The newly chosen chief executive of Pheasants Forever says she will strive to broaden the organization's membership base and diversify its funding sources as she takes over one of the nation's most successful wildlife habitat groups.
Marilyn Vetter of New Richmond, Wis., was announced Monday as the successor to Howard Vincent, the president and CEO who will soon retire after heading one of Minnesota's largest nonprofits since 2000. Vetter has been a member of Pheasants Forever's board of directors since 2015. She was one of 125 people around the country who vied for the job.
According to last year's Star Tribune listing of the state's highest-paid executives in the nonprofit realm, Vincent received $371,000 in compensation. When Vetter officially takes over Feb. 1, she will oversee a $100 million budget and a staff of 425 people, including government lobbyists and about 300 wildlife biologists.
