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'''Kristine Tompkins''' (born June 1950) is the president and co-founder of [[Tompkins Conservation]], an American [[conservation movement|conservationist]] and former CEO of [[Patagonia, Inc.]].<ref name=whartonjournal>[http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml Kris Tompkins, Former Patagonia CEO: "Impact is What Counts"&nbsp;– The Wharton Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106150548/http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml |date=January 6, 2009 }}</ref>
'''Kristine Tompkins''' (born June 1950) is an American [[conservation movement|conservationist]]. Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation and former CEO of [[Patagonia, Inc.]].<ref name=whartonjournal>[http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml Kris Tompkins, Former Patagonia CEO: "Impact is What Counts"&nbsp;– The Wharton Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106150548/http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2007/10/29/News/Kris-Tompkins.Former.Patagonia.Ceo.impact.Is.What.Counts-3062036.shtml |date=January 6, 2009 }}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Born in southern California, Kristine McDivitt spent most of her childhood on her great-grandfather’s ranch. She spent some early years in [[Venezuela]], where her father worked for an oil company.<ref>Edward Humes, Eco Barons (New York: Harper Collins, 2009)</ref> She attended college at the [[College of Idaho]] in Caldwell,<ref>{{cite web|title=Leadership, Patagonia-style: Changing the Criteria for Success|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/leadership-patagonia-style-changing-the-criteria-for-success/|website=Knowledge@Wharton|accessdate=15 December 2015|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> where she ski-raced competitively.
Born in southern California, Kristine McDivitt spent most of her childhood on her great-grandfather’s ranch. She spent some early years in [[Venezuela]], where her father worked for an oil company.<ref>Edward Humes, Eco Barons (New York: Harper Collins, 2009)</ref> She attended college at the [[College of Idaho]] in Caldwell,<ref>{{cite web|title=Leadership, Patagonia-style: Changing the Criteria for Success|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/leadership-patagonia-style-changing-the-criteria-for-success/|website=Knowledge@Wharton|accessdate=15 December 2015|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> where she competed in ski-racing.


== At Patagonia, Inc. ==
== At Patagonia, Inc. ==
Beginning in 1973, she returned to California and worked for [[Yvon Chouinard]], and helped him turn his fledgling [[piton]] business into Patagonia, Inc.<ref>[http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html XX Factor: Visionaries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924163135/http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html |date=2010-09-24 }}</ref> She became the company’s first CEO.
In 1973, she returned to California and began working for [[Yvon Chouinard]]. She played a key role in transforming his small [[piton]] business into Patagonia, Inc.<ref>[http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html XX Factor: Visionaries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924163135/http://outsideonline.com/outside/features/200312/200312_xx_5.html |date=2010-09-24 }}</ref>, eventually becoming the company's first CEO.


