Mr. Weigel was trained in biology and range management, and serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Nature Conservancy in Texas, and works as the Director of Legacy Giving for the group. He has also worked as an officer for the Texas Land Trust Council.
Region: Hill Country
Dan Snodgrass
Mr. Snodgrass is a wildlife biologist with experience in wildlife and land management, prescribed fire, and conservation easements. He serves as the Director of Land Protection and Stewardship for the Nature Conservancy in Texas.
Ryan Smith
Mr. Smith is a freshwater ecologist, and works as the Director of Water and Science for the Nature Conservancy in Texas. He serves as the Conservancy’s Texas lead on the Sustainable Rivers Program, a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers modifying dam operations to improve downstream ecosystems. He also represents the Conservancy in the Texas Living Waters project, a collaboration with other conservation groups, including the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Hill Country Alliance, and the Galveston Bay Foundation, to ensure that the state has the water needed for thriving communities and healthy fish and wildlife.
Carter Smith
Carter Smith is a biologist who has had leadership roles in several conservation organizations in Texas, serving as Executive Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife, and prior to that Director of the Nature Conservancy in Texas and head of the Katy Prairie Conservancy. While at the Nature Conservancy, he was involved in work to protect portions of South Padre Island, the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Devils River, Mad Island, Barton Creek, Clymer Meadow, and the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone.
Suzanne Scott
Ms. Scott is the state director for the Nature Conservancy in Texas. Earlier, she served in General Manager at the San Antonio River Authority, helping carry out the San Antonio River Improvements Project and other major efforts. As well, she has chaired the South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group and the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers Bay and Basin Area Stakeholder Group, and has been vice chair for the Regional Flood Planning Group for the San Antonio River Basin.
Anne Schweppe
Ms. Schweppe is a former board member of the Nature Conservancy in Texas. In her service with the Conservancy, she was involved in a number of projects, but was particularly engaged in efforts to protect lands in the Davis Mountains.
Pat Robertson
Mr. Robertson has volunteered as a board member of the Nature Conservancy in Texas, as well as with the Hill Country Conservancy, Explore Austin, and other non-profits. He has also practiced as an attorney and was involved in the founding and operation of Austin Trust Company and Founders Trust Company.
Junie Marie Plummer
Ms. Plummer worked as a negotiator for acquisition of parklands in Austin, Texas, including Balcones Canyonlands, Barton Creek, Walnut Creek and other lands set aside to protect endangered species, water quality, and open space. In many cases, she worked together with the Nature Conservancy in these purchases.
Frank Klein
Mr. Klein is a landowner and a supporter of the Nature Conservancy in Texas. He was especially involved with the Conservancy in raising funds to help protect Cibolo Bluffs. This tract of over 2000 acres provides prime habitat for the rare golden-cheeked warbler, important recharge to the Edwards Aquifer, and critical buffer lands for the world’s largest bat colony, located at Bracken Cave.
Renee King
Ms King is the Director of Development for the Nature Conservancy in Texas, building relationships and raising funds for the protection of habitat and open space in the state.