Dale Threatt-Taylor is the Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy South Carolina Chapter. She received a Bachelor of Science in Conservation from North Carolina State University and a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University. Her work has led to successful projects in land protection, implementation of coastal nature-based solutions, healthy forest management with prescribed fire, freshwater and restoration policy, climate mitigation and sustainability partnerships.  

Dale currently serves as Vice Chair on the Sustain SC Board of Directors, on the Board of Visitors of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, and on NC State University’s College of Natural Resources Foundation Board of Directors. Previously, Dale served as Chair of the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s (SWCS) national Board of Directors.

Dale’s leadership education continues, recently completing the Executive Leadership Development Program at Cambridge University, the Sustainability Leadership Initiative (SLI) at Furman University, and The Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) at Furman University. North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine to Dale for her dedicated work in conservation. Dale has been a keynote speaker on numerous occasions, with a pinnacle as the 2022 Spring Commencement Guest Speaker for Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment graduation ceremony. In August 2023, Dale was awarded The Hugh Hammond Bennett Award, the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s most prestigious award, which recognizes extraordinary accomplishments in the conservation of soil, water, and related natural resources.

Dale wants everyone to understand that locally led conservation begins with an individual, and together, our conservation work is so important in protecting the lands and waters on which all life depends.