Our Board
Our mission is to be a catalyst for positive and lasting change leading to healthier environments and communities.
Our Board
Paul R. Portney
Professor of Economics and former Dean, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
Paul R. Portney, Professor of Economics and former Dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, was elected to The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread Board of Trustees in June 1999 and chairs the Finance and Investment Committee. Eller College is the second largest College at The University of Arizona and its programs in Management Information Systems and Entrepreneurship are among the highest ranked among business schools nationwide. Dr. Portney also holds the College's Halle Chair in Leadership.
From 1972 through June of 2005, Dr. Portney was with Resources for the Future (RFF), an independent and non-partisan research and educational organization in Washington, D.C. that specializes in energy and the environment. He was named RFF's President and CEO in 1995. From 1979-1980, Dr. Portney served as Chief Economist for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. He has held visiting teaching positions at the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University. In 2009 he was elected to the board of directors of Empire District Electric, a publicly-traded electric and gas utility headquartered in Joplin, Missouri.
Dr. Portney is the author or co-author of ten books, including Public Policies for Environmental Protection, and was named one of the 100 most-cited researchers in economics and business.
