Fern Shepard

Kensington, MD – Fern Shepard is the president of Rachel's Network. From 2011 to 2016, she served as a senior officer managing international land conservation programs at the Pew Charitable Trusts. From 1986 to 1997, she was a staff attorney with Earthjustice in the Alaska, Rocky Mountain, and Washington, D.C., offices. Ms. Shepard litigated cases to protect children from the toxic lead in drinking water, farm workers from dangerous pesticides, and African American communities from highway construction in neighboring parklands. Her cases also stopped oil and gas drilling adjacent to Arches National Park and leasing in grizzly bear habitat adjacent to Yellowstone National Park.