Sandy Brown
President
When Sandy moved to Shepherdstown in 2013, the first organization she joined was PVAS, becoming a WV Master Naturalist, taking Birding 101, working with the…
Theresa Trainor
Vice President
Theresa is honored and excited to join the board of PVAS. She has spent the last 30 years in the Federal government and hopes her…
Wendy Wilson
Treasurer
Wendy has had a lifelong passion for the outdoors. She spent her whole childhood outdoors and passed that love of nature on to her five…
Mike Sullivan
Past President
Mike and his wife, Susan Hirsch, live outside Shepherdstown in the Steamboat Run Community. Mike has worked extensively on watershed and water quality projects in…
Patti Mulkeen-Corley
Secretary
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…
Janet Ady
At-large Member
Janet began her career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Environmental Education Center on the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, then…
Peggy Bowers
At-large Member
Peggy along with her husband David moved to Shepherdstown, WV from Alexandria, VA in 2018 when they built and opened Sundogs Bed and Breakfast. This…
Jim Cummins
At-large Member
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…
Peter L. Mulford
At-large 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…
Michael Rock
At-large Member
Michael T. Rock is the Samuel and Etta Wexler Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Bryn Mawr College. Michael has taught at Mount Holyoke and…
Mary Lynn Robinson
At-large Member
Mary Lynn has been a member of PVAS and a certified Master Naturalist since 2013. She served on the Master Naturalist Coordinating Committee and was…
Carolyn Thomas
At-large Member
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…
Lucia Valentine
At-Large Member
Lucia is a proud native of Shepherdstown and a graduate of Shepherd University, where she earned degrees in both Music and Environmental Science. With a…
Michael Whalton
At-Large Member
Michael is the youngest member of a six generation Key West Conch family. He and his siblings grew up on the islands of South Florida…
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…