Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Babbitt served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001, as Governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and as Attorney General of Arizona from 1975 to 1978. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Wildlife Fund where he has been a director since 2001. As Governor of Arizona, Babbitt brought environmental and resource management to the forefront in Arizona. He negotiated and steered to passage the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, which remains the most comprehensive water regulatory system in the nation. He was also responsible for creation of the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and a major expansion of the state park system. Appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Clinton in 1993, Babbitt served for eight years, during which he led in the creation of the forest plan in the Pacific Northwest, restoration of the Florida Everglades, passage of the California Desert Protection Act, and legislation for the National Wildlife Refuge system. Babbitt resides in Washington DC with his wife, Hattie with whom he has two children.