Martha Darling Wins National Conservation Achievement Award

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Apr 28, 2016
by Patrick Wilson
Martha Darling Wins National Conservation Achievement Award

Long-standing Fellow and member of the Salzburg Global board of directors honored with National Conservation Achievement Award 

Martha Darling speaking at Session 542 | Early Childhood Development & Education.Long-time Salzburg Global Fellow and Board Member Martha A. Darling was awarded the National Conservation Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) this month.The award was given at the NWF's 80th Anniversary Luncheon at the Grand Ballroom at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, held on April 14.Nominees for the award are selected for their exemplary conservation accomplishment or sustained conservation commitment and accomplishment. Previous award winners include First Lady Michelle Obama, Ted Roosevelt IV, Walt Disney, and Hollywood actor Robert Redford.Martha Darling continues the work of her relative Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, one of the key founders of the NWF, having helped resurrect the NWF action fund which has provided vital support to wildlife champions in government. She was also a founding member of the Wolfpack, a groundbreaking organization of Michiganian civic and business leaders that has won major water, air and land policy victories and raised millions of dollars for NWF causes.Darling has been a long standing supporter Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar as well as serving on our Board of Directors. Salzburg Global Seminar President and CEO Stephen L. Salyer was also in attendance at the awards ceremony at the invitation of Darling.Darling’s first Salzburg Global session was Session 152 | Multinational Enterprise in the Context of the Common Market and the World Economy in 1974, and she served as a faculty member of Session 200 | Women in Changing Societies: Education and Employment in 1980. The most recent session she attended was Session 542 | Early Childhood Development & Education in April of last year. She has also attended numerous Annual June Board Meeting programs either in her capacity as a board member or accompanying her husband, Gil Omenn, a former board member and Senior Salzburg Global Fellow. Salyer felt privileged to be able to honor Darling at the luncheon. “Martha Darling continues a multi-generation family commitment to the natural world, both through her work for the National Wildlife Federation and as a Director of Salzburg Global Seminar,” he said. “We salute her leadership in rallying bi-partisan support for vital conservation measures in the United States and her vision of environmental stewardship across the world.”Darling's acceptance speech can be viewed courtesy of the NWF's Youtube page below.