🥳 On The Refuge System's Birthday 🎉 

Join us on the 122nd birthday of the National Wildlife Refuge System for a special webinar breaking down what's happening in Washington, D.C. and what it means for the Refuge System. Desirée Sorenson-Groves, President & CEO of the National Wildlife Refuge Association will discuss how recent and impending decisions by the new administration and Congress are impacting national wildlife refuges. 

Presenter

• Desirée Sorenson-Groves re-joined the Refuge Association in October 2024 as the President and CEO. Her career has been focused on protecting and enhancing the National Wildlife Refuge System, first as a grassroots organizer for the National Audubon Society, then as the Vice President of Government Affairs for the Refuge Association. After 14 years at NWRA, Sorenson-Groves became the Director of the Arctic Refuge Defense Campaign where she managed an Indigenous-led, multi-pronged effort to stop any development in the Arctic Refuge. She comes back to NWRA after leading Defenders of Wildlife's public and private lands programs as their Vice President of Land & Habitat Conservation. She has a B.A. in Geography from George Washington University and resides in Fort Valley, VA with her husband and two Chesapeake Bay Retrievers.