IDEA Senior Staff

Timothy DiCintio, Director, Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts ("IDEA")

Tim is the Director of NFWF's IDEA department, which receives, manages, and disburses funds arising from legal and regulatory actions that are designated for specific conservation purposes. Most often these funds originate from court orders, settlements of legal or administrative cases, regulatory permits, licenses, or conservation/mitigation plans, although they may also arise from voluntary activities focused on proactive conservation. Prior to joining NFWF, Tim was an attorney-advisor in the Washington, DC headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, where he served as EPA's national expert on Superfund financial assurance issues and focused generally on corporate, financial, and insurance issues arising within EPA's cleanup enforcement programs. Before working at EPA, Tim was an attorney in private practice in the Washington, DC office of Chadbourne & Parke LLP, where he split his time between the firm's environmental and, subsequently, corporate and finance practice groups. Tim received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Stephanie Tom Coupe, Deputy Director, Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts ("IDEA")

Stephanie is the Deputy Director of NFWF's IDEA department, which receives, manages, and disburses funds arising from legal and regulatory actions that are designated for specific conservation purposes. Most often these funds originate from court orders, settlements of legal or administrative cases, regulatory permits, licenses, or conservation/mitigation plans, although they may also arise from voluntary activities focused on proactive conservation. Prior to joining NFWF, Stephanie was the Deputy Assistant Director for the California Department of Fish and Game , where she had also served for many years as a lawyer within the Office of General Counsel working on a broad spectrum of natural resources regulatory, enforcement, and policy issues. Stephanie also worked in Washington, DC in the Office of the California Governor as a special advisor on natural resources and energy issues. Stephanie received her B.A. from the University of California at Davis and her J.D. from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law. She is also a graduate of the California Department of Fish and Game Resource Academy, a law enforcement certification program for California fish and game wardens.