Brad Powell
Board Candidate for Western Vice Chair
Brad began his career in conservation over 50 years ago with the US Forest Service. He completed a career of over 35 years with the US Forest Service and then over a decade with Trout Unlimited in conservation advocacy focused on public lands. Brad currently serves as the Director for Region 10 (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah) on the National Wildlife Federation Board.
For the last 15 years with the Arizona Wildlife Federation (AWF), Brad has been a strong advocate for the NWF-affiliate partnership. While helping grow AWF into a strong regional conservation voice in the Southwest, Brad also has been a national leader of NWF’s One Federation. Brad served on NWF’s Strategic Planning Committee, along with five other affiliate leaders, and played a major role in designing the Plan with the One Federation concept incorporated. Brad and his colleagues went on to write the “We Commit” statement, affirming NWF and its affiliates’ pledge to implement the Plan. The statement was unanimously adopted by all affiliates. As a member of the One Federation Advisory Board, Brad helped guide the implementation of One Federation, incorporating strategies such as a redesign of the affiliate caucus/workgroup structure that enables affiliates and staff to work together effectively around conservation priorities such as Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, the Great American Outdoors Act, and climate change. Brad also served as Co-chair of the Public lands and Hunting and Angling affiliate work groups.
Brad is often sought out for his advice from all corners of the Federation. He continues to be a strong conservation advocate at the local, regional, and national scale. Time and again, Brad has been engaged in fights against threats to conservation values, habitat and wildlife, and his intuitive grasp of conservation policy brings tremendous value to the entire Federation.