Greg Walcher is Managing Partner at LeaderBridge for the Global Energy and Natural Resources Practice, including oil and gas, emerging technologies, utilities, ag
riculture, water, public lands, mining land development. He also specializes in not-for-profit associations, foundations, academics, retail, legislative and governmental affairs.
Greg Walcher is one of the most recognized and respected national leaders in natural resources policy.
In addition to his work at LeaderBridge, he is a senior associate in the global public affairs firm, The Stillwell Group, and in the respected environmental permitting firm of Dawson and Associates. He brings to his clients a lifetime of experience, institutional knowledge, contacts, and advocacy on natural resources and environmental policy and issues. He specializes in energy, water, endangered species and wildlife, forest management, public lands and private property rights.
Walcher served in the Governor’s Cabinet, leading the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, a department of 2500 employees, 8 divisions, 14 boards and commissions, and a $180 million budget.
His national colleagues elected him president of the national organization of natural resources/environment cabinet secretaries, and he has been a national leader in conservation policy debates.
Leveraging a decade of Capitol Hill experience, Walcher spent ten years as President and CEO of a large non-profit association whose budget and membership tripled during his tenure. He also served on the national policy committee for the American Society of Association Executives.
Walcher was the 2004 Republican nominee for Congress in Colorado’s 3rd District, a race that attracted national media attention as the top targeted House race in America (over $8 million). He won a hotly-contested five-way primary and shattered previous Colorado records for congressional fund raising and organization. Despite a razor-thin loss, Walcher remains a frequent and popular speaker in the State and around the country. He is the author of Backlash: the Theft (and Pending Recovery) of the Conservation Movement, slated for publication in 2009.
Natural resource issues are also personal to Walcher, who owns a Colorado peach orchard, direct marketing and fresh fruit shipping business with customers in over 40 states. The company was featured in Gourmet magazine as a cutting-edge example of quality niche marketing.
