Deb Davidson

Deb Davidson is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Center for Large Landscape Conservation. She directs partnerships and network development, fundraising, program management, and strategic planning for the Center and its domestic and global conservation programs. In addition to overseeing program and organizational development, Deb ensures the implementation of regranting and program delivery for the Center’s fiscally sponsored projects (Network for Landscape Conservation and US Biosphere Networks). She also provides leadership on human resources, program administration, board development, communications, and organizational governance.

Deb has worked in conservation philanthropy, landscape conservation, and habitat protection programs for over 20 years. She has largely focused on working with a wide diversity of partners and communities to protect wildlife corridors and large landscapes, specifically focusing on network development, connectivity policy, and science in North America. Before joining the Center, Deb was a grantmaker for the Wilburforce Foundation and a program staffer for American Wildlands, the Ecology Center, and Montana Outdoor Science School. She has served on numerous boards, including as the Bozeman Community Food Co-op president and as an advisor to the Gallatin Valley Land Trust.