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Board of Directors
Board Member Biographies
Joyce Berry is Dean of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. She is a Board Member of the National Council on Science and the Environment, the Center for Environmental Innovation and the Pinchot Institute for Conservation. She is the new President-Elect of the National Council of Environmental Deans and Directors. She received her Bachelor’s in political science and graduate degree in education from the University of California at Berkeley, Master’s in regional resources planning from Colorado State University and her PhD in forestry and environmental studies from Yale University. George H. Bohlinger III (top)
George Bohlinger’s association with the Pinchot Institute extends back over twenty-five years, including a term as Board Chair. His professional government career has included service as U.S. Deputy Associate Attorney General; Executive Associate Commissioner – U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; and Superintendent, Massachusetts’s Norfolk Prison. His private sector experience includes serving as Executive Vice President, EDS Corporation and Managing Partner – Easton Hanover Partners, LLP. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, American University and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Dale Bosworth (top)
Dale Bosworth was raised in northern California, the son of a Forest Service employee. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1966 with a degree in Forestry and immediately joined the U. S. Forest Service. He served in a variety of positions in Idaho, Montana and eastern Washington. In 1986 he became Forest Supervisor of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. He later served in Washington DC and California and in 1994 became Regional Forester of the Intermountain Region of the Forest Service headquartered in Ogden, Utah. In 1997 Bosworth became Regional Forester for the Northern Region in Missoula. He was named Chief of the Forest Service in 2001 where he served until he retired in 2007 after 41 years with the agency. He resides in Missoula, Montana with his wife Carma. Carol Collier (top)
Ms. Collier has over 25 years of experience in environmental management, water resources, and land use planning and has been the Executive Director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for the last 12 years. Ms Collier is only the third director since the Commission’s inception in 1961. Prior to joining DRBC, she worked for Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, heading up his 21st Century Environment Commission and served as Regional Director of the Southeast Region, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. She also worked 19 years in the private sector. She is educated in aquatic biology and regional planning, is a licensed professional planner, a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a Senior Certified Ecologist.
Sally Collins,(top) Hanna J. Cortner (top)
Hanna is a retired professor of natural resources, having held appointments at both Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona. Her research has focused on natural resource policy, particularly in the areas of forest, fire, and water policy. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in government from the University of Arizona, and a B.A. in political science from the University of Washington. She has served on the Pinchot board since 2005, and in 1999 was the Pinchot Distinguished Lecturer. She also currently sits on the board of directors of the Communities Committee, is treasurer of the Flagstaff branch of the AAUW, and is a member of the Flagstaff Water Commission. Jackson Eno (top)
Jackson Eno is the Vice President of Merrill Lynch in Hartford, CT. He graduated with a BS in Economics from the University of New Haven, and received his MDP from the Hartford Graduate Center. In addition to serving on the Pinchot Institute board, he is the Director Emeritus of the Simsbury Bank & Trust Company, President of the Simsbury Cemetery Association, Inc., director of the Simsbury Main Street Partnership, and a member of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club. J. Robert Hicks, Jr. (top)  Bob Hicks has held management positions at private, non-profit, and public organizations. He completed his BA at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA. He has served as the Executive Director of the Maymont Foundation, the Executive Director of Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the Vice President for Development at Goodwill Industries of Central Virginia. A former chairman of the Pinchot Institute board of directors, he is also currently a member of the Rotary Club of Richmond, the Wilcox Watershed Conservancy, the James River Association, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals Central Virginia Chapter. Bob is a past recipient of the Virginia Wildlife Federation's Randy Carter Memorial Award for River Conservationist of the Year.Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr. (top)
Larry Hoyle is an attorney at the firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal, and Lewis LLP in Philadelphia. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, after attending Duke University and serving in the US Marine Corps. He has devoted his career to litigation, teaching, and public service. His activities have included serving as Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, member of the Pennsylvania Appellate Court Nomination Commission and member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board which was charged with evaluation of alleged misconduct by the Pennsylvania judiciary. He has taught at Temple University Law School and at numerous legal seminars for practicing lawyers.
Larry has handled complex litigation for numerous Fortune 500 corporations. Larry tried and won the first two asbestos-in-buildings cases ever tried in the U.S. and has been first chair in numerous other multi-million dollar trials. Nels C. Johnson, Chair (top)
Nels Johnson is Deputy State Director for The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania. He has worked for nearly twenty-five years on biodiversity and forest conservation projects in the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean and Russia. Johnson’s work has focused on forest management and restoration, conservation priority setting, ecosystem services, and minimizing conservation impacts from climate change and energy development. He has published articles in Science, the Journal of Forestry, and Conservation Biology and has authored and edited books published by Island Press, Elsevier Science Press, the World Wildlife Fund and the World Resources Institute. Before joining The Nature Conservancy, Johnson worked at the World Resources Institute where he was Deputy Director of the Biological Resources Program. He serves as a trustee for the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and sits on several advisory committees to state agencies and non-governmental organizations. Johnson received a B.A. in biology at Reed College and an M.S. in forest ecology at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Married, with two children, Johnson lives in Camp Hill, PA. Kenneth H. Klipstein II (top)
Ken Klipstein is Director of Watershed Protection Programs for the New Jersey Water Supply Authority. In this capacity, he is responsible for managing the Authority’s activities in source water and watershed protection and restoration. He is a regular contributor to local, state and federal public advisory committees and panels regarding water quality and quantity in the region and has taught on the subject at Rutgers University. Prior to joining the Authority, Ken worked for many years at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where he most recently served as Bureau Chief for Watershed Planning. In that position, Ken was responsible for overseeing the Department’s watershed restoration and protection functions including administering Federal Clean Water Act delegated grant programs. Ken serves on the boards of a number of New Jersey based not-for-profit conservation organizations including: The NJ Conservation Foundation, The New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team and The Tewksbury Land Trust. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Planning from Cook College, Rutgers University, and an A.A.S. in Civil Technology from the University of New Hampshire. Joseph Mancias, Jr. (top)
Joseph is a Principal with NashNogales, LLC, a management consulting practice.
