Carrie Besnette Hauser
{{Short description|American academic administrator}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Carrie Besnette Hauser
| birth_name = Carrie Anna Besnette
| alma_mater = University of Arizona
University of California, Los Angeles
| workplaces = Colorado Mountain College
}}
Carrie Besnette Hauser is a philanthropy executive and American conservation leader serving as the president and chief executive officer of Trust for Public Land since 2024.{{Cite web |title=TPL Names Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser next President and CEO |url=https://www.tpl.org/media-room/tpl-names-dr-carrie-besnette-hauser-as-next-president-and-ceo |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Trust for Public Land |language=en-US}} An avid outdoorswoman, she has successfully climbed all 58 of Colorado’s highest peaks (14ers) and is a former river guide (“Swamper”) in Grand Canyon national park.
Life
Hauser was raised in Flagstaff, Arizona.{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Dennis |date=2021-10-16 |title=Colorado Mountain College president found her dream job |url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/colorado-mountain-college-president-found-her-dream-job/article_f50372f8-1fac-11ec-9def-6f20790a02eb.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel |language=en}} She graduated from Flagstaff High School.{{Cite web |date=2010-07-10 |title=Hauser -- Besnette |url=https://azdailysun.com/lifestyles/announcements/weddings/hauser----besnette/article_1d4047eb-ed8e-5f9c-8bef-8ebe74ca84e8.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Arizona Daily Sun |language=en}} Hauser completed a B.A. in interdisciplinary studies including business administration, political science, and communications from the University of Arizona.{{Cite web |last=Fowler |first=Kelsey |date=2013-10-18 |title=Colorado Mountain College selects Carrie Hauser as president |url=https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-mountain-college-selects-carrie-hauser-as-president/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Summit Daily |language=en-US}} She earned a master's degree and doctorate in higher education policy from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Hauser was the vice president for institutional advancement and external relations at Metropolitan State University of Denver. From 2011 to 2013, she was CEO of Kauffman Scholars and a senior fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In 2013, she was selected as the ninth president and chief executive officer of Colorado Mountain College.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=Colorado Mountain College president to step down in August |url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/colorado-mountain-college-president-to-step-down-in-august/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Vail Daily |language=en-US}} From 2022 to 2023, she served as the chair of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. In March 2024, Hauser announced that she would step down from her position as president of Colorado Mountain College. She concluded her service in August 2024 as the first President Emerita in the college's history.{{Cite web |title=TPL Names Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser next President and CEO |url=https://www.tpl.org/media-room/tpl-names-dr-carrie-besnette-hauser-as-next-president-and-ceo |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Trust for Public Land |language=en-US}}
Hauser married Jeff Hauser on May 29, 2010, in Jefferson, Colorado.
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