Lynn Broaddus

Lynn is responsible for shaping the Foundation’s environmental programming with an emphasis on the freshwater crisis facing the United States.

Lynn joined The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread in December 2008. In the last year-and-a-half Lynn has convened national leaders in government, business and non-governmental organizations to explore the intersections of freshwater and climate change, infrastructure and built environment, agriculture, energy and public health.

Prior to joining The Johnson Foundation, Lynn served for six years as executive director of Milwaukee Riverkeeper®, a water advocacy organization. Before joining Riverkeeper, she spent 12 years working for The Nature Conservancy and a related organization, NatureServe, where her role as director of U.S. Network Partnerships focused on negotiating data sharing agreements among the nation’s Natural Heritage Programs.

Lynn holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia, a master’s in business administration from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and a doctorate in botany and genetics from Duke University.