PVAS Members, we need your vote! Click here to learn how to cast your vote in the 2021 Board Member Elections.
Mina Goodrich and Don Campbell will be stepping off the board as of July 1, 2021 – we thank them for their many wonderful contributions to PVAS!
Jim Cummins
President
Jim is a retired freshwater ecologist. Jim and his wife Nancy, a retired Jefferson County teacher, live in Bakerton. He has a Masters of Science…
Suzanne Offutt
Past President
Suzanne Offutt worked as an educator in Jefferson County for 25 years and recently retired after a 17-year stint as Principal of Shepherdstown Elementary School.…
Herb Peddicord
At-large Board Member
Herb Peddicord has been a resident of Martinsburg in Berkeley County, WV for 29 years. He has a BS in Forestry Resource Management and currently…
Georgia Jeppesen
At-large Board Member
Georgia is recently retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), where she was employed for almost 20 years. Some…
Peter L. Mulford
At-large Board Member
Peter grew up in Rochester, NY and is a graduate of The University of Vermont (AB, Political Science and Psychology) and Cornell University (MBA, Sloan…
Patty Bain Bachner
At-large Board Member
Patty recently moved to Shepherdstown from the Washington, DC area. She has been active in non-profit organizations since 1990. This includes positions as Executive Director of the…
Don Campbell
At-large Board Member
Don is retired from the National Park Service. While Superintendent of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, he oversaw three decades of restoration, development and preservation…
Wil Hershberger
At-large Board Member
Wil Hershberger has been an avid naturalist most of his life. After becoming an accomplished and well-respected birder, photography skills learned in his Dad’s basement…
Mina Goodrich
At-large Board Member
Mina retired in 1999 after a long career in health care with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, both in Martinsburg and Washington, D.C. A native…
Susan Brookreson
At-large Board Member
Susan is a founding member and past president of the Potomac Valley Audubon Society. She has a passion for education and the natural world. Susan…
Rod Snyder
At-large Board Member
Rod serves as president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, a nonprofit focused on defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability of commodity…
Steve Paradis
Treasurer
Steve has been a resident of Bolivar since moving to the Eastern Panhandle nearly ten years ago to work for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in…
Jean Neely
Board Member Emeritus
Retired after a career in the U.S. Navy, Jean and her late husband moved to Shepherdstown in 1979. She was the founding president of PVAS…
Melissa Gonzalez
At-large Board Member
Melissa Gonzalez is passionate about using the power of integrated marketing communications to protect wildlife and natural resources. She enjoys taking her dog on walks,…
Patti Mulkeen-Corley
At-large Board Member
Patti is a newly-retired teacher who lives outside of Charles Town with her also-retired husband, Tom. She has a B.S. from Clarion University and Masters…
Carolyn Thomas
Secretary
Carolyn has been a resident of the eastern panhandle for more than 30 years and has been involved in science and environmental education as a classroom…
Ginger Hankins
At-large Member
After a career as a special education coordinator for Jefferson County schools, in retirement Ginger rediscovered her passion for political activism. Originally a political science…