Every year, at the annual meeting, the NPSNJ membership votes on a slate of officers for two-year posts. This year, we have a number of positions and some shuffling around on the board. We are delighted to announce the slate of officers as follows.
20-year career as a science editor and writer
Member of NPSNJ since 2020
Co-chair of the NPSNJ Advocacy Committee
Currently, filling in frequently as the Recording Secretary
Member of NPSNJ since 2018
Previously served as Membership VP
Co-leader of the Southwest chapter, Co-chair of the Webinar committee, Co-Webmaster, Quartermaster
Lifelong gardener awakened to native plants after reading Nature’s Best Hope; since 2017 has transformed his property into a Homegrown National Park and squirrel haven
Active with his local Environmental Commission and Green Team and regional coordinator for the Rutgers Environmental Steward program.
Elected president of NPSNJ in 2022
Board Entomologist since 2017
Founded the mail-order native plant nursery Toadshade Wildflower Farm in 1996, with a particular focus on education and the fascinating ecological diversity of the natural world
Involved with NPSNJ for many years as a member and speaker
Serves on the board of directors of the New Jersey Planning Officials; chair of the Frenchtown Planning Board
Founding member of NPSNJ
Treasurer of NPSNJ for 16 years.
Serves on the board of the Society for Ecological Restoration/Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Lifetime member of the Society of Wetland Scientists
Active member of the NJ Forestry Association, Land Improvement Contractors of America, International Society of Arboriculture, and Soil and Water Conservation Society
PhD. in History of Architecture and Urban Development. Taught at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning.
Historian, writer, and artist
Beginning in 2016, started to re-envision his property in Montclair as a demonstration of a woodland garden in suburbia
Joined NPSNJ in 2017
Founding Co-chair of the Advocacy Committee, Co-Webmaster since 2022, elected Vice-President, Membership in 2023