Mr. Sedgwick has a long-standing interest in conservation and has served on the boards of a diverse range of conservation non-profits, including National Audubon Society, Land Trust Alliance, The Nature Conservancy – Florida, the Pacific Forest Trust, and Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy. He is currently chair of Island Conservation and serves on the boards of Bat Conservation International and Turtle Survival Alliance. Mr. Sedgwick has published several scientific articles on spiders and has been an associate of Invertebrate Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Mass.) and the Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History (New York City). He is a forest landowner dedicated to restoring and maintaining the southern long leaf pine ecosystem. He has more than 20 years of experience in managing family forestlands and has a strong interest in demonstrating the economic viability of stewardship forestry. He is married to Jeanne Sedgwick and they spend the majority of the time at their home in Woodside, CA.