Albert E. Pyott

Co-founder and President Emeritus

Member, Board of Directors

Albert Pyott is co-founder (1994) of The Wetlands Initiative with Donald L. Hey. From 1987 until 1993, he was director of the Illinois chapter of The Nature Conservancy, following his lifelong interest in conservation. He previously was general manager of sales at Inland Steel Company, a $3.5 billion steel manufacture and distribution company, where he was responsible for nationwide sales of all steel mill products. Mr. Pyott has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Nature of Illinois Foundation, OpenLands Project, and Wetlands Research, Inc., and on the advisory boards of the Cook County Forest Preserve and the Illinois Nature Preserve Commission.