National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Welcomes Cam Sholly to Leadership Team
Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park to become chief operating officer at nation’s largest wildlife conservation foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 11, 2026) – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced that Cam Sholly will join the Foundation this fall as chief operating officer. Sholly brings nearly three decades of federal service, including three Senior Executive Service assignments and almost eight years as superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. He has extensive experience leading complex organizations, building public-private partnerships and delivering conservation results at scale.
“We are excited to welcome Cam Sholly to NFWF’s management team,” said John A. Tomke, chair of NFWF’s Board of Directors. “Cam is a proven conservation leader, and NFWF will benefit greatly from his unparalleled experience in wildlife conservation and the stewardship of our nation’s most treasured landscapes.”
Since 2018, Sholly has led Yellowstone through extraordinary challenges and a period of historic investment, securing more than $1.5 billion for conservation and infrastructure priorities and generating over $100 million in philanthropic support. He guided the park through the COVID-19 pandemic, record visitation and the historic floods of 2022.
Previously, Sholly led the National Park Service’s Midwest Region, overseeing 61 national park units across 13 states and helping lead the $380 million transformation of the Gateway Arch grounds and museum, one of the largest public-private partnerships in National Park Service history.
“Advancing conservation at a landscape scale requires bringing together stakeholders from the public and private sectors to benefit both people and wildlife,” said Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of NFWF. “As chief operating officer at NFWF, Cam will build upon his incredible record of success doing exactly that.”
Sholly holds a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Saint Mary’s College of California. He is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows Program and has received the Presidential Rank Award (Distinguished Level), the Department of Interior’s Meritorious Service Award, and the Public Lands Alliance Agency Leadership Award.
Chartered by Congress in 1984, NFWF is the nation’s largest conservation foundation. Working with public- and private-sector partners, the Foundation has supported more than 7,200 grantee organizations and funded more than 23,900 projects, generating a total conservation impact of more than $12 billion. Learn more at nfwf.org.
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Contact:
Matt Winter, 202-857-0166, matt.winter@nfwf.org