Zach Spector joined Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) in 2024 as Chief of Land and Conservation Initiatives. In this role, Mr. Spector provides programmatic oversite and direction for TPWD’s Land Conservation Program, which encompasses land acquisitions as well as strategic property and conservation projects. In this leadership capacity, he is also engaged in several cross-divisional conservation initiatives, including landscape and watershed-scale conservation efforts.
Prior to joining TPWD, Mr. Spector was Director of Conservation Programs at Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF), where he managed land acquisition and conservation programs, served as a liaison between TPWD and TPWF executive leadership, and collaborated with numerous conservation partners. Before returning to his Texas roots, Zach worked at Western Rivers Conservancy, as Director of Government Affairs and Project Operations, helping oversee complex real estate projects across the western United States.