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Thomas F. Haensly advises individuals and closely held/family businesses on estate and successional planning, including land and asset protection options, choice of entities for managing/preserving family businesses and lands, and tax consequences of charitable contributions and land conveyances. He also advises individuals, private companies, and public agencies on real estate, land use, and environmental matters, including land conservation strategies, environmental duediligence in property acquisitions, permitting, subdivision and regulation of sensitive areas. He is a frequent speaker on land conservation, real estate and tax-exempt organization topics and is a co-author of the chapter on "ConservationEasements" in the Washington Real Property Deskbook.

Konrad J. Liegel represents nonprofit organizations, families, individuals, municipalities and corporations on conservation, tax-exempt organizational, real estate, natural resource, environmental and land use matters, including acquisition and management of natural preserves and large family estates, land use permitting, environmental compliance, charitable giving requirements, public charity and family foundation requirements, open space and property taxation, and cultural and natural resource preservation and restoration. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America. He is the author of "Avoiding Conflicts of Interest and Running an Ethical Land Trust" and co-author of the chapter on "Conservation Easements" in theWashington Real Property Deskbook.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mary Pope M. Hutson joined Land Trust Alliance as Vice President in August of 2002 and is currently the Executive Vice President. Prior to working for the Alliance, she was Executive Director of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust (SC) and founded and chaired the SC Land Trust Network. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, she has worked as director of educational programs for the Historic Charleston Foundation. The Governor of South Carolina appointed Ms. Hutson as the first woman to serve on the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Board. She served as a political appointee for President George H. W. Bush at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, as Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador. In the 1980`s, she worked for the U.S. Department of the Interior in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was a Legislative Research Assistant to U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. In 2000, she served on the Bush- Cheney transition team for the U.S. Department of Interior for Fish and Wildlife issues and territories.

FACULTY

Victoria Adams, Certified General Real Estate Appraiser

Terra Valuations, Edmonds, WA

Andrew C. Dana, Esq.                        

Conservation Law Associates, Bozeman, MT

Peter Dykstra, Washington State Director

The Trust for Public Land, Seattle, WA

Jessica E. Jay, Esq.

Conservation Law, Evergreen, CO

C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq.

Jackson Hole, WY

Patricia Powell, Executive Director

Whidbey Camano Land Trust, Greenbank, WA

Skip Swenson, Managing Director of Policy, Transferable Development Rights Program

Cascade Land Conservancy, Seattle, WA

Laurie A. Wayburn, Co-Founder and President

Pacific Forest Trust, San Francisco, CA

Matthew D. Wells, Esq.

K&L Gates, Seattle, WA

CLE INTERNATIONAL

Program Attorney:

Vini Gopal, vini@cle.com