He is a former 25-year member of the career Federal Senior Executive Service and led a
variety of programs that included agency wide oversight, enterprise wide human capital and training services, management counsel to agency heads, establishing private and non-profit sector partnerships, and initiating national marketing and creative communication services. He service included executive positions at the Departments of Labor, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs in his Federal service, both civilian, and military, where he attained the rank of Captain in the Naval Reserve. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&I, Kingsville, TX and a Masters of Science in Public Relations from Kogod College of Business Administration at American University. Malcolm McAlpin (top) 
Following a 35-year career in investment banking, Malcolm McAlpin retired in 2004 in order to pursue personal interests and avocations and to enjoy more fully the beauty and natural surroundings of northeast Pennsylvania, specifically Pike County and Blooming Grove, where he has a home. This area has been a part of his and his family’s life for five generations and currently, he divides his time between Blooming Grove and Charleston, SC. An avid fly fisherman and upland bird hunter, the quality of our waterways and woodlands are of vital interest and concern to Malcolm. As a member of the Blooming Grove Club, he has served on the club’s Fishing & Water Management Committee since 1976, and as chairman the past 13 years. During his 35 years as a resident of New Jersey, Malcolm’s volunteer and board leadership activities focused largely on organizations related to conservation and the preservation of open spaces, with time and resources also devoted to animal welfare, the preservation of a unique garden facility and his love of fishing and hunting. Malcolm enjoys raising and training his own gun dogs and has pursued opportunities to fish in numerous remote locations within the United States and abroad during both his business years and his retirement. An amateur woodworker and a lover of history, his time in Charleston offers numerous opportunities to pursue these interests. A graduate of Duke University, Malcolm is married and the father of three adult children who reside in some wonderful fishing locations and he enjoys introducing his grandchildren to the wonders of nature and the pleasures of our natural environment and the pursuit of outdoor activities.
Nicholas H. Niles (top)
Nick served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant and was decorated with the Soldier’s Medal. He earned a BS from Columbia University and an MBA from Fordham University. Nick Niles was in the publishing business most of his career. His last job there was Senior Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of Times Mirror Magazines. Before joining Times Mirror Magazines, Nick was Executive Vice President of Springhouse Corporation, publishers of Nursing Magazine and Springhouse Books. Prior to that, Nick held the job of Publisher at several national magazines including Food and Wine at American Express Publishing and Kiplinger’s Changing Times, now called Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. He is a past President of the Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing Club in Hawley, Pennsylvania. After retiring from the Publishing business, Nick started a golf travel business called Expedition Golf with Sven Lindblad’s Special Expeditions. Currently Nick also sits on the Board of Lackawanna College, the Northeastern Philharmonic and WVIA, the PBS Radio and TV Station, as well as the Library Building Committee in Milford Pennsylvania. Nick also has served on the past boards of The International Art of Jazz, a non-profit organization in New York City which put jazz into grammar and high school, Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts, The Urban League of Southern Connecticut, The League for Hard of Hearing in New York City, The Advisory Board of the School of General Studies at Columbia University, and an Alumni Trustee of the Guthrie Medical Center in Sayre, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Maggie, live at the Blooming Grove Club in Hawley, Pennsylvania.
Larry Quinn (top)  Larry A. Quinn retired in 2009, from his position as the Assistant Director for the Office of Communications at the US Department of Agriculture with more than 42 years of Federal service – 35 years at USDA. He also functioned as the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer for Office of Communications. The National Association of Farm Broadcasting presented its Meritorious Service Award to Quinn in November 1999 “in recognition for outstanding service to the farm broadcasting profession.” In April 2003, Quinn was presented the Hall of Fame award by the Federal Government Distance Learning Association for his “significant career accomplishments in promoting and developing distance learning in the Federal government.” In July 2000, he was given the top professional award by Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE). He served as President of the 700-member ACE association in 1984-85, and early in his career, he received the Pioneer ACE Award in July 1974. Prior to joining USDA, Quinn was radio-TV specialist and field editor for Texas A&M University's Department of Agricultural Communications. While at Texas A&M, he earned an M.S. in Educational Administration with a special emphasis in educational public relations. He has a B.S. in agronomy from Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Quinn is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA, and is serving his fourth three-year term on the FEI Alumni Board. V. Alaric Sample(top)
V. Alaric (Al) Sample has served as President of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation in Washington, DC since 1995. He is a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters, and a Research Affiliate on the faculty at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is author of numerous research papers, articles and books on topics in national and international forest policy. His most recent book is Common Goals for Sustainable Forest Management: Divergence and Reconvergence of American and European Forestry, with Steven Anderson (Forest History Society 2008). Sample earned his doctorate in resource policy and economics from Yale University. He holds two masters degrees, an MBA and a Master of Forestry both from Yale, and a Bachelor of Science in forest resource management from the University of Montana. His professional experience is in both the public and private sector and includes assignments with the U.S. Forest Service, Champion International, The Wilderness Society, and the Prince of Thurn und Taxis in Bavaria, Germany. He specialized in resource economics and forest policy as a Senior Fellow at the Conservation Foundation in Washington, DC, and later as Vice President for Research at the American Forestry Association. Sample has served on numerous national task forces and commissions, including the President's Commission on Environmental Quality task force on biodiversity on private lands, and the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry.
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