MEET OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Meet the members of VIEW’s governing board. Our board provides fiduciary oversight and strategic guidance to help fulfill VIEW’s mission and maximize our impact. Additionally, you can explore VIEW’s Staff and Scientific Advisory Council to learn more about the people driving our mission forward.
Co-Founder/ Executive Director
DEBORAH MCCAULEY, DVM
Dr. McCauley is a wildlife veterinarian who has worked with wildlife organizations including the Wildlife Conservation Society, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, and ZooMontana. Dr. McCauley graduated from Royal Veterinary College and has won numerous global leadership awards including the 2017 Ashoka Fellowship and the Emily Couric Women’s Leadership Award in 2019.
Co-Founder/ Associate Director
GRETCHEN KAUFMAN,DVM
Dr. Kaufman is a wildlife veterinarian. She worked in academia for nearly three decades, and was former Director of the Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine at Tufts University. Assistant Director for Global Health Education and Training, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University,
President
HEIDI SONEN
After earning a degree in meteorology from Penn State, Heidi worked as a television meteorologist for ten years before returning to a Penn State faculty position with the Weather Communications Group. In 1994, she co-founded Global Market Math which designs quantitative forecast models for financial markets. Heidi strongly believes in science and that data, not ideology, is the best path to the elusive answers of science. She was drawn to volunteer with VIEW because of its important mission and unique approach to wildlife conservation.
Board Trustee Emeritus
DENNIS J. KELLER
Co-Founder, Retired Chairman and CEO of DeVry Education Group, and Princeton and Chicago School of Business graduate. Dennis has supported VIEW since the beginning - serving on the board and advancement advisory council.
Treasurer
DAVID KIRUBI
David is a passionate advocate for sustainable business practices and wildlife conservation, leveraging his 21+ years of global business experience to serve on VIEW's board. An expert in building and leading high-performance teams, driving large-scale transformations, and managing nine and ten-figure transformations and P&Ls, David also has experience building and scaling start-ups and executing private equity transactions, most recently in the built environment and sustainability. A graduate of GE's premier leadership programs, Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP) and the Corporate Audit Staff, he undertook his undergraduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BSc in Industrial Engineering. David is dedicated to protecting endangered species for current and future generations.
Board Member
MARSHALL FIELD V
Fifth generation of a Chicago family whose activities have included merchandising, real estate, publishing, communications and civic affairs. Field has a strong interest in conservation.
Board Member
SUE STANLEY
Sue Stanley is an independent curator and writer. From 1989 to 2008, she served as adjunct curator of contemporary art at the Orlando Museum of Art. In 2007, Stanley coauthored (with three other women) a book called After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art, which won the Susan B. Koppelman award for multi-authored feminist literature. Their second book, The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium, was published in 2013. Stanley serves on the board of the University of Virginia Art Museum and is a member of the Art Table in New York. Along with her husband, Michael C. Stanley, and his children, she founded the Stanley Family Fund, which primarily supports environmental and educational activities.
Board Member
KAREN KRESS
Karen Bates Kress, former president of the Yellowstone Park Foundation, has 40 years of experience in nonprofit management and resource development. Previously, Kress served as the secretary of the NRPA Board of Directors. She has worked for The Nature Conservancy, the National Parks and Conservation Association, the American Farmland Trust, the National Wildlife Federation and had her own consulting business.
Board Member
MAUD WELLES
Maud Welles is a portfolio manager at North Channel LLC. Prior to North Channel, Maud was a Director at UBS Asset Management and a Vice President at Chase Investors Management Corp. She serves on the Boards of Print Center New York, The Nature Conservancy of Montana, Wings Women of Discovery and the Yellowstone Club Community Foundation. Maud is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received her MBA from New York University. Maud’s interests include conservation, exploration, art, fly fishing, skiing and travel.
Board Member
MICHELLE LAND
Michelle is a clinical professor of environmental policy and law at Pace University, where she co-directs the MS in Environmental Science and Policy program. She is the founding director of the Animal Policy Project and co-teaches the Animal Advocacy Clinic which trains students in professional policymaking and advocacy skills for animal protection. Michelle earned her JD and Environmental Law Certificate from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental Law Review. Prior to her time at Pace, Michelle earned a BSc in Wildlife Biology at the University of Guelph and worked in endangered species reintroduction, rehabilitation and propagation as a wildlife biologist at the World Bird Sanctuary.