David Reynolds

David Reynolds is motivated by his lifelong passion for natural resource conservation. David is the President of the George Wright Society (GWS), a long-time institutional member of IUCN. Being President of the GWS keeps him connected with the latest practices and practitioners of protected areas management in North American government, NGOs, Indigenous and local communities. During his 37-year career with the National Park Service (NPS), US Department of the Interior, he managed natural resource management, international training and programming, planning, environmental compliance, recreation and cultural resources programs in parks and central offices. From 2011 to 2015 he was assigned by the NPS to serve as the Senior Advisor for Protected Areas Capacity Development to the IUCN Global Protected Areas Program. During that time, he created and coordinated the activities of the IUCN WCPA Protected Areas Capacity Development Group. In addition to being President of the George Wright Society and a member of the IUCN WCPA Capacity Development Specialist Group, he also served on the Board of Directors of The Nepal Foundation.