Dave Muhly is our Mike McCloskey award winner. This award is bestowed upon an employee whose work has reflected and strengthened the meaning, purpose, and mission of the Sierra Club, and who has contributed to the prestige of the Sierra Club in the world community. The Mike McCloskey award honors a distinguished record of achievement in national or international conservation causes. Dave Muhly, over his many years on the Sierra Club organizing staff, has always served with distinction. Dave’s team work is outstanding, as an original planning team member for the Leadership Development Project and as a trainer who has worked with chapters and staff through out the country identifying collectively held goals, creating a plan to accomplish those goals, and implementing the plan with strong teams that remain in place and share the work.
Dave was called upon twice in 2008 to serve as Acting Regional Field Staff Director. He served for several months as the Appalachian Regional Field Staff Director and, under the reorganized Organizing Department, served as the Acting Eastern Regional Field Organizing Director. During both Acting tours of duty, Muhly has provided outstanding leadership to staff in the region while still being able to perform with distinction in his normal job, of Organizing manager and key leader of the LDP project. He is highly respected as one of the finest organizers and organizing mentors in the Sierra Club Organizing Department. He "gets" organizing, knows the craft of organizing and shares that knowledge with young organizers. In addition to the above, Dave has served with professionalism as: A Sierra Club Training Academy trainer, Program Director for the Southern Appalachian Highlands Ecoregion, and BEC Organizer.
Additional Info:
PDF: Primer for Conservation Easement
PDF: Gov Kaine Signs Permanent Protection for the James River Park System
PDF: State Conservation Easement
LINK TO: RRPF JRPS Baseline Document (BLD)