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Ducks Unlimited Annual Report 240019p29_32.qxp 12/8/06 2:32 PM Page 1 Ducks Unlimited Annual Report DONORS SENIOR LEADERSHIP SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS AT-LARGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROLES Sandra L. “Sandi” Beitzel PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL 33 Robert L. “Bob” Berg Gary Burrus, Jr. 5/24/2005-5/25/2006 David Blakemore Jeff Churan MAJOR SPONSORS 34 Steve Brown George Dunklin, Jr. Ken Durdahl H. J. “Beto” Elizondo GRAND SLAM DONORS 65 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rogers Hoyt, Jr. Gene M. Henry Thomas H. “Tom” Jones Carla Hopp FEATHER SOCIETY 67 L. J. Mayeux, Jr. M.D. SENIOR OFFICERS Lon Knoedler Marc Pierce TEAL AWARDS 83 Jack Moss PRESIDENT Jill Olsen Donald L. Rollins James “Jim” Hulbert John Pope James R. Sowers Ron Rich Nora Taylor CHAIRMAN OF Doug Schoenrock Stephen Whatley THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Sundberg John A. Tomke CANADIAN MEMBERS Steve Thies Peter D. Carton EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT C. Neil Downey D. A. “Don” Young REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS John R. “Jack” Messer Dennis Baker FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Rick Berg CORPORATE W. Bruce Lewis Doug Burch DE MEXICO MEMBER Charles Campbell Julius F. Wall SECRETARY Tommy Carter Stephen C. Reynolds DUCKS UNLIMITED Roy Christopherson EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TREASURER Buddy Dekle James West John W. Newman Steve Dey Keith Helland PRESIDENT, WETLANDS Luke Laborde AMERICA TRUST Mike Panos James C. Kennedy Bruce Posey Paul Ralstin Ronal F. Roberson Jim Rutta Scott Spry Kyle Swanson Bill Townsend Frederick “Rick” L. White, Jr. 240019p29_32.qxp 12/8/06 2:32 PM Page 2 WETLANDS EMERITUS TRUSTEES: PAST PRESIDENTS 1949 AND 1950 1971 AND 1972 AMERICA TRUST Hazard K. Campbell Harvey L. Sorensen * Lee C. Howley * Stephen G. Denkers 1937 San Francisco, California Cleveland, Ohio PRESIDENT William B. Dunavant, Jr. John A. Hartwell * James C. Kennedy Gene M. Henry New York, New York 1951 AND 1952 1973 AND 1974 Donald L. Rollins C. A. Gross * Herman Taylor, Jr. * CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 1938 Julius F. Wall Green Bay, Wisconsin Natchitoches, Louisiana D. A. “Don” Young Louis H. Egan * 1953 AND 1954 1975 AND 1976 ASSISTANT SECRETARY St. Louis, Missouri SECRETARY/TREASURER James C. West Robert M. Gaylord * Gaylord Donnelley* John W. Newman 1939 Rockford, Illinois Chicago, Illinois ASSISTANT TREASURER L. H. Barkhausen * TRUSTEES Randy L. Graves Chicago, Illinois 1955 AND 1956 1977 Robert L. “Bob” Berg Robert Winthrop * Henry J. Nave * John W. Berry, Jr. 1940 New York, New York Pinehurst, North Carolina Paul Bonderson John B. Coleman * Rosemarie Buntrock San Francisco, California 1957 AND 1958 1978 AND 1979 David T. Buzzelli H. Bliss Rucker * S. Preston Williams John W. Childs 1941 San Francisco, California N. Kansas City, Missouri Jim Flores E. Herrick Low * 1959 AND 1960 1980 AND 1981 David F. “Dave” Grohne New York, New York Carsten Tiedeman * Robert D. Marcotte Kenneth H. Hoffman 1942 AND 1943 Detroit, Michigan Omaha, Nebraska James “Jim” Hulbert Will J. Reid * Anthony A. Marnell, II Long Beach, California 1961 AND 1962 1982 AND 1983 L. J. Mayeux, Jr., M.D. Stirling S. Adams * Robert M. Eberhardt * Phillip H. McNeill 1944 AND 1945 Vero Beach, Florida Stockton, California H. Safford “Saf” Peacock A. C. Glassell * Mark Pine Shreveport, Louisiana 1963 AND 1964 1984 AND 1985 James D. Range Albert B. McKee, Jr. * Peter H. Coors J. Oran Richard 1946 AND 1947 San Marino, California Golden, Colorado Tod Sedgwick Morton W. Smith * 1965 AND 1966 1986 AND 1987 Tom A. Seeno Minneapolis, Minnesota Henry G. Schmidt * Hazard K. Campbell Robert Sundberg 1948 Cleveland, Ohio Buffalo, New York John A. Tomke Hon. E. L. McHaney * Reed B. “Beau” Turner Little Rock, Arkansas 1967 AND 1968 1988 AND 1989 William E. “Will” Walker, III Charles B. Allen * Harry D. Knight Robert A. Leeson * Baltimore, Maryland Williamsburg, Virginia Massachusetts (appointed upon the death 1969 AND 1970 1990, 1991 AND 1992 of Hon. E. L. McHaney) William P. Elser * John E. Walker * La Jolla, California Galveston, Texas 240019p29_32.qxp 12/8/06 2:32 PM Page 3 1993 AND 1994 2005 IOWA NEW MEXICO VIRGINIA Donald L. Rollins STATE COMMITTEE Kevin Thomasson Doyle Potter Mike Hinton Zionsville, Indiana CHAIRMEN KANSAS NEW YORK WASHINGTON 1995, 1996 AND 1997 ALABAMA Kent Montei John A. Cushman II Dr. Chris Dorow Gene M. Henry Forrest Fitts McFarland, Wisconsin KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA WEST VIRGINIA ALASKA Dr. Brian Priddle Lloyd O. Goode, Jr. Bob Monarchy 1998 AND 1999 Lyndon Ibele Julius F. Wall LOUISIANA NORTH DAKOTA WISCONSIN Clinton, Missouri ARIZONA Mike Benge Herb Dittus Tim Morgan Steve Cook OHIO 2000 AND 2001 MAINE WYOMING L. J. Mayeux, Jr., M.D. ARKANSAS Dr. Grant R. Brees Sidney R. Lark Eugene Engrav Marksville, Louisiana Mark K. Turner MARYLAND OKLAHOMA Steve Quay 2002, 2003 AND 2004 CALIFORNIA Ed Henry John A. Tomke Joe Deaser MASSACHUSETTS OREGON Carmel, Indiana COLORADO Don and Laura Ouellette Gary Rose Tom Brossia MICHIGAN PENNSYLVANIA CONNECTICUT Robert “B. J.” Foster Douglas W. Shade Richard Anthony Riccio MINNESOTA RHODE ISLAND DELAWARE Bill Aldinger F. Steven DiMasi Dave Riddell MISSISSIPPI SOUTH CAROLINA FLORIDA Rodney Garrison Mario P. Insabella Pat J. Saunders MISSOURI SOUTH DAKOTA GEORGIA Jim Talbert Brian L. Pellish Kel Long MONTANA TENNESSEE HAWAII Neil M. Severinson Donald C. McCrory Jim Geiger NEBRASKA TEXAS IDAHO Lance Lang Steve Marasovich, Jr. William Poindexter NEVADA UTAH ILLINOIS James Coulthard Carroll D. Dolson Art Lippoldt NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT INDIANA Richard “Dick” Magie Joe Barnhart Dave Seger NEW JERSEY Doug Walker * Deceased 240019p29_32.qxp 12/8/06 2:32 PM Page 4 2005 NATIONAL STAFF DIRECTORS OF FUNDRAISING REGIONAL OFFICES & VOLUNTEER RELATIONS DIRECTORS OF OPERATION EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Dick Baskett D. A. “Don” Young WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE IA/KY/MO/TN Scott Sutherland CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Joe Breidenbach Randy L. Graves SOUTHERN MN/ND/SD REGIONAL OFFICE SENIOR GROUP MANAGER - Kenneth M. Babcock CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Peter Churchbourne W. Alan Wentz, Ph.D. AK/AZ/CA/HI/NV/OR/WA GREAT LAKES/ATLANTIC REGIONAL OFFICE GROUP MANAGER - Greg Dinkel Robert D. Hoffman, Ph.D. FUNDRAISING CO/ID/MT/NE/UT/WY Jim Young GREAT PLAINS Dave Dohner REGIONAL OFFICE GROUP MANAGER - FL/GA/NC/SC Jeffrey W. Nelson MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Chris Eder WESTERN Jim Boyd REGIONAL OFFICE IN/MI/OH Rudolph “Rudy” A. Rosen, Ph.D. GROUP MANAGER - DEVELOPMENT Doug Lasher Dan Thiel AL/AR/LA/MS GROUP MANAGER - Tom Munich MARKETING AND IL/WI