NPCA’s Board of Trustees is the governing body for the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization — the nation’s leading voice for America’s national parks.

as of July 1, 2025

CHAIR
Sändra J. Washington – Lincoln, NE

VICE CHAIRS
Roberta R. Katz, First Vice Chair – Palo Alto, CA
Nikki Buffa - San Juan Capistrano, CA
James R. Floyd – Tulsa, OK

TREASURER
David Aldrich – Vienna, VA

SECRETARY
Jennifer Costley – Olivebridge, NY

TRUSTEES
Donald B. Ayer – McLean, VA
Wendy Bennett – Golden Valley, MN
Stewart C. Cushman – Hermosa Beach, CA
Dalia Dorta – Denver, CO
Shannon Dosemagen – New Orleans, LA
Denis P. Galvin – McLean, VA
Victoria Glickman Hodgkins – Park City, UT
Fernando Gracia – Arlington, VA
Elizabeth A. Hadly – Nevada City, CA
Vincent E. Hoenigman – San Francisco, CA
Robert B. Keiter – Salt Lake City, UT
Linda A. Lam - Los Angeles, CA
Howard Morse – Annapolis, MD
Elizabeth Setsuko Raffin – Woodside, CA
Kurt M. Riley – Pueblo of Acoma, NM
Robert D. Rosenbaum – Bethesda, MD
Jeff Sagansky – Palm Beach, FL
Connie Sargent – Santa Barbara, CA
Lauret Savoy, Ph.D. – Leverett, MA
William Taggart, Jr. – Madison, NJ
Fran Ulmer – Anchorage, AK
David Vela – Bryan, TX
Greg A. Vital – Georgetown, TN
Elizabeth Waddill – Fort Worth, TX

TRUSTEES EMERITUS
William R. Berkley – Miami, FL
Diana J. Blank – Bozeman, MT
Sally Jewell – Seattle, WA
Gretchen Long – Boston, MA
Thomas F. Secunda – Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Gene T. Sykes – Los Angeles, CA
H. William Walter – Minneapolis, MN

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