Vaughn Collins, Director of Government Affairs, and his hunting dog Luna.
Vaughn Collins, Director of Government Affairs, joined TRCP in June of 2011. Vaughn was formerly director of public policy for Ducks Unlimited, where he advocated for wetlands conservation in Congress and worked with federal agencies and conservation groups to facilitate wildlife friendly federal programs. Prior to his time at DU, Vaughn was chief of the federal Duck Stamp Office at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior. He also served as deputy director of the Agriculture Department’s National Rural Development Partnership Office and was executive director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development.
Vaughn grew-up and received most of his education in New England. He holds a bachelor’s degree in resource economics from the University of Massachusetts and a master's degree in applied economics from the University of Vermont, and is a graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute at the Snelling Center for Government. Vaughn spent the first three years of undergraduate study at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, drawn there by his love of skiing and climbing.
Vaughn is a native New Englander who lived in northern Vermont for more than 20 years and who still owns a rural property near Lake Champlain. Vaughn and his wife Laura were lucky enough to participate in a land conservation project in 2008 that protected over 300 acres in the Champlain Valley of Vermont. Their land is surrounded by conserved land and has beautiful views of the high peaks of the Adirondacks in New York and Vermont’s Green Mountains. Vaughn and his wife reside in Alexandria, Va. with their hunting dog and yes, a cat. He is an avid outdoorsman, conservationist, birder and waterfowl hunter.
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