Ross was born and raised in the Flathead Valley of northwestern Montana, on the outskirts of Glacier National Park where he enjoyed hiking, camping and fishing in GNP and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Ross headed to the Midwest for college and graduate school, receiving a B.S. in finance from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and enjoyed a 35-year career in finance in Chicago, New York and London. Ross and his wife, Gwenn, and sons, Angus and Lachlan, began vacationing in Jackson Hole in 2005, initially for the skiing but soon began returning in the summer and fall as well. They quickly decided that they wanted to put down long term roots here, drawn by the incredible beauty, abundant wildlife, access to endless outdoor activities and the well-preserved character and strong sense of history and community of JH. Ross and Gwenn became full-time residents of Wilson in 2017. Ross’ introduction to JHWF began with volunteering for Wildlife Friendlier Fences projects and he joined the JHWF board in the spring of 2020. In addition to his JHWF involvement, Ross mentors budding entrepreneurs in the Silicon Couloir TEAMS program, serves on the board of the Responsible Growth Coalition, serves on the Stakeholder Committee for the WYDOT Snake River Bridge Reconstruction Project, volunteers as a Ski Host for the JH Mountain Resort, and is actively involved in Teton County’s wildlife crossings initiative and WGFD’s moose collaring project. Ross is an avid skier and, in the off-season, enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking and fishing.

Dan was born and raised in southwestern Pennsylvania nearby the Laurel Highlands. In his youth, Dan enjoyed hiking, biking, camping in the summer and skiing in the winter. Upon graduating from Lehigh University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Dan moved west to California to pursue a career in engineering, project management, and business management. Dan led a multidiscipline engineering firm for 20 years until his retirement in 2016. The engineering firm did projects throughout the US and also internationally. Dan also served in various roles on the Boards of a number of CA based non-profits. Dan and his wife Karen vacationed in Jackson Hole in 2013 and fell in love with the area. They were particularly drawn to the natural beauty, the many outdoor activities, and the friendly and welcoming nature of the local community. They became residents of Wilson in 2014. As well as being a Board member of JHWF, Dan volunteers at Grand Teton National Park in the winter as a ski ambassador and summer on the bike patrol. Dan is an avid downhill and cross-country skier and enjoys hiking, biking, and golf in the summer.

Ben Wise was born and raised in Worland, WY and attended Sheridan College prior to transferring to the University of Wyoming to complete both a B.S. in Range Management and a M.S. in Veterinary Sciences with an emphasis in Environmental Toxicology. After graduating, Ben worked for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department at the Thorne-Williams Wildlife Disease Research Facility before being hired as the Terrestrial Habitat Biologist for the Green River Region. In Early 2013 Ben was transferred to the Jackson Region as the Brucellosis-Feedground-Habitat Biologist. Ben’s main focus in his current position is to work with WGFD, local land management agencies and landowners to reduce brucellosis prevalence in Northwest Wyoming and reduce the risk of transmission of the disease to livestock. Ben is actively involved with area wildlife managers to increase awareness of ongoing and emerging wildlife diseases and also works to improve disease sampling efforts throughout the Jackson Region. Ben is also a member of the Wildlife Friendlier Fences leadership team and volunteers his time on the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) vetting observations and guiding the Nature Mapping Jackson Hole program. In his free time, Ben enjoys traveling, hunting, fishing and exploring all that Wyoming has to offer.

Bill Rudd grew up in Minnesota and has been interested in wildlife since his earliest memories. He earned an undergraduate degree in Wildlife Resources from the University of Idaho, and worked with the Idaho Fish and Game for a year before getting a MS degree at the University of Wyoming studying elk migrations from the North Fork of the Shoshone River and Sunlight Basin into YNP.

Bill worked for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for over 30 years as a Wildlife Biologist, Biologist Supervisor and as Deputy Chief for the Wildlife Division. Bill co-founded the Wyoming Migration Initiative in 2012 with Dr. Matt Kauffman and has worked with WMI since. He has authored and contributed to numerous reports and papers regarding wildlife issues and was a contributing editor of Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates.

Bill also co-founded and serves on the board of the Wyoming Wetlands Society, a local Jackson nonprofit raising swans for release for conservation purposes in the Intermountain West including YNP. Bill and his wife Lorrain live along the Hoback River in Teton County. He enjoys spending time with family, wildlife photography, fishing, boating, hiking, traveling to new places, and just getting out in the country.

Kathryn is a native of the Jackson Hole valley. She was born as the fourth generation to be raised on the Triangle X Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. She grew up riding the trails of the valley, learning wilderness lore and gaining an eye for landscape. The happy synergy of a receptive spirit and a place of magnificent beauty set the course for her life, including for a professional career as an artist and a passion for wildlife.

She attended the University of Notre Dame where she majored in Studio Arts. She spent an influential semester in Rome, Italy and also studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. Turner now holds a Master’s degree from the University of Virginia.

Turner’s artwork is nationally recognized with top honors recieved from the American Impressionist Society and the National Academy of Equine Art and the Southeast Wildlife Exposition as the 2017 Featured Artist. Her work has been showcased in the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Charlie Russell Museum, the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, The Phippen Museum, the Brinton Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

Caroline Baker-Donza is an attorney practicing immigration law with Trefonas Law, PC in Jackson, WY. Caroline grew up in Maryland but moved to Jackson with her family in her late teens. Caroline has spent the majority of my professional life in the policy field, focused primarily on environmental policy issues in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. These experiences inspired Caroline to attend the University of Colorado School of Law, where she focused on climate change law and policy. Since then, Caroline has worked worked for as a policy and market consultant for Carbon Training International, in Sydney, Australia, as well as for an industrial services company as an environmental consultant and as a Program Officer with the Institute for Sustainable Communities in Montpelier, VT. Caroline has a BA  in Spanish from Montana State University, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Law in Boulder, Colorado. In her free time, Caroline enjoys skiing biking, horseback riding and spending time outside with her husband Chris and their son, Teddy, and dog Tucker.

Shirley is a retired CPA who grew up in Washington state and also lived in California. She began serving on the Wildlife Foundation board in 1995, shortly after she retired and moved to Jackson. Her interest in learning more about living with the wildlife and habitat of our valley is what prompted her to become involved with the organization. The Foundation’s on-the-ground projects and non-political activities are what has kept her involved. She has participated in the growth and development of the organization over the years, and continues to be involved as an emeritus board member.

Bruce spent most of his 30-year career as a wildlife biologist on the Wind River Indian Reservation and the National Elk Refuge. His research produced over 40 technical and popular papers and book chapters dealing primarily with wildlife population dynamics, habitat ecology, diseases, migratory behavior, and predator-prey relationships, focused mostly on large mammals. Bruce holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in wildlife biology from the University of Montana and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Wyoming. After retiring from federal service in 2004, he and his wife Diana moved to southwest Montana, where he continues his conservation work. Among his books are Where Elk Roam: Conservation and Biopolitics of Our National Elk Herd (2011) about the elk of Jackson Hole, Life on the Rocks: A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat (2014), and Stories from Afield (2016). Bruce joined the JHWF Board in 2003 while working with other concerned citizens to remedy private feeding of wildlife in Teton County.