Andrew P. "Andy" Buchsbaum is vice president of conservation action for the National Wildlife Federation, overseeing NWF’s regional and state conservation work, field offices, and relationship with the organization’s 49 state-level affiliates.
Andy Buchsbaum.
He was promoted to that position in November 2014, after serving for many years as regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Regional Center in Ann Arbor, and interim executive director of the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund, NWF's 501(c)4 lobbying arm. He co-founded and for seven years co-chaired “Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition,” the primary non-governmental coalition championing Great Lakes restoration. He is a member of the board of directors for the Michigan-based Great Lakes Fisheries Trust.
Buchsbaum also is an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School, teaching courses in environmental and Great Lakes law and policy.
Prior to joining NWF, Buchsbaum was the senior attorney for the Midwest office of the National Environmental Law Center and the program director for the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan.
He is married to Cathy Fleischer, a professor of English education at Eastern Michigan University. They have two sons: Seth, 24, and Jesse, 20 (as of 2014). They live on the north side of Ann Arbor near the Leslie Science & Nature Center, where Buchsbaum previously served on the board of directors.
Timeline: Andy Buchsbaum
November 2014: Is promoted to vice president of conservation action for the National Wildlife Federation.
May 2014: Wins 2014 Michigan Green Leaders award, given by the Detroit Free Press. He is recognized for helping to secure $1.6 billion over 4 years in federal funding to improve the Great Lakes.
June 2010: Wins the C.D. “Buzz” Besadny Award for Fostering Great Lakes Partnerships – an award from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
2004: Co-founds “Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition,” a non-governmental coalition championing Great Lakes restoration.
DATE? Is appointed to the board of directors for the Michigan-based Great Lakes Fisheries Trust.
DATE? Serves on the board of directors for the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor.
2001: Serves as one of the designated conservation representatives on the Council of Great Lakes Governor’s Advisory Group on the Great Lakes Charter Annex.
1998: Joins National Wildlife Federation. Works as regional executive director of the NWF’s Great Lakes Regional Center in Ann Arbor.
DATE? Serves as senior attorney for the Midwest office of the National Environmental Law Center.
DATE? Works as program director for the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan.
DATE? Earns a a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
DATE? Earns a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.
DATE? Earns undergraduate degree from Harvard University.
In the news
NWF Names Andy Buchsbaum Vice President, Conservation Action – Press release from the National Wildlife Federation, Nov. 19, 2014
Green Leader Buchsbaum has spent life restoring Great Lakes and tributaries – Detroit Free Press, May 4, 2014
Interactive Map Shows Great Lakes Clean Up Progress – WDET, June 17, 2013
The Big Clean-up: Riverfront Site Gets a New Lease on Life – Ann Arbor Observer, January 2012
Great Lakes 'heading for trouble' – Michigan City News, Nov. 6, 2011
Sources
Great Lakes on the Ground – Buchsbaum's blog
Bio on National Wildlife Federation website
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