Jamie Rappaport Clark on Monday announced plans to leave Defenders of Wildlife after 12 years as the conservation group’s president and CEO.
Jamie Rappaport Clark , president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, speaks at a House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in December 2008. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images / Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesJamie Rappaport Clark, the head of the Washington, D.
C.-based conservation group Defenders of Wildlife, plans to step down from her post next year, she announced Monday. The announcement comes after a tumultuous few years for Clark and the nonprofit, including complaints by current and former employees —— that Clark had established a “culture of fear” within the organization, where questioning leadership wasn’t tolerated and employees worried they might be fired without notice. The group, whose mission is to protect wildlife and habitats, laid off staff earlier this year, citing the “economic and social climate.” The organization has also witnessed high staff turnover and an ongoing feud between management and an employee union that formed in 2021. Clark, who has led the group for 12 years, will remain on the job while the organization’s board of directors conducts a search for her replacement, the group said in a statement. “I have dedicated my career to conservation and believe at this point in my life that I can have a greater impact for wildlife by applying my passion, knowledge and expertise in a different way,” Clark said in a statement. “I look forward to focusing my time and energy more directly on pressing conservation challenges impacting imperiled species and important landscapes and helping foster the next generation of wildlife conservationists.” Clark is a biologist by training who led the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the Clinton Administration. She first joined Defenders of Wildlife in 2004 and wasMark Caylor, chair of the group’s board of directors, called Clark “an icon in the conservation movement” and said she will be “dearly missed.” On her watch, the group said, Defenders launched a Center for Conservation Innovation while expanding its field presence to the Northwest, Southeast, Texas and New Mexico.E&E News review of nonprofits’ tax filings . The group’s most recent publicly available tax filing shows that Clark earned $599,128 in 2021, a figure that included her salary, bonus and other benefits.
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