Board and Staff
Meet the team behind the official non-profit 501(c) (3) fund raising partner of the National Park Service (NPS) for all five US national park sites on Lake Superior.
*Pictured (right): The NPLSF board and staff plus park superintendents and NPS regional leaders.
Executive Director
St Paul, MN
Tom Irvine draws on his lifelong connection to Lake Superior, his career in private sector leadership, and his experience engaging diverse stakeholders in his crucial role of leading NPLSF. His forefathers manned lighthouses that are now part of Isle Royale National Park, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, and Tom now splits his time between Lake Superior and St. Paul.
Board of Directors
Vice President of CohenTaylor Executive Search Services
Minnetonka, MN ​
Board Chair, Founding Board Member
Big Bay, MI
Grand Portage National Monument Superintendent (retired), Author
Grand Marais, MN
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Community Volunteer
Minneapolis, MN
Board Treasurer, Center Manager, Ecosystem Science Center at Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
Founding Partner, Rock Hutchinson PLLP
Medina, MN
Sustainability leader, former Mayor of Duluth
Duluth, MN
Founding NPLSF Board Member, Retired
Washington, DC
Emeritus Board Members
Founding NPLSF Board Member
Member Emeritus
Duluth, MN
Founding NPLSF Board Member
Member Emeritus
Okemo, MI