Meet Our Team

Believing whole-heartedly in their work, Carol Frampton and Shelby LaButte are two of conservation's most prominent advocates. As avid outdoorswomen, Frampton and LaButte cherish the wildlife around them and Americans' rights to hunt and fish. Striving to learn and share their knowledge continuously, and with the help of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, NRA's Hunters' Leadership Forum, and others, these women seek to educate the United States on the history, law, and policy behind modern conservation, including the threats to conservation efforts.

Between the two are decades of boots on the groundwork in conservation, wildlife management, and time in the woods and on the water. Frampton and LaButte are hunters, anglers, licensed attorneys, and professors striving to create and maintain an informed conservation profession with the Center for Conservation Excellence's courses, seminars, and career guidance in conservation.

Director of the Center for Conservation Excellence

Carol Bambery-Frampton

For fourteen years she served as General Counsel to the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies in Washington, DC; she has served as pro bono counsel to the Council to Advance Hunting and Shooting Sports since its inception in 2009; was former counsel for the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Lansing, Michigan; and former Michigan governor’s appointee as Legislative Director to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, later serving as Chief of Legal Services for the Michigan agency. Carol helped to create the Conservation Law concentration to certify law graduates in conservation law at Michigan State University College of Law, the first program of its kind in a law school. She teaches Wildlife Law and Energy Development and Impacts to Wildlife at MSU Law. She is Chief of Legal Services for the National Wild Turkey Federation and is licensed to practice law in numerous state and federal courts, including the U. S. Supreme Court.

Assistant Director of the Center for Conservation Excellence

Shelby LaButte

Shelby is the Assistant Director of the Center for Conservation Excellence. She has a bachelor of science degree in environmental sciences from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor and graduated from the Conservation Law Center at Michigan State University College of Law. Shelby also teaches Wildlife Law at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. She is a strong advocate for hunting, angling, and the shooting sports; recognizing the importance of being knowledgeable about and partaking in these activities, as well as the role that knowledge and activity play in the conservation movement, including safeguarding our hunting heritage. She is licensed to practice law in the state of Michigan.