Great Old Broads for Wilderness Announces Reba Elliott as New Executive Director
Durango, CO—Following a national search, Great Old Broads for Wilderness is excited to announce that Reba Elliott is its new Executive Director.
For over 35 years, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, the national conservation organization led by older women, has worked fearlessly to protect the public lands and waters Americans love. The organization is resolved to bring its strengths to bear on today’s unprecedented challenges to the bedrock conservation and environmental laws and regulations that protect America’s remaining wild places.
As the new Executive Director, Reba will lead the organization’s members in boldly charting a path forward together.
Reba brings over a decade of experience in building grassroots movements to protect our planet. She most recently provided leadership and strategic planning for a faith-based environmental organization with over 700 member organizations and 19,000 certified volunteers around the globe.
Watch: Introducing Reba Elliott
“In my community, older women know how to get things done. I see that spirit come to life at Great Old Broads for Wilderness,” says Reba. “This movement is infused with a pragmatic determination to protect the lands and waters we love–with the sense of humor that comes from overcoming tough challenges together. I’m honored to learn and grow alongside its members as we navigate this critical moment for our planet.”
“Reba brings a wealth of environmental advocacy experience, organizational expertise, and passion to the Executive Director position,” says LD Delano, Board Chair, Great Old Broads for Wilderness. “We’re very excited that she will be leading us forward in this challenging time for wild public lands and waters.”
A native of Virginia, Reba has a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from Duke University. In her free time, she maintains a vegetable patch and fruit orchard and introduces her Great Dane to new friends on local trails.
Great Old Broads for Wilderness is excited to have Reba’s experience, vision, energy, and leadership as it begins work this fall on a new strategic plan to guide its grassroots work on behalf of the public lands and waters we share and love.
About Great Old Broads for Wilderness:
Great Old Broads for Wilderness (Broads) is a national grassroots organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands. Conceived by older women who love wilderness, Broads gives voice to the millions of Americans who want to protect their public lands as Wilderness for this and future generations. We bring knowledge, commitment, and humor to the movement to protect our last wild places on Earth. For more information, please visit our website at www.greatoldbroads.org.