STAFF

Kristin Alexander, Executive Director
304-676-3397 • kristin@potomacaudubon.org

Kristin has served in her current position since January 2007. She first came to PVAS in 2001, and was Director of the Yankauer Nature Preserve Until 2007. Kristin graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Education in 1994. She subsequently worked as an instructor and curriculum developer at several nature-related educational institutions in various states, including the Echo Hill Outdoor School in Worton MD, National Wildlife Federation camps in Colorado and North Carolina, the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, MN; the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, in Aspen CO, and the Under Water World Aquarium in Bloomington MN. She completed a Master’s Degree in Experiential Learning from Minnesota State University in 2000 and moved to the Eastern Panhandle in August 2000. She lives in Berkeley County, WV, with her husband Jeff.

Ellen Murphy, Youth Education Director
304-676-8739 • ellen@potomacaudubon.org

Ellen joined PVAS as Youth Education Director in 2007. She has lived in the Eastern Panhandle since 1994, serving as Program Director of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in Martinsburg from 1994 to 2004 and as Program and Property Manager and Product Sales Coordinator for the Girl Scouts of Shawnee Council in Martinsburg from 2004 to 2007. Previously, she was Program Director for the Girl Scouts of Chaparral Council in Albuquerque NM from 1989 to 1993 and Camp and Property Manager and Communications Director for the Audubon Girl Scouts Council in Baton Rouge LA from 1985 to 1989. She also served as an Interpretive Park Ranger at three different national parks in the south from 1979 to 1984. Ellen has a Bachelor's degree in History and Secondary Education (cum laude) from Appalachian State University in Boone NC, and did graduate work in history at that institution. She received a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Shenandoah University in 2005. She and her husband Kevin live in Harpers Ferry.