Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
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The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, the brainchild of President Lyndon B. Johnson
's Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall
, is a private, non-profit, Congressionally created, entity that owns and manages many of the most environmentally sensitive properties in Puerto Rico
.
The Trust is led by three trustees, appointed jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Puerto Rico. The current trustees were appointed by Secretary Gail Norton and Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
in 2005. Former Puerto Rico First Lady Kate Donnelly
de Romero was appointed to a second term, following her initial appointment in 1999. Loren Ferré Rangel
and Mack Mattingly
joined Mrs. Romero as first termers.
The Trust is run by an Executive Director, currently attorney Fernando Lloveras, who succeeded architect Francisco Javier Blanco.
The Trust's Board of Advisors includes attorney Jorge San Miguel, who serves as its chair, Luis Alvarez, professor Carmen Milagros Concepción, UPR Law professor Michel Godreau, financier Francisco X. González Calderón, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro, climate policy expert and professor at George Mason University Andrew Light, former Puerto Rico Attorney General Jorge Pérez Díaz, economist Miguel Soto-Class, CPA Juan Acosta Reboyras, Woodie Woodward, Col. Frank Norton (Ret.), Alan Covich and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of the Interior, Douglas Domenech.
Among the properties managed by the Trust are the Cabezas de San Juan area in Fajardo, and the Hacienda Vives coffee plantation in Ponce.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
's Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall
Stewart Udall
Stewart Lee Udall was an American politician. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B...
, is a private, non-profit, Congressionally created, entity that owns and manages many of the most environmentally sensitive properties in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
.
The Trust is led by three trustees, appointed jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Puerto Rico. The current trustees were appointed by Secretary Gail Norton and Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,...
in 2005. Former Puerto Rico First Lady Kate Donnelly
Kate Donnelly
Kate Donnelly is the wife of former Governor of Puerto Rico Carlos Romero Barceló, and served as First Lady from 1977 to 1984. Prior to that, she served for eight years as First Lady of San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital city....
de Romero was appointed to a second term, following her initial appointment in 1999. Loren Ferré Rangel
Loren Ferré Rangel
María Lorenza Loren Ferré Rangel is a Trustee of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, appointed jointly by Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton and Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, after serving for several years as Chair of the Trust's Board of Advisors...
and Mack Mattingly
Mack Mattingly
Mack Francis Mattingly served one term as a United States senator from Georgia, the first Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate from that state since Reconstruction.-Early life:...
joined Mrs. Romero as first termers.
The Trust is run by an Executive Director, currently attorney Fernando Lloveras, who succeeded architect Francisco Javier Blanco.
The Trust's Board of Advisors includes attorney Jorge San Miguel, who serves as its chair, Luis Alvarez, professor Carmen Milagros Concepción, UPR Law professor Michel Godreau, financier Francisco X. González Calderón, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro, climate policy expert and professor at George Mason University Andrew Light, former Puerto Rico Attorney General Jorge Pérez Díaz, economist Miguel Soto-Class, CPA Juan Acosta Reboyras, Woodie Woodward, Col. Frank Norton (Ret.), Alan Covich and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of the Interior, Douglas Domenech.
Among the properties managed by the Trust are the Cabezas de San Juan area in Fajardo, and the Hacienda Vives coffee plantation in Ponce.