About NDA
NDA’s Initiative
The mission of the National Deer Alliance (NDA) is to serve as the guardian of wild deer conservation (white-tailed deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer, coues deer, and Key deer), and our hunting heritage. Formally incorporated in May 2015, the NDA is driven to assemble and unite a diverse group of stakeholders that includes hunters, managers, and the hunting industry to help create positive outcomes for deer and deer hunting.
NDA's Priorities
- Diseases (chronic wasting disease)
- Wild deer conservation
- Hunter access
- State and federal land management
Staff
- Nick Pinizzotto, President and CEO
- Torin Miller, Policy and Outreach Coordinator
Board of Directors
- Sam Burgeson (Chairman), President - Wildlife Research Center
- Chris Dolnack (Vice Chairman), Senior V.P. and Chief Marketing Officer –National Shooting Sports Foundation
- Dan Forster, (Vice Chairman), V.P. and Chief Conservation Officer, Archery Trade Association
- Jay McAninch (Vice Chairman and Inaugural Chairman), Archery Trade Association, Retired
- Miles Moretti (Vice Chairman and Past Chairman), President and CEO – Mule Deer Foundation
- Steve Williams (Vice Chairman), President – Wildlife Management Institute
- Bryan Burhans, Executive Director - Pennsylvania Game Commission
- Whit Fosburgh, President and CEO – Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- David Guynn, Professor Emeritus – Clemson University
- Glenn Johnson - General Manager, Recreation Management - Weyerhaeuser
- Rob Keck, Director of Conservation – Bass Pro Shops
- Krysten Schuler, Wildlife Disease Ecologist, Cornell University
- Greg Simons, Principal and General Manager, Wildlife Systems, Inc.
- Mike Spors, National Conservation Director – Whitetails Unlimited
- Chuck Sykes, Director - Wildlife and Fisheries Division of Alabama DCNR
