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Stewardship Council Biographies Amherst, MA Hampshire County Elisa Campbell is an Environmental Activist for various boards, groups and committees. She has been involved with the Sierra Club as a volunteer at the Group and Chapter level since the early 1970s. She has been Chapter Chair several times in three decades. Most of her efforts in the past two decades have been to protect Massachusetts’ state-owned public lands. Elisa has served as a member of the state-wide Board of Managers for the state’s Department of Environmental Management (predecessor to DCR) from 1995 through 2000. She is currently representing the Sierra Club on the Quabbin Watershed Advisory Committee (QWAC). She is serving her second term. Miss Campbell has also represented the Sierra Club on QWAC during the 1980s. During that time, QWAC changed her mind about deer hunting – she came to understand the need to control the deer population on the Quabbin watershed, and publicly supported the controlled hunt that was proposed as the method to control the deer population. Miss Campbell is a regular participant in “Forest Forums” convened twice yearly by Bob O’Connor, of EOEA, to talk about issues regarding forests, which includes people from state agencies, wood products industries, independent foresters, environmental advocates, etc. She is also active with “Wildlands and Woodlands,” an effort arising from Harvard Forest’s report urging protection of Massachusetts forests – much as “working forests”, some in preserves to be unharvested – for the ecosystem services forests provide. She is on the advisory committee for the Mt. Holyoke Range State Park as well. As a citizen involved in local government, Elisa Campbell has served eight years on the Town of Amherst Planning Board, then six years on the Amherst Select Board. She was an elected member of Amherst’s Representative Town Meeting for about twenty years. Miss Campbell is currently a technical writer and editor in the Office of Information Technologies at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She provides information about the services of the Office of Information Technologies to students, faculty and staff through Web pages, handouts, and publications. Miss Campbell is also a free-lance columnist on the Amherst Bulletin where her monthly opinion pieces are generally on planning and environmental issues or local budgets. Christina Crowley Christina Crowley is a life long South Shore resident. After graduating from Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, MA, she attended the University of New Hampshire where she received a B.A. in Linguistics. After college, she attended New England School of Law where she earned her J.D. Shortly after graduating from law school, she worked for Michael J. Sullivan as an Assistant District Attorney in Plymouth County. When Michael J. Sullivan was appointed United States Attorney, she continued to work as an ADA under District Attorney Timothy Cruz. During her six years at the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Christina worked in the District Court trying bench and jury trials. Later, Christina worked in the Appellate Division writing appellate briefs and arguing in front of the Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court. Christina resides in Hingham, MA with her husband, Eric Reaman, and their three children. Michael M. Dutton In 1993 Attorney Dutton began a limited private legal practice specializing in estate planning, business planning, real estate, and elder issues. Today, he has a full time practice devoted to estate planning, trusts and wills, charitable gift planning, business planning, artists’ representation, and probate and estate administration. During the 1990s, Attorney Dutton served as Trust Counsel and Senior Trust Officer for Cape Cod Bank & Trust, and enjoyed a similar role at Dukes County Savings Bank. In 2000, he joined Martha’s Vineyard Hospital’s senior management team as Chief Development Officer where he was responsible for the hospital’s charitable giving, community benefits programs, community relation, and planned giving initiatives. Since 1999, Mr. Dutton has been a member of the Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Board of Selectman. During his tenure, he has focused his energies on improving the town’s financial position, preserving the town’s unique natural and cultural assets, and planning affordable housing initiatives. He has also served on the town’s Finance and Advisory Board and the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. He currently serves on the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s Labor and Personnel Committee. Attorney Dutton is a member in good standing with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Massachusetts Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and the Dukes County Bar Association. He is a past member of the Cape Cod Planned Giving Council, the Cape Cod Estate Planning Council, and a former Board member of the Community Leadership Council, and Legal Services of Cape Cod and the Islands . He currently serves on the boards of The YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard, Friends with Wings, Inc., and the Oak Bluffs Public Library Foundation. He has taught business law at the New England Banking Institute. He received an undergraduate degree from Tufts University and received his Juris Doctorate from Tulane University Law School . In addition, Attorney Dutton is a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. He and his wife Karen live in Oak Bluffs with a son Caleb, and a step-daughter Meaghan. Franklin Norfolk County Since 1998, Frank Frey has been a transit engineer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, charged with conducting state safety oversight duties of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Subway System. His responsibilities also include assisting in the testing and verification of all new or upgraded railroad grade crossing warning devices, throughout the Commonwealth, function and operate as designed. Frank attended Wentworth Institute of Technology where he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Shortly thereafter, he attended the University of Massachusetts where he earned a M.S. in Public Affairs. His thesis titled "Recreating in Massachusetts Bioreserves" was published in May 2004. Frank’s beginnings in public service work started in 1995 when he was appointed by the Selectmen to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) in the Town of Plainville, MA. The ZBA appealed to him because it was an opportunity to provide residents, who were faced with particular hardships on their