Dorette Fleischmann

Born June 15, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Julius and Dorette Kruse Fleischmann. Mrs. Fleischmann, known as "Dielle", is the greatgrandaughter of Charles Fleischmann, widely known founder of the Fleischmann Yeast Company in 1868, maker of compressed yeast who revolutionized the baking business in this country. Mrs. Fleischmann oversees a thriving natural farming business, operating on land she purchased just outside Washington, D.C. Her interest in farming entwined itself with a love of the land, its flora and its wildlife. Mrs. Fleischmann has also been a member of the Board of Directors for The Wildfowl Trust, now the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, (Slimbridge, Gloucester, England), a U.S. representative of the World Wildlife Fund (Peru), a member of the Board of Advisors to South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Commissioner, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Wilderness Leadership Foundation, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the U.S. National Arboretum. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Fauna & Flora International since 2002.