== Conservation work ==
== Conservation work ==


In 1993, she retired from [[Patagonia, Inc.|Patagonia, Inc]], married Doug Tompkins (founder of [[The North Face]] and co-founder of [[Esprit Holdings|Esprit]]). The Tompkins decided to focus their efforts on national parks, and started a suite of nonprofits, including, Conservation Land Trust and [[Conservación Patagónica|Conservacion Patagonica]], all of which have now consolidated under Tompkins Conservation.{{cn}} In 1991, Doug Tompkins began acquiring private land for conservation purposes in Chile’s [[Los Lagos Region|Los Lagos]] Region, managing it as a public-access park in the threatened [[Valdivian temperate rainforest]]. Pumalín Park received official nature sanctuary status in 2005 and was designated a national park in 2018, prompted by Tompkins Conservation’s donation of almost 725,000 acres for the new, roughly 1-million-acre park, [[Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park|Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park]], named in honor of its founder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haas |first=Michaela |date=2021-10-26 |title=How One Woman Protected Millions of Acres - RTBC |url=https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kristine-tompkins-conservation-chile-argentina-national-parks/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Reasons to be Cheerful |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-28 |title=Pumalín National Park To Carry Name Of Founder, Douglas Tompkins {{!}} SGB Media Online |url=https://sgbonline.com/pumalin-national-park-to-carry-name-of-founder-douglas-tompkins/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=sgbonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fashion Executives Who Saved a Patagonian Paradise |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2019-5-september-october/feature/fashion-executives-who-saved-patagonian-paradise-doug-kris-tompkins |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.sierraclub.org |language=en}}</ref>
In 1993, she retired from [[Patagonia, Inc.|Patagonia, Inc]], married Doug Tompkins (founder of [[The North Face]] and co-founder of [[Esprit Holdings|Esprit]]). The Tompkins focused their efforts on the preservation of national parks and established several nonprofit organizations, including, Conservation Land Trust and [[Conservación Patagónica|Conservacion Patagonica]], all of which have now consolidated under Tompkins Conservation.{{cn|date=April 2024}} In 1991, Doug Tompkins began acquiring private land for conservation in Chile’s [[Los Lagos Region|Los Lagos]] Region, managing it as a public-access park within the threatened [[Valdivian temperate rainforest]]. Pumalín Park was granted official nature sanctuary status in 2005 and became a national park in 2018. This designation followed Tompkins Conservation's donation of nearly 725,000 acres to help establish the new park, [[Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park|Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park]], which covers approximately 1 million acres. It is named in honor of its founder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haas |first=Michaela |date=2021-10-26 |title=How One Woman Protected Millions of Acres - RTBC |url=https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kristine-tompkins-conservation-chile-argentina-national-parks/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Reasons to be Cheerful |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-28 |title=Pumalín National Park To Carry Name Of Founder, Douglas Tompkins {{!}} SGB Media Online |url=https://sgbonline.com/pumalin-national-park-to-carry-name-of-founder-douglas-tompkins/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=sgbonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fashion Executives Who Saved a Patagonian Paradise |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2019-5-september-october/feature/fashion-executives-who-saved-patagonian-paradise-doug-kris-tompkins |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.sierraclub.org |language=en}}</ref>


The Tompkins' conservation efforts expanded to Argentina, starting with the [[Iberá Wetlands]] of the [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]] province. In the wetland ecosystem, they have launched projects to reintroduce extirpated species, such as the giant anteater, jaguar, red-and-green macaw, and giant river otter.<ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web |title=The philanthropists 'paying rent' to planet Earth in Argentina - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/05/going.green.tompkins.biodiversity/index.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Rewilding Argentina's Ibera Wetlands |url=https://geographical.co.uk/wildlife/rewilding-argentinas-ibera-wetlands |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Geographical |language=en-GB}}</ref> The rewilding work in Ibera, as well as many other projects in the country, is now carried out by Rewilding Argentina, the team assembled by Kris and Doug, led by [[Sofia Heinonen]].
The Tompkins' conservation efforts expanded to Argentina, starting with the [[Iberá Wetlands]] of the [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]] province. In the wetland ecosystem, they have launched projects to reintroduce extirpated species, such as the giant anteater, jaguar, red-and-green macaw, and giant river otter.<ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web |title=The philanthropists 'paying rent' to planet Earth in Argentina - CNN.com |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/05/going.green.tompkins.biodiversity/index.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Rewilding Argentina's Ibera Wetlands |url=https://geographical.co.uk/wildlife/rewilding-argentinas-ibera-wetlands |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Geographical |language=en-GB}}</ref> The rewilding work in Ibera, as well as many other projects in the country, is now carried out by Rewilding Argentina, the team assembled by Kris and Doug, led by [[Sofia Heinonen]].


