Executive Director of Louis Bacon’s Moore Charitable Foundation joins Audubon Council

Ann Colley Executive Director of Louis Bacon’s Moore Charitable Foundation, has become a member of the Audubon Women In Conservation’s Rachel Carson Awards Council.

The council includes women from a variety of sectors devoted to conservation. This includes: script writers and film directors, organic farmers, influential CEOs, lawyers, journalists, philanthropists and program organisers

The council meets to share information on mainstream and emerging environmental challenges annually in order to promote environmental education.

Ann Colley is executive director and vice president of the Louis Bacon-led Moore Charitable Foundation, The Trinchera & TercioFoundation, and the Orton Foundation; she plays a crucial role in organising and executing the charity’s environmental projects, with a focus on land and water habitats.

Her new role will allow her to liaise between Audubon and the Moore Charitable Foundation, sharing resources and information about developments in the sector. With her, she brings a wealth of experience and an exemplary knowledge base which she will share with the council for the common good.

Ms Colley was invited to join The Moore Charitable Foundation in 1994 by Louis Bacon soon after the charity was initially founded and has been influential in the organisation’s success.

Her role is to work in close capacity with the board to find and analyse submissions to the fund, while providing funding to approximately 200 organisations annually.

The Moore Charitable Foundation sponsors conservation and habitat management projects and gives funds to programs and organisations. By promoting innovative projects, the organisation provides collaborative support across a variety of environmental issues.

In addition to her role with the Moore Charitable Foundation, Colley is the lead advisor to the foundation’s principal, Louis Bacon, in his land, water and community efforts in the Bahamas and southern Colorado, Brunswick County, NC and Long Island, NY.

The appointment of Ms Colley to the council is the latest interaction between the charity and Audubon after Louis Bacon received the esteemed Audubon Medal in January this year. The Moore Charitable Foundation also provided Audubon with funds to create a resource centre and provide ways for people to minimise the impact of energy development on communities and wildlife.