Gretchen Tearle

PROFILE

Gretchen Tearle leads Pew’s land conservation efforts in Canada, working with Indigenous leaders and organizations, conservationists, scientists, and businesses toward a shared vision of conserving the boreal forest in Canada—the world’s largest remaining intact forest and wetland ecosystem—for the benefit of current and future generations.

Before joining Pew, Tearle served as development director for a nonprofit organization in South Lake Tahoe, California, that provides community-based support services to survivors of domestic violence. Before that, she performed various roles in the National Audubon Society’s public policy office in Washington, D.C., partnering with federal agencies, conservation groups, and grassroots organizations to advocate for the conservation and effective management of important bird habitats on U.S. public lands.

Tearle holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Kenyon College.