Brian Dangler

Based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Brian is the Director of The Conservation Fund’s Working Forest Fund, where he directs the Fund’s sustainably managed forest operations and leads the strategy, financing and design of its growing portfolio of conservation-based timberland transactions across the United States.

Brian began his career as a field forester with Boise Cascade in Maine where he expanded his capacity in forestry, business analysis and real estate. Later, with International Paper Company, Brian led the coordination of the company’s $300 million sale of its high-conservation-value properties, in conjunction with their 2005 land divestiture.

Brian joined the Fund in 2008 and brings more than 35 years of experience in forest management, pulp and paper operations and fiber supply. His nationwide expertise in acquisitions, dispositions and entitlement of rural real estate brings to life the Fund’s innovative vision for protecting the nation’s working forests.