Justin Pepper

Bobolink Foundation

Justin Pepper is Chief Conservation Officer for the Bobolink Foundation, Wendy and Hank Paulson’s conservation philanthropy. Bobolink’s focus is biodiversity conservation in the Americas, emphasizing grasslands, coastal conservation, wildlife and wild landscapes, and community-based conservation. Prior to Bobolink, Justin worked for Audubon, first, supporting, amplifying and celebrating grassroots conservation leaders in the Chicago area, and later, developing a market-based approach to grassland bird conservation in partnership with conservation-minded ranchers. He previously worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation and The Nature Conservancy and graduated from the University of Kansas. He, his wife, and their 4-year-old daughter recently relocated from the Chicago area to Boulder County, Colorado.