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==Biographical Information==
"Christopher J. (Kim) Elliman serves as CEO of the [[Open Space Institute]], a land conservation organization that has protected and/or financed close to 2 million acres and created over 50 new parks or protected areas in the eastern United States.

"Mr. Elliman has worked in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. He worked at a newspaper and in government before joining an alternate energy company, then a private equity firm. He has served as President of [[Gray, Seifert & Co.]], and was a Director of [[Barrett Associates]], Inc., both investment management companies. As General Partner of [[Elmrock Group]], a private equity partnership, he was Director and Chairman of [[Piggly Wiggly Southern]], and Director of [[Fresh Fields Markets]], and held the post of President of the [[Overhills Group]], a diversified holding company. He is a director of [[Thacher Associates]] and formerly served on the [[Cherokee International Partners]] Sustainability Council.

"Mr. Elliman has served on numerous non-profit and foundation boards, including the [[Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation]], [[Butler Conservation Fund]], [[Overhills Foundation]], [[The Wilderness Society]], [[Storm King Arts Center]], [[Doris Duke Charitable Foundation]] Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program, [[NRDC]]’s Global Leadership Council, [[Center for Humans and Nature]], the [[Dalton School]], [[Black Rock Forest Consortium]], and [[Historic Hudson Valley]]. Mr. Elliman received his B.A. from Yale and serves on Yale University’s Forestry and Environmental Leadership Council." <ref>[http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:christoper-j-kim-elliman&catid=47:board-of-trustees&Itemid=87 Christopher J. Elliman], Garrison Institute, accessed December 2, 2011.</ref>

*Trustee, [[Garrison Institute]]
*Advisory Committee, [[Environmental Leadership Program]]
*Advisory Council, [[American Bird Conservancy]]
*Trustee, [[World Conservation Society]] <ref>World Conservation Society [https://www.wcs.org/about-us/management Trustees], organizational web page, accessed March 9, 2019.</ref>

==Family==
He is a Rockefeller heir (a son of Mr. and Mrs. [[Edward Scales Elliman]] of Greenwich) who married [[Nicole Ann Bourgois]] in 1987. He "is a grandson also of the late [[Katherine Scales Elliman]] and of Mrs. [[Avery Rockefeller]] of Greenwich and the late Mr. Rockefeller, who was chairman of the investment banking firm of [[Schroder Rockefeller & Company]] in New York." <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/style/nicole-bourgois-marries-kim-elliman.html Nicole Bourgois Marries Kim Elliman], NYT, accessed December 2, 2011.</ref> His brother is [[David Elliman]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/02/business/business-people-money-managers-stress-rockefeller-expertise.html] 

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