BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Collin O'Mara\, National Wildlife Federation“Environmental\nCit izenship and Ethical Collective Action: Why Re-establishing America’s\nCon servation Ethic is a Global Imperative”Collin O’Mara joined National\nWild life Federation\, America’s oldest and largest wildlife conservation and\n education organization\, as President and CEO on July 7\, 2014.Prior to th e NWF\, he led the Delaware Department of Natural\nResources and Environme ntal Control. In that position\, Secretary O’Mara served\nas the state’s t op environmental official\, led the state’s efforts to conserve\nand resto re wildlife and fishery habitat\, improve air quality and public\nhealth\, ensure access to clean water\, expand outdoor recreation and\nenvironment al education opportunities\, and enhance the state’s resilience to\nextrem e weather and other climate impacts.When O’Mara was appointed in 2009\, he was the youngest state\ncabinet official in the nation. He spearheaded a range of initiatives\,\nincluding Delaware’s "No Child Left Inside"/ Child ren In Nature\ncampaign\, a comprehensive strategy to confront childhood o besity by\nreintroducing children to the outdoors\; the First State Trails and Pathways\nPlan\, a multi-year initiative to expand and connect the st ate’s trail system\;\nand the Delaware Bayshore Initiative\, an effort to establish the region as a\nworld-class conservation and low-impact recreat ion tourism destination for\nhunting\, birding\, fishing\, hiking\, canoei ng\, and kayaking\, as part of the\nPresident’s America’s Great Outdoors I nitiative.\n\nIn addition\, Secretary O’Mara led the largest investment in \nenvironmental infrastructure in Delaware’s history\, including more than $200\nmillion in wastewater and storm water systems\, beach restoration\, dam and dike\nrepair\, drainage projects\, and park and wildlife area. At the same time\, he\nsuccessfully executed the first significant reorganiz ation of the state’s\nDepartment of Natural Resources and Environmental Co ntrol since 1972\, to make\nthe agency more effective at implementing stra tegic priorities and more\nefficient in carrying out its mission at a time of limited resources.\n\nO’Mara has served on numerous boards including a s Co-Chair of\nthe Natural Resources and Agriculture Subcommittee of the P resident’s Task\nForce on Climate Adaptation and Preparedness\, past Chair of the Regional\nGreenhouse Gas Initiative\, past Chair of the Ozone Tran sport Commission\, Chair\nof the Climate and Energy Subcommittee of the En vironmental Council of the\nStates\, Executive Council of the Chesapeake B ay Program\, the Sustainable Energy\nUtility Oversight Board\, State Water Supply Coordinating Council\, the Delaware\nCancer Consortium\, Open Spac e Council\, Nutrient Management Commission\, the\nCenter for the Inland Ba ys\, and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.\n\nPrior to his positio n with the state of Delaware\, O’Mara served\nas the Clean Tech Strategist for the City of San Jose\, California\, where was\nthe primary architect of the City of San Jose’s Green Vision and as the\nDirector of SyraStat fo r the City of Syracuse\, New York\, where he oversaw the\nCity’s performan ce management and accountability program.\n\nA native of Syracuse\, New Yo rk\, O’Mara was a Marshall Scholar at\nthe University of Oxford\, a Univer sity Fellow at the Maxwell School of\nCitizenship and Public Affairs\, and a Presidential Scholar at Dartmouth\nCollege. He is a Catto Fellow at the Aspen Institute\, a U.S. Green Building\nCouncil LEED (Leadership in Ener gy and Environmental Design) accredited\nprofessional\, and completed Stan ford Business School’s Executive Management\nProgram in Environmental Sust ainability. \; DTEND:20150223T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T233510Z DTSTART:20150223T220000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics\, Citizenship\, and Public Responsi bility UID:RFCALITEM639142113105651738 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Collin O'Mara\, National Wildlife Fe deration


“Environmental\nCitizenship and Ethical Colle ctive Action: Why Re-establishing America’s\nConservation Ethic is a Globa l Imperative”


Collin O’Mara joined National\nWildlife Federation\, America’s oldest and largest wildlife conservation and\neduc ation organization\, as President and CEO on July 7\, 2014.

Prior to the NWF\, he led the Delaware Department of Natural\nResources and Enviro nmental Control. In that position\, Secretary O’Mara served\nas the state’ s top environmental official\, led the state’s efforts to conserve\nand re store wildlife and fishery habitat\, improve air quality and public\nhealt h\, ensure access to clean water\, expand outdoor recreation and\nenvironm ental education opportunities\, and enhance the state’s resilience to\next reme weather and other climate impacts.

When O’Mara was appointed in 2009\, he was the youngest state\ncabinet official in the nation. He spea rheaded a range of initiatives\,\nincluding Delaware’s "No Child Left Insi de"/ Children In Nature\ncampaign\, a comprehensive strategy to confront c hildhood obesity by\nreintroducing children to the outdoors\; the First St ate Trails and Pathways\nPlan\, a multi-year initiative to expand and conn ect the state’s trail system\;\nand the Delaware Bayshore Initiative\, an effort to establish the region as a\nworld-class conservation and low-impa ct recreation tourism destination for\nhunting\, birding\, fishing\, hikin g\, canoeing\, and kayaking\, as part of the\nPresident’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative.

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In addition\, Secretary O’Mara led t he largest investment in\nenvironmental infrastructure in Delaware’s histo ry\, including more than $200\nmillion in wastewater and storm water syste ms\, beach restoration\, dam and dike\nrepair\, drainage projects\, and pa rk and wildlife area. At the same time\, he\nsuccessfully executed the fir st significant reorganization of the state’s\nDepartment of Natural Resour ces and Environmental Control since 1972\, to make\nthe agency more effect ive at implementing strategic priorities and more\nefficient in carrying o ut its mission at a time of limited resources.

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O’Mara has served on numerous boards including as Co-Chair of\nthe Natural Resources and Agriculture Subcommittee of the President’s Task\nForce on Climate Ad aptation and Preparedness\, past Chair of the Regional\nGreenhouse Gas Ini tiative\, past Chair of the Ozone Transport Commission\, Chair\nof the Cli mate and Energy Subcommittee of the Environmental Council of the\nStates\, Executive Council of the Chesapeake Bay Program\, the Sustainable Energy\ nUtility Oversight Board\, State Water Supply Coordinating Council\, the D elaware\nCancer Consortium\, Open Space Council\, Nutrient Management Comm ission\, the\nCenter for the Inland Bays\, and the Partnership for the Del aware Estuary.

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Prior to his position with the state of De laware\, O’Mara served\nas the Clean Tech Strategist for the City of San J ose\, California\, where was\nthe primary architect of the City of San Jos e’s Green Vision and as the\nDirector of SyraStat for the City of Syracuse \, New York\, where he oversaw the\nCity’s performance management and acco untability program.

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A native of Syracuse\, New York\, O’M ara was a Marshall Scholar at\nthe University of Oxford\, a University Fel low at the Maxwell School of\nCitizenship and Public Affairs\, and a Presi dential Scholar at Dartmouth\nCollege. He is a Catto Fellow at the Aspen I nstitute\, a U.S. Green Building\nCouncil LEED (Leadership in Energy and E nvironmental Design) accredited\nprofessional\, and completed Stanford Bus iness School’s Executive Management\nProgram in Environmental Sustainabili ty. \;


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