Kornze named CEO of public lands advocacy foundation

Former Bureau of Land Management director and Elko resident Neil Kornze has been named CEO of Campion Advocacy Fund and the Campion Foundation, Seattle-based organizations that work to protect public lands and end homelessness. The Campion Foundation and Campion Advocacy Fund were established “to preserve the last remaining wild places across the West.” The fund reports it has directed substantial support to protect landscapes like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Tongass National Forest in Alaska, and the Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness in Idaho. Another focus is to end homelessness in Washington state and across the country. Campion has supported the establishment of the Washington State Office of Homeless Youth and the creation of innovative public-private partnerships to end youth homelessness, including A Way Home America and A Way Home Washington. Kornze, who started as CEO at the beginning of January, brings extensive experience in public administration. From 2014 to 2017, he served in the Obama Administration as director of the Bureau of Land Management, the nation’s largest public lands agency. Prior to that, Kornze spent nearly a decade working as a policy adviser to then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. After leaving the Obama Administration, he founded his own strategy firm to help clients protect land and wildlife, and focused on expanding the outdoor economy...MORE