The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) is pleased to announce that Buddy DuVall will join the Wild Sheep Foundation staff serving the Foundation and it's mission as Executive Vice President of Development. The former Executive Director of the USA Shooting Team Foundation, and a former USA Shooting team member competing in more than 40 World Cup and international competitions, will join the WSF staff team October 1, 2014.
"Buddy brings exceptional talent, character, values and capability to WSF and our fundraising, development, and marketing initiatives. Buddy is no stranger to the WSF family, having actively participated and supported WSF's Sheep Show™ convention for ten years" stated Gray N. Thornton, WSF President & CEO. "Buddy will direct our Ensuring the Future of Wild Sheep development and capital campaign, support our convention and other marketing programs and serve as our second in command. We are thrilled to build our staff capacity and leadership team with the addition of Buddy" added Thornton.
DuVall joined USA Shooting in 2004 as the Director of Marketing and Fundraising, then assumed the leadership role as Executive Director of the USA Shooting Foundation when it was formed in 2009. DuVall served USA Shooting with distinction developing more than $7 million in sponsorships, contributions and donations to the Foundation and building lasting industry partnerships during his tenure.
"I am excited to be joining the Wild Sheep Foundation team" Buddy DuVall stated on accepting the position. "My involvement and interaction over the years with WSF and their membership has always been rewarding. WSF is a conservation and industry leader and sets a mission-effectiveness example for all other conservation organizations to follow - I'm excited and proud to be a new member of the WSF team" DuVall noted.
"Our Ensuring the Future of Wild Sheep capital campaign was launched last year and we exceeded our first year goals. When you combine this success with our record breaking convention last January, the result was WSF's ability to direct over $4.371 million towards conservation, education and advocacy programs that benefit wild sheep" stated WSF Chairman of the Board, Marc C. Hansen. "We are confident that the addition of Buddy to our team will help drive our fundraising programs to the next level and beyond, helping WSF realize our strategic vision to be "...the best managed, most respected and most influential conservation organization in the world..." Hansen added.
The Wild Sheep Foundation, formerly the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS,) was founded in 1977 by wild sheep hunter-conservationists and enthusiasts. With a membership of more than 5,500 worldwide and a chapter network in North America, WSF is the premier advocate for wild sheep, wild goats, other mountain wildlife, and their habitat. Since forming in 1977, the Wild Sheep Foundation and its chapters and affiliates have raised and expended more than $95 million on conservation, education and conservation advocacy programs in North America, Europe and Asia. These and other efforts have resulted in a three-fold increase in bighorn sheep populations in North America from their historic 1950-70s lows of
