Amy Barnouw Named Director of the Fairfield Region

Please join us in welcoming Amy Barnouw as the new director of the Fairfield Region. She will lead the organization’s Center at Fairfield, as well as the Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary.

Amy will be working with local groups and individuals to meet Connecticut Audubon’s conservation and education goals. She’ll also be responsible for raising the funds to meet those goals. As a member of The Connecticut Audubon Society’s senior team, she will assist with establishing and implementing conservation, development, research, education and communication strategies.

Amy brings a unique blend of expertise in marketing and business development for regional and national environmental conservation organizations in the for-profit and non-profit sectors.

A native of Connecticut, she started her career in the Pacific Northwest as regional director of LightHawk, creating innovative campaigns that addressed conservation efforts around deforestation and watershed health in Alaska, Washington and Oregon. She then served as the assistant director of The Wilderness Society’s Northwest Region based in Seattle before returning to the East Coast.

In 2010, Amy co-founded the Planet Fuel Beverage Company and its social impact arm, the Planet Fuel Charitable Fund. Through the Charitable Fund, she developed a high school advisory council which oversaw the environmental grant-making process and launched an environmental film series at the Fairfield Theatre Company to showcase award-winning documentaries.

Most recently, Amy was marketing director at Katabat where she led their global digital marketing campaigns. She has served on the boards of various conservation organizations, including the Connecticut Audubon Society from 2018 until 2022, and currently is a President’s Council Member of the Norma Pfriem Breast Center.