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*[[Ron Arnold]], Executive Vice President
*[[Alan Gottlieb]], founder
*[[Samuel M. Slom]], Vice President (a resident of Hawaii)
*[[Merrill R. Jacobs]], Secretary
(from Sacramento)
*[[Julianne Versnel]], Treasurer
The 2002 Form 990 return for the IRS states that both Arnold and Gotlieb work 20 hours per week for the CDFE without receiving any payment.
=== History ===
: "in developing the radical, polarized and extreme early version of 'wise use' that vilified environmentalism and environmental activists, threatening that his goal was to 'kill the bastards.' (CNN interview, May 30, 1993) The[n] again, Arnold has also been quoted as having said that "Facts don't matter. In politics, perception is reality." (Outside magazine, December, 1991)" [http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/clear/by_clear/webreview.html]
Focusing on the "threats" posed by environmentalists, CDFE runs seminars and conferences and radio programs, and puts out training videos, books, and newsletters, all with the intent of teaching Wise Use supporters how to "fight back" against environmentalists. In addition, director Ron Arnold, under the CDFE banner, has frequently testified before Congress on topics such as the threats of 'ecoterrorism, '.
Advisors have included: <br>
The conservative [[Capital Research Center]], which has published several articles by Arnold since 2000 states in its [[Green Watch]] database that CDFE "publishes ''The Private Sector'', a quarterly, ''Advise and Consent'', a periodical, and the ''Wise Use Conservation Memo'', a quarterly". [http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pubs.asp?ID=168] However, there is no mention of these publications on the CDFE website.
In its 2002 IRS return CDFE lists only two achievements for the organisation in the preceding year. The first was that it had "created a publicly accessible computer database tracking activities and donations to anti-industry groups." It is a project that emulates what other conservative - and bigger budget -groups are doing. Despite this CDFE outlined that in 2002 it planned to press on. "Expand existing publicly accessible computer database to track activities and donations of animal rights groups," it stated. [http://www.guidestar.org/search/report/effective.jsp]
According to CDFE its other achivement for 2001 was that it "published an important new book by a widely respected crisis managment executive to aid businesses faced with organized opposition.".
CDFE also planned to take advantage of the focus on terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist. "Create an outreach program increasing public awareness of eco-terrorism and how the public can help law enforcement stop anti-business crime," it stated as an objective for 2002.
=== Funding ===