After years of collaborating with governments, local organizations, scientists, philanthropists, and communities, in January 2018 Kris, on behalf of Tompkins Conservation, and Chilean President [[Michelle Bachelet]] signed decrees to create five new national parks in Chile and expand three others, adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands to Chile. For scale, that is more than three times the size of [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]] combined, or approximately the size of [[Switzerland]]. With one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation and an additional 9 million acres of federal land from Chile, this has been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country in history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-02 |title=This Woman Is Helping Create Some of the World's Greatest National Parks |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/this-woman-is-helping-create-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-national-parks |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/29/chile-creates-five-national-parks-in-patagonia |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
After years of collaborating with governments, local organizations, scientists, philanthropists, and communities, in January 2018 Kris, on behalf of Tompkins Conservation, and Chilean President [[Michelle Bachelet]] signed decrees to create five new national parks in Chile and expand three others, adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands to Chile. For scale, that is more than three times the size of [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]] combined, or approximately the size of [[Switzerland]]. With one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation and an additional 9 million acres of federal land from Chile, this has been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country in history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-02 |title=This Woman Is Helping Create Some of the World's Greatest National Parks |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/this-woman-is-helping-create-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-national-parks |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/29/chile-creates-five-national-parks-in-patagonia |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

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== Conservación Patagónica ==
{{main|Conservación Patagónica}}


== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==


==== Awards ====
=== Awards ===
* 2021 [[Rachel Carson]] Award, [[Audubon|National Audubon Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.cvent.com/event/c0a4221a-9e67-4de8-a35c-aecbf1070e80/summary|title=Archived Event - 2021 Audubon Women in Conservation Celebration}}</ref>
* 2021 [[Rachel Carson]] Award, [[Audubon|National Audubon Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.cvent.com/event/c0a4221a-9e67-4de8-a35c-aecbf1070e80/summary|title=Archived Event - 2021 Audubon Women in Conservation Celebration}}</ref>
* 2018 [[Luis Oyarzún]] Award granted by the [[Universidad Austral de Chile]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kristine Tompkins recibió Premio "Luis Oyarzún" entregado por la UACh|url=https://www.eha.cl/noticia/actualidad/kristine-tompkins-recibio-premio-luis-oyarzun-entregado-por-la-uach-3110|access-date=2021-07-26|website=El Heraldo Austral|language=es}}</ref>
* 2018 [[Luis Oyarzún]] Award granted by the [[Universidad Austral de Chile]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kristine Tompkins recibió Premio "Luis Oyarzún" entregado por la UACh|url=https://www.eha.cl/noticia/actualidad/kristine-tompkins-recibio-premio-luis-oyarzun-entregado-por-la-uach-3110|access-date=2021-07-26|website=El Heraldo Austral|language=es}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Woodrow Wilson]] Award for Corporate Citizenship, [[Woodrow Wilson Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latin American Program Gala {{!}} Wilson Center|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/latin-american-program-gala|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.wilsoncenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Woodrow Wilson]] Award for Corporate Citizenship, [[Woodrow Wilson Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latin American Program Gala {{!}} Wilson Center|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/latin-american-program-gala|access-date=2021-07-26|website=www.wilsoncenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medalists: 2017|url=https://www.medalofphilanthropy.org/medalists/medalists-2017/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medalists: 2017|url=https://www.medalofphilanthropy.org/medalists/medalists-2017/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2017 Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal, Garden Club of America<ref>{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Colophon New |title=GCA Medal Recipients: Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal |url=https://www.gcamerica.org/awards/winners?aid=13 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.gcamerica.org}}</ref>
* 2016 [[David R. Brower]] Award, [[American Alpine Club]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=David R. Brower Award|url=https://americanalpineclub.org/broweraward|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The American Alpine Club|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2016 [[David R. Brower]] Award, [[American Alpine Club]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=David R. Brower Award|url=https://americanalpineclub.org/broweraward|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The American Alpine Club|language=en-US}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* {{Annotated link|[[Wild Life (2023 film)|''Wild Life'']]}}
* {{Annotated link|[[Wild Life (2023 film)|''Wild Life'']]}}
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* [[Conservación Patagónica]]


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 15:05, 22 December 2024

Kris Tompkins
Tompkins in 2015
Born
Kristine McDivitt

June 1950 (1950-06) (age 74)
Santa Paula, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Conservationist, businesswoman
Organization(s)Patagonia, Tompkins Conservation
Spouse
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(m. 1993; died 2015)​
Websitetompkinsconservation.org

Kristine Tompkins (born June 1950) is an American conservationist. Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc..[1]

Early life

[edit]

Born in southern California, Kristine McDivitt spent most of her childhood on her great-grandfather’s ranch. She spent some early years in Venezuela, where her father worked for an oil company.[2] She attended college at the College of Idaho in Caldwell,[3] where she competed in ski-racing.

