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Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: JENNIFER MORRIS
CEO, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: JENNIFER MORRIS
CEO, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Morris has spent nearly 30 years in organizations dedicated to protecting the environment, a passion she developed while teaching in Namibia.
She saw how the health of the community she was working with in southwest Africa was impacted by the unhealthy environment. Morris heads a global staff of nearly 6,000 in more than 80 countries and all U.S. states, where they work to combat climate change, protect lands and oceans, and find sustainable food system solutions that will allow the world to feed the growing population.
Locally, The Nature Conservancy helps support nature-based economic and community development projects in Southwest Virginia through the Cumberland Forest Community Fund.
Morris earned a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University, then spent 23 years with Conservation International. She joined The Nature Conservancy in 2020. She also is board chair of Enduring Earth, a collaboration between The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, World Wildlife Fund and
ZomaLab to accelerate conservation worldwide by securing long-term investments in large-scale conservation projects.
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