Les Welsh

Board Member

Les is a longtime colleague and collaborator with CCH. Previously, he was CCH’s liaison to the National Wildlife Federation for over 12 years. He worked hand in hand with the staff and board of CCH, as well as many of the island’s other conservation leaders, on a variety of conservation initiatives while also building a national voice in defense of Hawai‘i’s rare and endangered native wildlife and wild places. Prior to NWF, he consulted widely with conservation organizations, served 10 years as International Program Director and Executive Director at LightHawk, working with elected officials and indigenous leaders, and in the 1970’s was a founding member of Greenpeace USA’s Great Lakes regional operations.