Endowment Elects Datan to Board of Directors

What do Amazon rainforests and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) have in common?  Tamar Datan. Datan, Executive Vice President of the Virginia-based Amazon Conservation Team, has been unanimously elected to a position on the Endowment’s Board of Directors effective April 1, 2011. “We couldn’t be more pleased that someone with Tamar’s diverse and rich set of skills and experiences has agreed to serve on the Endowment’s Board,” said Mack Hogans, Chairman of the Board.  “She brings much to our important work.”

Datan is being elected to an unexpired term for a position being vacated by Dr. David Thorud of Seattle, Washington.  Thorud, a charter member of the Endowment’s Board of Directors and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee, announced his plans to retire from what the Endowment’s Board agrees is distinguished service effective, April 1, 2011.

“I am excited about joining the Endowment in its efforts to advance healthy working forests and the needs of rural forest-reliant communities across America,” said Datan.  “While my work in recent years has focused on the Amazon, I continue to live in the U.S. and I have long held an abiding passion for all things rural. I especially appreciate the Endowment’s approach to seek solutions that engage the public, private and philanthropic sectors in addressing the complex challenges facing rural America.”