Doug Tompkins

Doug Tompkins founded and has been president of the Conservation Land Trust since 1992 and of the Foundation for Deep Ecology since 1990. He also founded the California Mountain Guide Service (1963); The North Face, a mountaineering retail store (1964); a documentary films company (1967); and co-founded the sportswear company Esprit (1970). He directed the publication of seven books of large, photographic format, including Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry; Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West; and Amish: the Art of Tapestry. Climber, skier, kayaker, pilot, and overall sports aficionado, Doug has been a long-time champion of the conservation of wild areas.  He lives in South America with his wife Kris.