Directory
Board of Directors
Community leaders serve on the Northern Neck Land Conservancy Board of Directors and their experience and backgrounds provide the special expertise and skills necessary to efficiently and effectively conserve land in our region. Each county of the Northern Neck is represented on the Board.
| Officers | Board Members | ||
| James Russell, President | Northumberland | Douglas Adler | Lancaster |
| Elliott “Chip” Minor, Vice President | Westmoreland | Barry Bates | Essex |
| Margie Stevens, Secretary | Westmoreland | Thomas Blackwell | Essex |
| Horatio “Whit” Turner, Treasurer | King George | Robert Hedelt | Fredericksburg |
| Barbara Day, At Large | Northumberland | Kevin Howe | Northumberland |
| Thomas Naughton | Northumberland | ||
| John Meier | Westmoreland | ||
| Laurie Schlemm | King George | ||
| Emily Wilkinson | Richmond |
Office Directory
Lisa Biever
Executive Director
Drew Gladwell
Stewardship Director.
Cari Kitchens
Office Manager
Alicen Hackney
Community Engagement Officer
Northern Neck Land Conservancy was founded by:
| Robert Fox | George Freeman, Jr. |
| Kathryn Gregory | Page Henley |
| Mary Louisa Pollard | Jane Towner |
We are grateful for the visionary leadership of Mary Louisa Pollard, President Emeritus.
We are also grateful for the support of distinguished conservationist W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr., former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, who worked tirelessly on the Chesapeake Bay Commission and later served as Virginia’s Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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