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Whitfield Bailey

Director · Defenders of Wildlife

Director at Defenders of Wildlife. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 6 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Others who share this name
6

Who this is

Profile

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Reported as Director of Defenders of Wildlife, based in Washington, DC.
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Also listed as Treasurer of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
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Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Defenders of Wildlife Director · $48.6M revenue · Washington, DCHabitat and species protection.Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund Treasurer · $1K revenue · Washington, DCFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Whitfield Bailey

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Whitfield Bailey 1 organization · Knoxville, TNSequoyah Elementary Foundation
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Whitfield Bailey 1 organization · Knoxville, TNBailey Family Foundation
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Whitfield Bailey 1 organization · Knoxville, TNKnox Youth Sports INC
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Whitfield Bailey 1 organization · Knoxville, TNKnoxville Opera Company
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Whitfield Bailey 1 organization · Knoxville, TNKnoxville Zoological Gardens INC
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Whitfield Bailey 1 organization · Townsend, TNGreat Smoky Mountain Institute

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Jamie Rappaport Clark
President and CEO (to 7/24) · FY2024
$821K
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Ruth Renee Stone
Sr VP, Conservation and Gen Counsel · FY2022
$290K
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James Stofan
SVP, Operations, Until Sept 2024 · FY2023
$275K
M
Matt Braughler
Vice President, Development · FY2024
$273K
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Elizabeth C Nichols
VP, Finance and CFO, Until July 2024 · FY2023
$273K
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Laura Sheehan
Senior Vice President, External Affairs · FY2024
$257K
M
Michael Senatore
SVP, Conservation Programs · FY2024
$252K
B
Brandace Swimeley
Vice President, Integrated Marketing · FY2024
$248K
B
Brandace J Swimeley
VP, Integrated Marketing · FY2023
$247K
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James Laurence Stofan
SVP, Operations (to 9/24) · FY2024
$238K
E
Elizabeth Nichols
VP, Finance & CFO (to 7/24) · FY2024
$205K
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Andrew Bowman
President & CEO (from 8/24) · FY2024
$204K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org