Kimberly Reyher

Executive Director

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL)

Kim has been executive director of CRCL since 2014. Under her leadership, the organization has continued its 35-year tradition of advocacy in support of bold, science-based action to sustain the coast of Louisiana, partnering with a diverse set of interests ranging from business and industry, national nonprofits to community fishing organizations and indigenous tribes. CRCL has convened the Coastal Issues Candidate Forum series to engage political candidates on coastal and water management issues and hosted the biennial State of the Coast conference, an interdisciplinary forum of more than 1,100 thought leaders, scientists, industry representatives and officials and concerned residents focused on the dynamic conditions of Louisiana’s coastal communities, environment and economy. CRCL has also recruited thousands of volunteers to plant hundreds of thousands of trees and marsh grasses and construct 8,000 feet of living shore oyster reefs with community partners, and it has recycled 13 million pounds of oyster shells with New Orleans restaurants. Kim serves on the Executive Committee of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta campaign, as Board chair for Restore America’s Estuaries and as a director of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation. Kim joined CRCL after 13 years with the World Wildlife Fund where, as Fisheries Program director, she advanced sustainable management with the fishing and seafood industry and governments in more than 20 countries. Before joining WWF, she worked with the Ocean Conservancy in Florida and Washington, D.C. Kim is a Gulf Coast native of Tampa, Florida. She received a bachelor’s degree in geography from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in natural resource economics and policy from Duke University.