Florida Resident Elected to Ducks Unlimited’s National Board of Directors

Connie Parker, of Longboat, Florida, was elected to Ducks Unlimited Inc.’s national board of directors during the organization’s annual convention held recently in St. Louis.

“The leadership of our board of directors ensures we are fulfilling our mission to conserve, restore and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl,” said DU CEO Dale Hall. “Our board members are not paid for their work. They volunteer their time and resources because they feel so strongly about conservation. I welcome each new member and look forward to working with them in the years to come.”

Parker is CEO and Founder of CSPARKERGROUP, a company focused on reorganization, restructuring, and revitalization of mid-market companies in transition, both private and public. In addition, she is a Managing Partner in 12-North Capital, an equity capital/asset management firm focused on domestic commercial real estate.

Parker’s involvement in the not-for-profit sector spans state and national organizations. She is a trustee of Florida House, the only state embassy in America, located in Washington, D.C. Her national involvement is in natural resource conservation, serving on the Board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and on the National Policy Council of Ducks Unlimited. The council is devoted to issues of wetland and waterfowl conservation through public policy initiatives.

Visit www.ducks.org for a complete list of DU’s volunteer board of directors.

Ducks Unlimited

Ducks Unlimited is the world's leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation. DU got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by as the continent’s waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery, a small group of sportsmen joined together to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited. Its mission: habitat conservation. Thanks to decades of abiding by that single mission, Ducks Unlimited is now the world’s largest and most effective private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. DU is able to multilaterally deliver its work through a series of partnerships with private individuals, landowners, agencies, scientific communities and other entities.