COMMUNICATIONS Linda Schoenrock Joe Rowan CT/DE/ME/MD/MA/NH/NJ/JY/ GROUP MANAGER - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN PA/RI/VT/VA/WV RESOURCES Wayne Dierks David Schuessler KS/NM/OK/TX CORPORATE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY James West CHIEF BIOLOGIST Bruce Batt, Ph.D. 240019p33_64.qxp 12/8/06 2:40 PM Page 1 PRESIDENT’S George Abel James L. Debrey Darryl & Vicki Johnson Douglas R. Oberhelman Benjamin A. Stanley COUNCIL Boe Adams Keith DeHaan F. Tyler Johnson Tommy & Cheryl O’Connor Michael S. Starnes Kurt & Margaret Adams Estate of Randy DeHaan * George F. Johnson Jill & Bob Olsen Richard A. Steinman William H. Ahmanson Eric Dillon Lindsay D. Johnson Dan & Lynn O’Neal John and Anne Stokes Lee R. Anderson, Sr. John C. Dobbs Richard & Joyce Johnson William Ford Overton Peter Storer Anonymous Keith & Terri Dosch William R. Johnson, Jr. Betty & H. Safford Peacock Jack A. Strassweg, Jr. John & Maija Arbolino William B. Dunavant, Jr. Paul Tudor Jones Tom Pearman Harold C. Stuart Rob P. Arkley II Tom M. Dunkin II David L. Jordening Shirley Pechous and James Stuart, Jr. JoAnn Bachuber George H. Dunklin, Jr. John and Elaine Kanas Dr. Charles E. Pechous, Jr. Frank C. Sullivan, Jr. James R. Bancroft J. L. Dunn III James C. & Sarah K. Kennedy Michael A. Peck Drs. Suzanne & John B. Synhorst II Membership in the President’s Ron & Jackie Bartels Douglas M. Eberhardt Louise Klarr Thomas G. Pfleger Alexander Cox Taylor Council is open to those who William C. Bensler Huntington Eldridge, Jr. George & Susan Klein James & Patti Pike E. Donnall Thomas make an annual commitment John & Shirley Berry Van & Lou Ellis Peter D. Kleinpell, Sr. Cookie & T.R. Potter, Jr. John W. Thompson of $10,000 or more to Ducks William M. Birch E. Ralph English, Jr. John J. Koch Nicholas U. Potter John & Judy Tomke Unlimited’s conservation Gerald Black Tom and Ora Enos James Donnell & Susan J. Konkel Daniel D. Rasar Mark & Susie Tomlinson mission. President’s Council Sandi & Paul R. Bonderson, Jr. Richard G. Esser Susan Konkel Dan & Linda Ray Beau Turner members understand that an Tim & Mary Boyle Doug & Carol Federighi Christopher D. Koss V. Ross Read III David V. Uihlein, Sr. ongoing and significant Forrest W. Brehm Ace R. & Karen Feek Luke & Sonja Laborde John M. Reid Neil & Sylvia Van Sloun annual commitment to DU is Kiley Brehm Jamie Foster Rosemary A. Landowski Roland R. Remmel * William & Julia Veghte necessary to achieve our Ronald Brehm Friend of the Ducks (2) Charles G. Lane Walter E. Remmers Brock J. Vinton goals, and they are dedicated Zach K. Brinkerhoff, Jr. Donald J. Galligan Lance A. Lang Stephen & Ann Reynolds Mark Vissering to making DU one of their Dohn Broadwell Alva & Jayne Giffin Craig & Shelly Larson Penni Richards Tom & Sue Waldbuesser highest giving priorities each Jared D. Brown Margaret Goatcher Frank & JoAndrea Larson Richard C. Riggs, Jr. William Walker III year. The following list Charles Bruning Eric J. Golting Janet & Dr. Allan R. Larson Ronal & Patti Roberson Seth Ward recognizes President’s Council John Bruning J. Scott Griffin Claudia Lee William S. Roddy Rick Watkins members who joined from Kenneth H. Buchanan Dave & Marg Grohne Mary Lou & Walter F. Lineberger III William W. Rowley Henri L. Wedell July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006. Dean L. & Rosemarie Buntrock Edwin Hale Edmund W. Littlefield, Jr. Clive Runnells David K. Welles Jr.
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