V. Richard Eales, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, is currently Lead Director of Range Resources Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company. He is also an active investor in a family business. Mr. Eales was formerly Executive Vice President of Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc., and has a broad business background including work in oil and gas, software, investment banking, and light manufacturing companies. Mr. Eales has been an active birder since grade school and, in recent years, has traveled to many countries on birding trips. His interest in conservation was originally based on his interest in birds. He is a past board member and chair, and currently a trustee emeritus, of the Pennsylvania Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Mr. Eales is also on the boards of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Willistown Conservation Trust.