D.E. (Dave) Hillary Email and Phone Number

Dave Hillary is Executive Director at American Friends of Canadian Conservation. He works to develop and sustain deep, meaningful, and long-term relationships with land trust organizations, individuals, corporations, foundations, and governmental organizations who align with the vision, mission, and mandate of American Friends across Canada and the United States.A former Manager and Director with Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC) and more recently Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), Dave brings deep and meaningful conservation experience and relationships to his work at American Friends. He is a champion for the idea of conservation outcomes through collaboration and was founding member and Chairperson of the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) and the Heart of the Rockies Initiative (HOTR) in addition to leading NCC's trans-boundary North America Partnerships Initiative. He has three degrees in natural and social sciences and is a recovering professor of Environmental Sciences. He lives in Silverton, British Columbia on beautiful Slocan LakeOff the clock, Dave likes to explore, take very long short-cuts, paddle his kayak, travel in Latin America and spend time with his vagabond children and grandchildren who are all global travelers.Dave is also known for sayings like "shoot the puck" and "keep your eye on the prize and don't blink"