Arkansas Native Named to Ducks Unlimited Board of Directors

Ducks Unlimited has elected Vince Callahan of Proctor, Ark., to serve as an at-large member of the organization’s national board of directors.

“Vince has a long history as an active DU volunteer and impressive leader,” said DU President John Newman. “He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the team, and we’re proud to have him on board.”

Callahan owns Ace Rewinding in West Memphis, Ark. As a successful business owner with management, sales and customer satisfaction skills, he has the knowledge and leadership ability to encourage and strengthen DU’s volunteers. He has been a Ducks Unlimited volunteer himself since 1990 and has served in numerous volunteer leadership positions at the state and local levels.

“I feel that the key to any successful organization is to establish benchmarks and cultivate new areas for growth,” Callahan said. “As a DU board member, I will seek to lead and assist volunteers throughout the country in supporting the conservation of our wetlands and other wildlife habitat.”

Ducks Unlimited is the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America’s waterfowl habitats. DU is governed by a volunteer board of directors and senior officers.

“As a member of DU’s board of directors, Vince will help guide Ducks Unlimited in our future conservation work. It’s a significant commitment and a pivotal position within the organization,” Newman said. “Vince is the kind of experienced, dedicated leader we look for in a board member, and has been recognized as such with several volunteer awards. I know he’ll do a great job.”

Ducks Unlimited

Ducks Unlimited is the world's leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation. DU got its start in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America’s drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by as the continent’s waterfowl dwindled beyond recovery, a small group of sportsmen joined together to form an organization that became known as Ducks Unlimited. Its mission: habitat conservation. Thanks to decades of abiding by that single mission, Ducks Unlimited is now the world’s largest and most effective private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. DU is able to multilaterally deliver its work through a series of partnerships with private individuals, landowners, agencies, scientific communities and other entities.