Board Members

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…

Mike works part time as a consultant with a DC-based environmental engineering firm. He and his wife, Susan Hirsch, live outside Shepherdstown in the Steamboat…

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…

Dan has been a software developer for over 30 years and recently joined the SkyTruth team in Shepherdstown. He has a B.S. degree from Shepherd…

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…

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…

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…

Shannye retired after 18 years of work at Montgomery College as a program director for Workforce Development & Continuing Education. Shannye managed course design, delivery,…

Laura Davis is a partner at the Skinner Law Firm in Charles Town, WV, where she focuses primarily on personal injury and insurance bad faith…

Amy Evrard is associate professor of anthropology at Gettysburg College, with research interests in women’s rights in the Middle East/North Africa region and agriculture in…

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…

Tiffany is a native of Shepherdstown, WV, and has a background in corporate, civic and governmental management. She is Orion Strategies’ new Senior Account Executive.…

Steve Paradis has been a resident of Bolivar since moving to the eastern panhandle nearly ten years ago to work for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy…

Matthew Pennington earned his degree in Urban in Regional Planning. He has worked for public planning commissions reviewing development plans, as well as private engineering…

Louie graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology and Evolution. While a student, he was…

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…

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…