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Teresa Lane, Partner
Teresa is a Partner at Russell Philanthropies. She has more than 40 years of experience at nonprofits, start-up ventures and established organizations. Her development career spans leadership roles in the environmental and higher education fields.
Most recently, Teresa put together transformational gifts and high impact land deals as Senior Vice President of Giving and Impact at The Wilderness Society, after a dozen years at The Nature Conservancy. While at Princeton University, she assisted the President in developing relationships with a suite of prospects and donors capable of making philanthropic gifts of $5 million or more.
Teresa's marketing career started as brand manager for Nestlé Waters North America, working on trademarks Poland Spring and Perrier, before leading marketing and business development for tech start-ups. She volunteers with The Seeing Eye organization in Morristown, N.J. as a puppy raiser. Having served on the board of The Great Swamp Watershed Association, she is now a member of its Advisory Council.
A New Jersey native with a B.A. from Princeton, Teresa lives in Basking Ridge, N.J. with her husband, two pups, and a cat. They have three adult daughters.
