Michael Dowling

Michael Dowling’s natural resource career has included work as an entrepreneur, executive, investment manager, conservationist, regulator, consultant, and philanthropist. Michael has chaired the national Land Trust Alliance, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, Colorado Conservation Trust, and the Colorado Wildlife Federation; served on the boards of Scenic Hudson, Colorado Public Radio, and the Colorado Symphony; and was the 2010 recipient of Colorado Open Lands’ George E. Cranmer Award. Earlier in his career, Mr. Dowling was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Michael has undergraduate and professional degrees in science, policy, and management from Yale University. He is a former arborist and river guide and is inspired in his conservation work by sharing his love of nature and the outdoors with his daughter, Theresa.