Darren Long

Deputy Director, Operations & Finance
Washington, D.C.

Darren has worked as a grantmaker and non-profit executive for the past 21 years. He specializes in building investment strategies for impacting public policy, increasing sustainability, and creating social, economic and ecological resilience to climate change. Darren has a long track record investing in communications strategies to leverage resources, build constituencies, and increase social ROI. As a practicing organic farmer and livestock grower, he brings the principles of ethical stewardship, leadership, and long-term sustainability to his work in the agricultural sector, as well.

Previously, Darren served as Global Lead and Director for Climate Change Adaptation and as Managing Director of the Climate Adaptation Fund at the Wildlife Conservation Society. There he was responsible for all management, strategic communications and grantmaking activities for a program which has invested more than $15 million to support nonprofit conservation organizations, and administered a portfolio of science, planning and applied conservation across more than 50 countries. He holds a finance degree from The George Washington University and a Masters of Public Administration from Montana State University. Darren currently serves as a board member of the Catoctin Land Trust.