Kathryn S. Fuller

From 1989 to 2005, Kathryn S. Fuller served as president and chief executive officer of World Wildlife Fund, the U.S. arm of the largest organization working to save species and habitats worldwide.  Trained as a lawyer and marine ecologist, Fuller joined WWF in 1983 after heading the Wildlife and Marine Resources Section of the U.S. Justice Department.   Her field work included wildebeest behavioral studies in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater and coral reef research at the U.S. Virgin Island's West Indies Laboratory. 
       
Fuller received a bachelor of arts degree from Brown University,  a juris doctor degree from the University of Texas, and is the recipient of several honorary degrees and other awards.  Fuller was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars during the 2005-2006 academic year and currently serves on a number of  boards, including Brown University, the Ford Foundation (where she is chair),the Summit Foundation, Resources for the Future, the National Museum of Natural History, and  Alcoa, Inc.

Married with three children, Fuller lives in Washington, D.C.