Naples land, nature conservancy kicks off $70M campaign with $25M gift

Conservancy of Southwest Florida President and CEO Rob Moher is fond of saying engagement in a nonprofit leads to investment.

For retired Naples CEO John Walter, who helmed both a telecom and packaging giant in his Corporate America career, it’s a bit of the opposite: He, along with his wife Carol, daughter Lindsay and family foundation, recently made an eye-popping investment in the conservancy — $25 million — and are as engaged in the nonprofit as they ever have been.