Under his leadership at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Dr. He is one of Texas’ leading conservationists, having served as Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Executive Director of the Texas Nature Conservancy. Andrew Sansom, Treasurer has served on the Foundation Board since 2007. Their foundation continues to support efforts to protect the natural world with sustainable solutions for environmental and societal problems that accompany modern technological development and expanding human populations.ĭr. Terry Hershey began her activist conservation work in the early 1960s when Buffalo Bayou was threatened with channelization as a means to prevent flooding.
As owner of an inland marine transportation business and former competitive sailor, Jake Hershey was vitally interested in the health of Galveston Bay and area waterways.
The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation’s areas of interest mirror the values and lifelong work of its founders. The board of directors, composed of professional associates and family members, governs the foundation. The Foundation’s geographic areas of giving are primarily centered in Houston, Austin, and southwestern Colorado. Hershey, The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation is a private philanthropic grant-making foundation dedicated to the defense and conservation of our natural world, parks and open space, animal welfare, and family planning.
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