The Nature Conservancy: New Leaders Join The Nature Conservancy In New Mexico

New Milford CT

14 June, 2022

7:39 AM

Description

Press release from The Nature Conservancy: June 8, 2022 Two new employees at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in New Mexico will help develop solutions for growing climate and other environmental challenges facing our land, water and well-being. Paul Blaney will serve as TNC's new director of development. He will set state fundraising goals and build strategies that will range from meeting new donors to leading multi-year fundraising campaigns. Our donor's financial commitments support everything from land and water conservation to developing solutions to offset climate change. Blaney is a seasoned nonprofit and fundraising executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience and success in organizations serving diverse, underrepresented and marginalized populations. Most recently, he supervised a team that led a $10 million capital campaign effort and upheld a $3 million annual fundraising goal. On the conservation side, Matt Piccarello is TNC's new forest and watershed health manager for New Mexico. In this role, Piccarello will focus on building collaborative and community-based solutions for forest and watershed management through such initiatives as the Rio Grande Water Fund. Building resilient lands and communities will help ensure our future generations can enjoy nature. "My passion for community-based natural resource management has taken me around the world," Piccarello said. "It's about building relationships with people, communities, agencies, non-profits and leaders so you can collaborate on conservation projects that positively impact everyone. By working together, we can make a difference," Matt said. Prior to joining the team at TNC, Piccarello worked for the Forest Stewards Guild on youth development and community-based forestry projects. He earned master's degrees in community and regional planning and water resources from the University of New Mexico. The two new positions bring TNC's staff in New Mexico to 13 people. This press release was produced by The Nature Conservancy. The views expressed here are the author's own.