Whitney serves as Director of Land and Wildlife Conservation for The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation where his principal responsibilities are working with the Mountain Sky Guest Ranchto ensure it is a best-in-class leader in land and wildlife conservation management, and addressing larger natural resource issues in the Yellowstone ecosystem. Throughout his career Whitney has focused on conservation, from Colorado River water allocations and black-footed ferret recovery to Asian tiger conservation and evaluation of federal fisheries programs. Whitney has worked for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Sonoran Institute and National Audubon Society, among others. He earned a Masters of Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry and began his introduction to the Greater Yellowstone Region by ranching in the Tetons of Idaho. Whitney Tilt lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Sarah and a cast of canine characters.