Julie M. Sibbing is the Vice President of Land Stewardship Programs. Sibbing has been a member of the National Wildlife Federation team since 2000. During her time with NWF, she has led the organization’s work to improve the sustainability, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage of working agricultural and forest lands. Before starting NWF’s private lands work, she worked extensively on wetlands and clean water policy.
Prior to her work at NWF, Julie worked for the National Audubon Society, the Manomet Observatory and the U.S. Peace Corps in Honduras. Julie holds a B.S. in Ecology, Ethology and Evolution and an M.S. in Forest Ecology from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. She lives with her wife in Falls Church, Virginia and spends most of her weekends hiking, biking, and fishing at her cabin in West Virginia.