At Patagonia, Inc.

[edit]

In 1973, she returned to California and began working for Yvon Chouinard. She played a key role in transforming his small piton business into Patagonia, Inc.[4], eventually becoming the company's first CEO.

Conservation work

[edit]

In 1993, she retired from Patagonia, Inc, married Doug Tompkins (founder of The North Face and co-founder of Esprit). The Tompkins focused their efforts on the preservation of national parks and established several nonprofit organizations, including, Conservation Land Trust and Conservacion Patagonica, all of which have now consolidated under Tompkins Conservation.[citation needed] In 1991, Doug Tompkins began acquiring private land for conservation in Chile’s Los Lagos Region, managing it as a public-access park within the threatened Valdivian temperate rainforest. Pumalín Park was granted official nature sanctuary status in 2005 and became a national park in 2018. This designation followed Tompkins Conservation's donation of nearly 725,000 acres to help establish the new park, Pumalin Douglas Tompkins National Park, which covers approximately 1 million acres. It is named in honor of its founder.[5][6][7]

The Tompkins' conservation efforts expanded to Argentina, starting with the Iberá Wetlands of the Corrientes province. In the wetland ecosystem, they have launched projects to reintroduce extirpated species, such as the giant anteater, jaguar, red-and-green macaw, and giant river otter.[8][9] The rewilding work in Ibera, as well as many other projects in the country, is now carried out by Rewilding Argentina, the team assembled by Kris and Doug, led by Sofia Heinonen.

After years of collaborating with governments, local organizations, scientists, philanthropists, and communities, in January 2018 Kris, on behalf of Tompkins Conservation, and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed decrees to create five new national parks in Chile and expand three others, adding a total of more than 10 million acres of new national parklands to Chile. For scale, that is more than three times the size of Yosemite and Yellowstone combined, or approximately the size of Switzerland. With one million acres of land from Tompkins Conservation and an additional 9 million acres of federal land from Chile, this has been billed as the largest donation of land from a private entity to a country in history.[10][11]

Recognition

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kris Tompkins, Former Patagonia CEO: "Impact is What Counts" – The Wharton Journal Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Edward Humes, Eco Barons (New York: Harper Collins, 2009)
  3. ^ "Leadership, Patagonia-style: Changing the Criteria for Success". Knowledge@Wharton. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ XX Factor: Visionaries Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Haas, Michaela (2021-10-26). "How One Woman Protected Millions of Acres - RTBC". Reasons to be Cheerful. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  6. ^ "Pumalín National Park To Carry Name Of Founder, Douglas Tompkins | SGB Media Online". sgbonline.com. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. ^ "The Fashion Executives Who Saved a Patagonian Paradise". www.sierraclub.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  8. ^ "The philanthropists 'paying rent' to planet Earth in Argentina - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  9. ^ "Rewilding Argentina's Ibera Wetlands". Geographical. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  10. ^ "This Woman Is Helping Create Some of the World's Greatest National Parks". Condé Nast Traveler. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  11. ^ "Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation". the Guardian. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  12. ^ "Archived Event - 2021 Audubon Women in Conservation Celebration".
  13. ^ "Kristine Tompkins recibió Premio "Luis Oyarzún" entregado por la UACh". El Heraldo Austral (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  14. ^ "Latin American Program Gala | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  15. ^ "Medalists: 2017". Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  16. ^ Media, Colophon New. "GCA Medal Recipients: Cynthia Pratt Laughlin Medal". www.gcamerica.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  17. ^ "David R. Brower Award". The American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
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