Dr. Molly McUsic

Board member and President of the Wyss Foundation

Dr. Molly McUsic, Mitglied des Stiftungsrats und Präsidentin der Wyss Foundation, Wyss Academy for Nature

Dr. Molly McUsic

Board member and President of the Wyss Foundation

Molly McUsic is the President of the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to supporting innovative, lasting solutions that improve lives, empower communities, and strengthen connections to the land. First established in 1998 with a focus on conservation in the American West, the Wyss Foundation has helped local and Indigenous communities, land trusts, and landowners forge new partnerships and implement innovative strategies to protect some of the country's most iconic landscapes—from Montana's Crown of the Continent to the Wyoming Range—ensuring that they remain open and accessible to all.

In recent years, the Foundation has broadened its conservation work far beyond the American West. It launched the Wyss Campaign for Nature in 2018 with the goal of protecting thirty percent of the planet by 2030 (30x30). The Foundation also helps combat poaching and wildlife trafficking in eastern Africa, supports ocean conservation efforts in Canada and Peru, and is working to protect wild places around the world, from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania to the headwaters of the Amazon River.

The Wyss Foundation's philanthropy also aims to expand economic opportunity and equality. The Foundation provides support for efforts to ensure that the basic needs of the most vulnerable are met, that women have equal opportunities, and that society is inclusive and fair to all. The Foundation has provided grants that range from helping to reduce poverty, to better access to healthcare, to the promotion of fair lending practices.

Prior to joining the Wyss Foundation, Molly served in the Clinton Administration as Counselor to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. During her tenure at Interior, she oversaw the designation of National Monuments under the Antiquities Act, the principal vehicle used by President Clinton to protect more land in the lower forty-eight states than any President since Teddy Roosevelt.