Kristin Alexander
Executive Director
Kristin Alexander has served as our Executive Director since January 2007. She first came to…
Katelyn (KC) Walters
Associate Director of Conservation and Operations
Katelyn (KC) Walters, a Shepherdstown native, is our Associate Director of Conservation and Operations. KC…
Sonja Melander
Associate Director of Education
Sonja joined the PVAS team in Spring 2023. Sonja began her career in environmental education…
Patti Brown
Bookkeeper
Patti has her accounting degree from the University of Southern California, originally from Loudoun County…
Lindsey Kesecker
Administrative Assistant
Lindsey is a lifelong West Virginia resident who joined PVAS as an administrative assistant in March 2023.…
Ellen Kinzer
Fundraising and Communications Manager
Ellen officially joined our team in December 2022! She grew up in Illinois, before moving…
Amy Thomas
Program Specialist (Nature in the Neighborhood, School Programs, Turtle Time, Forest Storytime)
Amy is a PVAS Program Specialist. She first worked for PVAS starting in 2012 as…
Tony Troxel
Facilities Assistant
Tony graduated from Radford University in VA in 1992 with a BS in History. His…
Laurel Schwartz
Program Specialist (4th Grade Watershed Program, Audubon Discovery Camp Director)
Laurel Schwartz is a PVAS Program Specialist. Since September 2021, she has managed PVAS’s 4th…
Erin comes to us with over 20 years of experience and leadership in the fields…
Griffin Niamatali
Cool Spring Camp Director
Griffin started with PVAS as a camper when he was a child. He later served…
Ethan Bennett
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, AmeriCorps service member
My name is Ethan Bennett, I am a recent graduate from the University of Maine.…
Ethan Clark
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, Service intern (formerly AmeriCorps)
Ethan attended George Mason University where he earned a BS in Biology with a concentration…
Gavin Bailey
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, Service intern (formerly AmeriCorps)
Gavin is an environmental educator at PVAS. His experience has led him to studying post-fire…
Holly French
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, Service intern (formerly AmeriCorps)
Holly graduated from Shepherd University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer…
Joshua “JJ” Dallmann
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, Service intern (formerly AmeriCorps)
Hello, I’m JJ. I love birds and the trees they call home and learning everything…
Jude Stradley
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, Service Intern
Jude Stradley is an upcoming senior at Shepherd University finishing up their degree in English…
Lily Davis
Land Management and Conservation Service Intern
Lily is currently studying Wildlife Management and Horticulture at WVU. She is also an active…
Maggie Hughes
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, AmeriCorps service member
Maggie Hughes graduated from Shepherd University with a degree in Environmental Studies and a minor…
Mason Zeller
Land Management & Conservation, AmeriCorps service member
Mason is originally from Kansas City and graduated from California Polytechnic University at San Luis…
Selene Spiker
Environmental Educator/Camp Counselor, AmeriCorps service member
Selene Spiker is an experienced leader, organizer, and nature lover with a background in scouting,…