Steve Whitney

Seattle

Steve Whitney is a program officer with the Seattle-based Bullitt Foundation. He is engaged on issues of urban planning and sustainability, specifically the protection of natural capital and associated ecosystem services in the major metropolitan regions of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Previously he spent fourteen years on the staff of The Wilderness Society, first as director of its National Parks Program in Washington D.C., and later as Northwest Regional Director and Deputy Vice President. His early career included work as a land-use planning consultant, and as a congressional aide to then Representative Leon Panetta of California. He has served on numerous non-profit boards, and on the City of Alexandria, Virginia’s Environmental Policy Commission. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State University’s College of Natural Resources, and a Master’s degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.