Speaker Biography: Brock Evans

After graduating from University of Michigan Law School, Brock Evans began a 40 year career in the environmental movement. He was the Northwest representative of the Sierra Club from 1967 to 1973, until he moved to Washington, D.C. to head the Club's lobbying office, a position he held until 1981. Brock then worked for 15 years with the National Audubon Society, where he served as lobbying director and vice president for national issues.

Since 1996, he has represented a number of private groups as an environmental strategist and consultant, and now directs the Endangered Species Coalition, a group of 440 organizations working to protect and strengthen the Endangered Species Act. Evans has testified over 100 times before various U.S. Congressional Committees and has received numerous awards, including the Sierra Club's highest honor, the John Muir Award, as well as distinguished service awards from the League of Conservation Voters, National Audubon Society and Idaho Conservation League.