TACF President & CEO Dr. William Pitt
Dear Members and Friends of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF),
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I write to inform you that Dr. Will Pitt, President & CEO of our organization, will resign his position effective February 14.
In the past year and a half, Dr. Pitt has been instrumental in guiding the organization through a challenging transitional period, leading TACF’s decision to withdraw from the Darling 58 breeding program while strengthening ties between the organization’s state chapters and national office. We are enormously grateful for his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors.
As we undertake the search for TACF’s next leader, Bruce Levine has agreed to serve as interim CEO, after a unanimous vote from the Board. A member of TACF for nearly three decades, Bruce has been an instrumental leader in the Maryland Chapter, longtime member of TACF’s Board of Directors, and chair of our Chapters and Science & Technology committees. He has been researching chestnut blight fungus at the University of Maryland since retiring in 2016 from a 26-year career in diplomacy.
All of us at The American Chestnut Foundation extend our warmest congratulations to Bruce and best wishes to Will.
Warm Regards,
Dr. Elizabeth Kramer
Chair, Board of Directors
The American Chestnut Foundation