Appointment of Sally Ann Gumaer Ranney as a Member of the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors

The President today announced his intention to appoint Sally Ann Gumaer Ranhey to be a member of the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors. This is a new position.

She is founder and president of the American Wilderness Alliance in Englewood, CO. She also serves as executive director of the Island Foundation and of the Crystal Island Foundation. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the World Wilderness Congress and is coordinator for the National Wilderness Research and Management Conference. She served as a resource policy analyst for the Wilderness Society in 1975-1977.

She graduated from Western State College of Colorado (B.A., 1970; M.A., 1972). She has one child and resides in Englewood, CO. She was born July 2, 1947, in Denver, CO.