Harry G. Sims
• 1962 Ross Russell
• 1963 Douglas L. Gilbert
• 1964 - 1966 A.J. Christiansen
• 1967 - 1968 Robert F. Gantnier
• 1969 Ralph R. Hill
• 1970 Gilbert N. Hunter
• 1971 - 1972 Hans W. von Barby
• 1973 Robert F. Gantnier
• 1974 Ed Merrick
• 1975 - 1976 Lt. Col. Clifford A. Baker
• 1977 - 1978 David G. Merrifield
• 1979 - 1980 Delwin E. Benson
• 1981 William H. Miller
• 1982 John Cross
• 1983 - 1984 Bob Black
• 1985 Wayne Sandfort
• 1986 Wally Gallegher
• 1987 Gordon Woelfle
• 1988 John Volker
• 1989 Steve Flannagan
• 1990 Eric Kelly
• 1991 - 1992 Chuck Olmstead
• 1993 - 1996 Peter F. Michaelson
• 1997 - 1999 Dennis Buechler
• 2000 Michael Dowling
• 2001 Dennis Buechler
• 2002 - 2005 Suzanne O’Neill
• 2006-2007 - Kent Ingram

Advocacy Focus

Identify a management number of key wildlife conservation issues in which CWF plays a sustained and effective role, without losing our ability to monitor and respond to emerging wildlife issues.

Effect positive change in a manageable number of crucial wildlife issues and policies through sustained initiatives.

Create common ground and understanding between hunters, anglers and other conservationists as a means to promote conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat.