John Flicker, honoree Liz Putnam, Allison Rockefeller at the National Audubon Society's 2009 Women in Conservation Luncheon in New York. Photo: Cutty McGill
Elizabeth Titus Putnam is the president and founder of the Student Conservation Association, the nation's largest youth conservation leadership organization.
Background: While studying at Vassar College in the mid-1950's, she envisioned a contemporary conservation core that would utilize her strength and the energy of students to respond to the threats facing America's national parks. Through her hard work, vision and determination, she established and nurtured the SCA. Thanks to her efforts, nearly 4,000 students contribute over two million hours of service each year to protecting and restoring America's parks, forests, refuges, seashores and communities.
