Governance

The Conservation Law Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees and advised by a Board of Overseers. The Board of Trustees manages the affairs of CLF and is considered as having the power of “directors” in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 180 and applicable provisions of Chapter 156B of the General Laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Trustees meet eight times a year and are elected by the Board of Overseers to three-year terms.

The Board of Overseers meets twice a year, during which time they advise the staff and Trustees on matters of policies or programs affecting CLF. They are eligible to serve for three-year terms.

Board of Trustees

  • Sara Molyneaux, Chair
  • Gordon Hall III, Vice Chair
  • Peter Nessen, Vice Chair
  • Eugene H. Clapp, Treasurer
  • Thaleia T. Schlesinger, Clerk
  • Dan Amory
  • M. Robin Barone, Esq.
  • Joseph Brevard
  • David W. Ellis, Ph.D.
  • Andrew Falender
  • Douglas I. Foy
  • Paula W. Gold, Esq.
  • John S. Hammond III
  • Whitney Hatch
  • Richard Lisle
  • Robin Powell Mandjes
  • Michael B. Moskow
  • Stuart V. Smith, Jr.
  • Richard D. Worrell
  • John Kassel, President

Board of Overseers

  • Michael B. Moskow, Chair
  • Philip W. Conkling
  • Jenny Y. du Pont
  • John B. French, Esq.
  • Robert H. Gardiner, Jr.
  • John T. Goodhue
  • Martin L. Gross, Esq.
  • Horace A. Hildreth, Jr., Esq.
  • Jacquie L. Kay
  • Maximilian W. Kempner, Esq.
  • Edward H. Ladd
  • Sharon Malt
  • Karena A. McKinney
  • Peggy B. Sharpe
  • Helen Spaulding
  • Benjamin B. Taylor
  • Alan Wilson, Esq.

Trustee Emeriti

  • Don Comb, Ph.D.
  • John Teal, Ph.D.

CLF State Advisory Boards

Advocacy Center Advisory Committees, known as “State Advisory Boards,” are appointed in each of the five states where CLF has an Advocacy Center to provide advice and other guidance to the Board of Trustees and CLF staff of such offices with respect to CLF’s cases and other activities in that state.


Maine State Board

  • Daniel Amory, Esq., Chair
  • DeWitt John, Vice Chair
  • Philip W. Conkling
  • Gordon Hall III
  • Anne Hayden
  • Michael Herz
  • Horace A. Hildreth, Jr., Esq.
  • Lucia P.A. Kearns
  • Brigitte L. Kingsbury
  • Jon A. Lund, Esq.
  • Carleton Davis Pike


Massachusetts State Board

  • John B. French, Esq., Chair
  • Joseph Brevard
  • Christopher Cabot, Esq.
  • Madeline Fraser Cook
  • John T. Goodhue
  • John K. Graham, Esq.
  • John S. Hammond III
  • EkOngKar Singh Khalsa
  • Susan Klem
  • Jan A. Pechenik, Ph.D.
  • Thaleia T. Schlesinger
  • Chi Ho Sham, Ph.D.
  • John E. Thomas
  • Peter C. Westover


New Hampshire State Board

  • Martin L. Gross, Esq., Chair
  • Sylvia Bates
  • Scott Brown
  • George W. Chase
  • VJ Horgan
  • Harold W. Janeway
  • Robert King
  • Stuart V. Smith, Jr.
  • Cyrus B. Sweet III
  • Rebecca E. Todd, Esq.
  • Janet Ward


Rhode Island State Board

  • Louise Durfee, Esq., Chair
  • Kendra Beaver, Esq.
  • Trudy Coxe
  • Anne W. Garnett
  • Thomas P.I. Goddard
  • Kate Kilguss
  • Robert Leeson, Jr.
  • Richard W. Lisle
  • Sunshine Menezes, Ph.D.
  • William S. Mott
  • Jan Reitsma
  • Peggy B. Sharpe
  • Dr. Peter G. Trafton
  • Richard D. Worrell


Vermont State Board

  • Ann Seibert, Chair
  • Mary Abele
  • M. Robin Barone, Esq.
  • Kyle Dodson
  • Philip H. Hoff, Esq.
  • Crea Linthilac
  • Rory Malone
  • Lew Milford, Esq.
  • Janet E. Milne, Esq.
  • Jim Murphy, Esq.
  • Mary H. Osgood
  • Beth Montuori Rowles
  • Andrew Stewart
  • T.J. Whalen
  • Rob Woomington, Esq.