Executive Leadership Search Specialist

Potrero Group gets to know your organization inside and out and provides a seamless recruitment and vetting process for both you and your candidates. SFEI seeks a collaborative, strategic, and dynamic Executive Director to lead one of the Bay Area’s most respected environmental science organizations. The Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation seeks an experienced, partnership-oriented Executive Director to lead one of the North Bay’s most vital conservation organizations advancing environmental education, watershed restoration, ecosystem science and monitoring, and community engagement in the Laguna watershed. Solano Land Trust seeks a Public Access Program Manager to lead facilities management, volunteer program oversight, and community engagement, ensuring its protected lands are safe, welcoming, and meaningful places for all people across Solano County. Solano Land Trust seeks an experienced Transactions Program Manager to lead land conservation transactions to advance the land trust’s long-term approach to protecting the working farms, ranches, and natural landscapes of Solano County. The City of Omaha seeks a visionary, experienced Director of Parks, Recreation & Public Property to transform Omaha parks into a Top 10 Parks City through innovation, partnership, and dedicated leadership. Yosemite Conservancy seeks an experienced, versatile Chief Financial Officer to steward the organization’s financial health and carry forward its 100-year legacy of support for Yosemite National Park. Solano Land Trust seeks its first Chief Operating Officer to provide operational and human resources leadership, financial stewardship, and fundraising oversight to fortify the organization's internal systems and prepare the land trust for its next chapter of conservation impact in Solano County. Jefferson Land Trust seeks an inspiring and empowering Executive Director to guide and lead its mission of working with the community to preserve open space, working lands, and habitat in Jefferson County forever. The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council seeks an experienced, collaborative Executive Director to guide completion, activation, and stewardship of a world-class 550-mile regional trail system encircling San Francisco Bay. Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership seeks a visionary, inspiring Chief Executive Officer to steward its 60-year legacy while advancing its mission with clarity, innovation, and lasting impact for the nonprofit communities of Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties. The Elkhorn Slough Foundation seeks a dynamic, experienced Executive Director to lead its land conservation, restoration, education, and partnership efforts within the Elkhorn Slough watershed and surrounding communities. Parks Alliance of Louisville selects Chris Chandler to serve as next President and Chief Executive Officer. Manassas Battlefield Trust selects Chérie Johnston to serve as Executive Director. Bartholomew Foundation selects Rick Toyota to serve as Executive Director. Land Trust of Napa County Appoints Melanie Parker as Chief Executive Officer. Amy Levine appointed Chief Conservation Officer of Mojave Desert Land Trust. Daniel Medeiros promoted to California State Director of The Conservation Fund. Resources Legacy Fund selects Phil Ginsburg to serve as President. Melissa Pitkin appointed CEO of Point Blue Conservation Science. Jack London Park Partners welcomes Angie Schacht Escudero as Development Director. Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park announces Greg Peckham as next President and CEO. Jefferson County Greenway Foundation names Darryl Washington new Chief Executive Officer. Mary Grissom Appointed President and CEO of Olmsted Parks Conservancy Mark Perkins selected to serve as CEO for Great Rivers Greenway. Amah Mutsun Land Trust selects Noelle Chambers as Executive Director. California Council of Land Trusts names Caroline Godkin new Executive Director. Wood River Land Trust selects Megan Pulliam to serve as its Director of Advancement. Jefferson County Greenways welcomes La Fran D. Marks as its inaugural Superintendent and Amy Conyers as Deputy Superintendent. The Trail Conservancy selects Kimberly McNeeley to serve as Chief Executive Officer. Tri-Valley Conservancy welcomes Rebecca Spector as Executive Director. Outward Bound California selects Stephen Streufert as its new Executive Director. Save the Redwoods League selects Kirsten Saenz Tobey as Chief Operating Officer. Catalina Island Conservancy welcomes Adam Finck as inaugural Chief Programs Officer. Grand Canyon Conservancy selects Katrina Bloemsma to serve as its next Chief Operating Officer. Smokies Life appoints Jacqueline Harp as Chief Executive Officer. Irvine Ranch promotes Nathan Cruse Gregory to Senior Vice President and Chief Programs Officer. Veggielution appoints Shawn Gerth as Executive Director. Environmental Volunteers welcomesDeborah Lindsay as its new Executive Director. Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy selects Brittany Jones as its first Executive Director. Francis Van De Beuken joins NOLS as Sales and Marketing Director. Grand Teton Association welcomes new Executive Director Nick Delmolino. Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Friends of the Smokies Welcomes Dana Soehn as new Executive Director and President. National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) selects Jon Ferlise as Chief Financial Officer. National Forest Foundation appoints Jeff Zanelli as Chief Marketing Officer. Natalie Britt is appointed President & CEO of Zion National Park Forever Project. Potrero Group is excited to announce the placement of Ellen Leroy-Reed as Executive Director of Mississippi Park Connection. Austin Barrows joins the Crystal Cove Conservancy as Chief Operating Officer. Elizabeth Babcock joins Forever Balboa Park as President and CEO. Parks California welcomes Scott Kleinman as Director of Development—Corporations and Foundations. Friends of Anacostia Park welcomes Richard Trent as its first Executive Director. North Cascades Institutewelcomes Bec Detrichas Executive Director. Parks California welcomes Heana Chung as Vice President of Operations & Finance. Parks California welcomes Natalie Schaefer as its Vice President of Partnerships & Development. Parks California welcomes Geoff Kish as its Vice President of Partnerships & Development. Invigorating organizations with new strategies and approaches. Evolving and growing boards to help organizations thrive. 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