Bay Area nonprofit openings

Local nonprofit pipelines show immediate demand: Bay Area Ridge Trail Council posted an Executive Director role ($160K–$200K) and The Nature Conservancy listed a Director, Greater Bay Area & Climate Resilience opening — signals that environmental governance roles remain active. These listings are being circulated by CalNonprofits and Nature Careers this week. (x.com) (x.com)

Potrero Group is coordinating the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council’s executive search with a targeted start of Summer 2026 and a priority-application date of April 17, 2026. (potrerogroup.com) The position profile tasks the new Executive Director with convening regional partners, driving a diversified fundraising program (major gifts, foundations, government funding, planned giving), and advancing a National Scenic Trail designation effort. (impactopportunity.org) The role is based in Berkeley with a hybrid arrangement and requires regular in-person engagement across nine Bay Area counties—explicitly naming travel to agency partners, elected officials, landowners, donors, and community constituents. (potrerogroup.com) The Nature Conservancy’s Director, Greater Bay Area & Climate Resilience is a Hong Kong–based, cross‑jurisdictional position that oversees teams in Hong Kong and Shenzhen and lists an application closing date of April 30, 2026. (nature.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com) The TNC posting assigns the role responsibility for developing and implementing a resilient Greater Bay Area strategy, managing strategy budgets, driving policy alignment, and mobilizing philanthropic, private and public financing, reporting to the Executive Director, Hong Kong & Regional Partnerships with a dotted line to the Climate Change Director for China. (nature.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com) These concurrent listings show active senior recruitment for conservation leadership in two distinct “Bay Areas”—a San Francisco‑based trail governance executive search and a Greater Bay Area (Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao) climate‑resilience director role—each with explicit regional travel, partner‑coordination, and funding‑mobilization duties. (potrerogroup.com)

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