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9 01, 2024

Charles Hill

2024-03-20T20:09:14-04:00January 9th, 2024|Corps Staff, Staff|

Charles Hill was born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut in the town of Clinton. His love for the outdoors started when he was in the Boy Scouts where hiking and camping became hobbies that he enjoyed outside of the Scouts. After graduating high school in 2013, not really knowing what to expect, Charles had taken a summer job working at the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge with the YCC as a crew member. This is where Charles discovered that he wanted to work in the outdoors; he changed [Read More...]

9 01, 2024

Jessica Colby

2024-03-20T20:06:43-04:00January 9th, 2024|Con Sci Staff, Staff|

Jessica Colby knew from a young age that she wanted to work in conservation. She grew up enjoying time spent out in the woods behind her house, discovering all the different plants and animals that could be found there. In 2017, she graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and a minor in Forestry. While in school, Jess was an active member of the UVM Fish and Wildlife Society, volunteering extensively with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for several events including the [Read More...]

9 01, 2024

Devan Pensinger

2024-03-20T20:06:52-04:00January 9th, 2024|FSI Staff, Staff|

Devan has had a lifelong love of the natural world that led her to pursue a career in the outdoors learning about and advocating for flora, fauna, and landscapes that bring her so much joy. She graduated from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a degree in Conservation Biology. Upon graduation she moved back to Colorado, where she grew up, and worked in a variety of seasonal field ecology positions. Some highlights included collecting meteorological data in the winter on the continental divide, spending summers monitoring flora in environments [Read More...]

9 01, 2024

Katlynn Vredenburgh

2024-03-20T20:09:23-04:00January 9th, 2024|Education Staff, Staff|

Katlynn was raised with a love for the outdoors. As a kid, she spent her days searching for salamanders in her backyard creek, pestering snakes pretending to be the Crocodile Hunter and going on hikes with her family. So, it’s no wonder she incorporated that love in her international studies bachelor’s degree from Cazenovia College by focusing her senior capstone on anthrozoology and the role of wildlife photography in conservation. After bouncing around upstate New York working as a substitute teacher, a service provider for kids with developmental disabilities, and an [Read More...]

8 01, 2024

Susan Moore

2024-01-08T15:28:20-05:00January 8th, 2024|Staff|

Susan is originally from upstate New York – just on the other side of Lake Champlain and about one hour south of Montreal. With a Father of Native American (Mohawk) and Irish descent, and a Mother of French Canadian descent, Susan grew up with a strong work ethic and a healthy respect and love of nature and the land. During her career, Susan has enjoyed the opportunity to work for Walt Disney World in Florida managing various restaurants for close to 10 years. Then she moved back to the North Country where she worked for over [Read More...]

8 01, 2024

Kelsey Evans

2024-01-08T15:27:06-05:00January 8th, 2024|Staff|

Originally from the ‘Quiet Corner’ of Northeastern Connecticut, Kelsey found her way to the NEK after transferring to Sterling College in Craftsbury, VT, where she earned a Bachelors in Anthrozoology. Kelsey has 10+ years experience in the art of web design and development, building websites for artists, farms, small businesses and non-profit organizations. At NorthWoods, she enjoys striving to design online and print materials that appropriately convey the passion, hard work and authenticity of the organization and the beauty of the Northeast Kingdom. When not promoting NorthWoods programs, Kelsey strives to continue [Read More...]

8 01, 2024

Dusty May

2024-03-20T20:07:04-04:00January 8th, 2024|Corps Staff, Staff|

Dusty May was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, but has lived in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont for 8 years and has discovered that he is a Vermonter at heart. He moved here to join his Vermont wife on an old hippie commune where they remodeled a house together, and he fell in love with the state and the Northeast Kingdom. Dusty graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business. He grew up in the outdoors camping, hunting, and fishing. In addition to this [Read More...]

8 01, 2024

Meghann Carter

2024-01-08T15:11:14-05:00January 8th, 2024|Con Sci Staff, Staff|

Meg Carter moved around between the East and West coasts as a kid, and graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon with a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Biology. She came to Vermont in 2010 as a fresh college graduate, moving from Oregon to work on a farm in Wheelock. After a winter working as a lift attendant at Burke Mountain, she started working for NorthWoods the following spring as a Forestry Intern. That summer, she worked as an Assistant Crew Leader for the local Corps crew and then started [Read More...]

8 01, 2024

Sam Perron

2024-03-20T20:07:21-04:00January 8th, 2024|FSI Staff, Staff|

Originally from central New Hampshire, Sam was drawn to the far north to work in NorthWoods’ Forest Stewardship Institute. He brings forestry experience drawing from his undergraduate education at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina, as well as time spent working and playing in the New England woods (including internships with the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and Northern Forest Canoe Trail). Since graduating college in 2011, Sam has spent time working with The Nature Conservancy in Western Massachusetts and the Brattleboro Food Co-op in Vermont, giving him a view of the non-profit conservation [Read More...]

8 01, 2024

Andy Cappello

2024-03-20T20:09:35-04:00January 8th, 2024|Education Staff, Staff|

Andy graduated from Lock Haven University with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management and an emphasis in outdoor recreation. His lifelong love of nature and outdoor recreational pursuits brought him to Vermont where he now resides with his wife and kids along the Mad Brook in Charleston. He first moved to central Vermont in 2006 where he led outdoor recreational pursuits connecting people with their environment through activities like hikes, paddling trips, and backpacking trips. Andy moved with his wife to Charleston in 2010 to be closer to the best outdoor [Read More...]

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