Robert Model (born 1942) is the son of Faith Rockefeller Model (1909-1960) and Belgian Jean Model. He is the great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder William Rockefeller (1841-1922). Model was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. Model attended The Browning School and then graduated from Elon College in Elon, North Carolina in 1967. He is currently owner and President of Mooncrest Ranch in Cody, Wyoming and President of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Bill Geer Biography Bill Geer joined the TRCP staff in 2005 as Policy Initiatives Manager. After earning a B.S. from the University of Montana School of Forestry and a M.S. degree in limnology from Montana State University, Bill has spent the past 32 years as a professional fish and wildlife conservationist.

Terry Riley of Tijeras is a professional wildlife biologist, hunter, angler, private pilot, and Vice President of  Policy for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP). Before joining the TRCP, he was conservation director for the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) in Washington, D.C., and a WMI field representative for the midwest and northern Great Plains states.

William Geer , Secretary/Treasurer, is an avid elk hunter and fisheries biologist who has worked for state agencies (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Montana Department of Fish & Game) and non-profits (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and founder of the Utah Outdoor Resources Foundation).

Tim Zink Biography Tim, the TRCP’s Director of Communications, came to the Partnership in September 2005. He previously has worked as Trout Unlimited’s Manager of Media Relations, Managing Editor of the Blue Ridge Press, and in National Geographic’s magazine and television operations. Tim grew up in southern Pennsylvania and holds a journalism degree from Washington & Lee University. Contact: Tim Zink

Jim Klatt Biography Jim joined the TRCP in October, 2004 as the organization’s National Grassroots Coordinator. Jim will coordinate the TRCP's grassroots activities across the country and will work with TRCP’s affiliated hunting and fishing clubs, corporate sponsors and building trade unions to involve as many sportsmen as possible in TRCP’s mission to "Guarantee You a Place to Hunt and Fish."

W. Alan Wentz Biography W. Alan Wentz is Senior Group Manager for Conservation Programs for Ducks Unlimited, Inc., a private, nonprofit, international organization headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Wentz assumed this position in July 1994. Before assuming his present position in Memphis, he served as Director of Operations for the Western Regional Office in Sacramento, California.

Ryan A. Lutey , J.D., Director of Lands Vital Ground Staff Member since February 2005 Ryan Lutey is a member of the Montana Bar Association and a 2004 graduate of the University of Montana School of Law. Ryan earned a B.A. in Geography and an English minor from the University of Montana before pursuing a juris doctorate and completing the University's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Certificate program.

Dave Perkins joined Orvis in 1977 and has held numerous positions in the company from Fly Fishing Instructor to Wholesale Manager.

Lynn Tjeerdsma (Staff to Senator John Thune) Lynn is currently Agriculture Policy Advisor for U.S. Senator John Thune, a position he's held since February 2005. Prior to his position with Senator Thune, Lynn was detailed to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) in January of 2005 as the Partnership's Policy Initiatives Manager.

Len Carpenter , a wildlife biologist with the Wildlife Management Institute who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, is wrestling with these issues for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. He believes that the situation has become a crisis. "There is a little uprising going on here in Colorado with our state wildlife people," he says.

Tom St. Hilaire Biography Tom is TRCP’s Vice President of Campaign Management. He honed his community organizing skills working on clean water and fish and wildlife protection in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and has since enjoyed 20 years in the political arena as an organizer, leader of national campaigns, grassroots legislative strategist, and coalition-builder.

Thomas M. Franklin Senior Vice President Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership