Mamie Parker (born October 14, 1957) is an American biologist, conservationist, executive coach, facilitator, and inspirational speaker from Wilmot, Arkansas.

She holds a PhD in limnology from the University of Wisconsin and spent 30 years with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in a variety of positions in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.[1][2] Highly regarded as a pioneer in the field, she was the first Black woman to serve as the assistant director of Fisheries and Habitat Conservation and the first African American to lead a USFWS regional office when she served as the Northeast Service Regional Director, covering 13 northeastern states.

[5] Since retiring from USFWS, she has worked as an executive leadership coach, inspirational speaker, and environmental consultant with Ma Parker and Associates and EcoLogix Group, Inc.[3][6][7] She is on the board of directors of the National Wildlife Federation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, The Nature Conservancy-Virginia Chapter, American University School of Public Affairs, Ducks Unlimited, and the Student Conservation Association.

Her work at UW included researching ways to clean contaminants and pollutants from the Great Lakes and its tributaries.

[1][3] She has also completed executive leadership training at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

She is a member of the Brown Advisory Sustainable Investment Board and serves as a principal consultant of EcoLogix Group, Inc. and Ma Parker and Associates.

[4] While at the USFWS Northeast regional office, she helped establish the USFWS "Invest in People" mentoring and professional leadership development program, which included opportunities for administrative personnel to get outdoors and experience some of the work conducted by field biologists;[11] the program was later expanded to the D.C. headquarters and other regions throughout the country.

She helps conduct Wild STEM workshops throughout the world, to expose more minority youth to careers in conservation.

This includes work to encourage others to help us address the climate crisis, particularly in vulnerable and underserved communities, by looking for opportunities to make a profound impact on the lives of women and diverse employees in conservation by working harder on diversity, inclusion, justice and equity.