Caroline Byrd is a seasoned environmental leader in the Northern Rockies with decades of experience in public and private land conservation. She started her career working in the wild lands of Wyoming, Montana and Alaska as a Wilderness Ranger and Outdoor Leadership Instructor. She spent many years living and working in wilderness and climbed some really big mountains along the way. Her love of wild places and wildlife started her on her career path as a conservationist, but it is her ability to work with people that sets her apart as a leader. For The Nature Conservancy, she managed and implemented the largest private land conservation project in TNC’s history, the Montana Legacy Project. On the board of the Blackfoot Challenge, Caroline gained an abiding appreciation for collaboration and pragmatic, on-the-ground solutions. As Executive Director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Caroline built a strategic, effective and well-funded organization with a string of remarkable conservation successes for Greater Yellowstone’s lands, waters and wildlife. Caroline has undergraduate degrees in Environmental Studies and Anthropology, a Master’s in Environmental Studies and a Juris Doctorate.

Caroline provides consulting services in conservation philanthropy, strategy, leadership and public and private land conservation projects.