property, legitimate relief from the existing bylaws. Frank’s ability to work effectively with his colleagues on the board, in conjunction with his solid understanding of the bylaws, earned him to be elected Chairman in June of 2000. While in that role, he reorganized and revamped the way in which the filing system and access to records was handled. In addition, he was able to reverse a failing treasury account that for years functioned in negative cash flow. In May of 2005, Frank moved to a new home located in Franklin, MA, thus tendering his resignation from the ZBA. However, in appreciation and recognition of the significant achievements he brought forth to the Board, the Selectmen awarded him a Proclamation for his 10 years of dedicated service. As an outdoor enthusiast, one of Frank’s passionate hobbies is the sport of motorized trail bike riding. In 1997, seeing the need to volunteer, Frank was elected to the Board of Directors of the New England Trail Riders Association (NETRA). NETRA is a not-for-profit organization recognized as the regional sanctioning body for off-road motorcycle events, as well as the leading advocacy group that promotes safe and legal riding in state forests and parks. His specialized role focused on working with state land managers throughout New England to establish legal riding areas in state forests and parks for off-road motorcycles. During his term on the Board, Frank developed ongoing relationships with state legislators while executing communication and public relations strategies for NETRA. He has served six of those years as President. Frank has prepared and delivered testimony before legislatures and local governments on public policy, regulations and legislation affecting the off-road vehicle industry. Currently Frank serves as the principal contact for elected officials, state and local agencies, and public interest groups. He focuses his efforts primarily on Massachusetts legislative initiatives, concentrating on trail access opportunities for off-road vehicles. During his trail riding years, Frank has competed in Enduros and Hare Scramble competition events. Recently he has spent most of his free time dual-sport riding. Active within the local trail riding club - the King Philip Trail Riders out of Wrentham, MA; he volunteers in putting on events and promoting public safety awareness of motorized trail bike riding. Since his club signs a Memorandum of Agreement each year with DCR, Frank assists in trail maintenance duties at his local state forests in Wrentham, Foxboro and Franklin; better known as the F. Gilbert Hills State Forest Region. Married since 2006, Frank and his wife Sarah have a son named Jason and they presently reside in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Whitney Hatch Whitney Hatch is vice president and New England regional director of the Trust for Public Land (TPL), which is a national nonprofit dedicated to protecting land for people to enjoy as parks and open space. In his capacity as regional director, Whitney oversees all of the land conservation work and program development undertaken by TPL in the six-state region, and is responsible for managing TPL's relationships with all public agencies, donors, and nonprofit partners. Whitney came to TPL from a 15-year career at GTE Corporation, where he served most recently as vice president of regulatory affairs in Washington, D.C. Whitney presently chairs the board of the Management Assistance Group and serves on the boards of the EarthShare New England, the Boston Greenspace Alliance, and the Merck Family Fund. Laura A. Johnson Laura A. Johnson is the President of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. She joined Mass Audubon in January 1999 after 16 years at the Nature Conservancy. At TNC, she served as Division Vice President for the Northeast Division and Regional Director of the Eastern Region, among other positions. She is a graduate of New York University School of Law (1981) and received her B.A. from Harvard University (1976). She currently serves as a Trustee of the Fenn School, Concord MA, and as a Corporation Member of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. She is a former Trustee and Corporation member of the Winsor School, Boston MA. She is on the Advisory Board of Save Our Heritage, Concord MA. She is married to Arthur W. Rogers II (school outreach teacher at the Science Discovery Museum, Acton MA) and they have one son Luke who is 13 yrs. Henry Lee Henry Lee is the Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program within the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Faculty Co-Chair of the School’s International Infrastructure Program, and a Lecturer in Public Policy. Before joining the School in 1979, Mr. Lee spent nine years in Massachusetts state government as Director of the State's Energy Office and Special Assistant to the Governor for environmental policy. He has served on numerous state, federal, and private advisory committees on both energy and environmental issues, works with private and public organizations (including the Department of Energy, Interior, U.S. EPA, the National Park Service, the Pew Foundation, the Brazilian National Development Bank, the Inter American Development Bank), and has served on several corporate boards. His research interests have focused on electricity and water privatization, environmental management, global climate change, and the political economy of energy. He is the editor of Shaping Responses to Climate Change, the report of the Harvard Global Environment Policy Program and is the author of recent reports on Electricity Restructuring and the Environment, and Distributive Electricity Generation. Bristol County
Hancock Berkshire County James P.Van Dyke serves as Vice President of Environmental Sustainability of Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, in Hancock Massachusetts in the far western Berkshires. Jim has been with the company for 33 years. Beginning his career as a lift operator on a snowy Thanksgiving morning in 1974, he has undertaken project after project and become an integral part of Jiminy Peak’s senior management team in the completion of Jiminy Peak’s 21-year master plan, raising the number of overnight accommodations to 2000 beds on the resort campus. Total numbers of employees is 900 in winter with 130 year-round employees. Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort is a four-season mountain resort generating $20,000,000 in revenue annually. The resort features 7 chairlifts, including Massachusetts’s only 6 passenger, high-speed detachable. In the warmer months, the resort has grown to include Mountain Adventure Park, featuring a European Mountain Coaster, 1 of only 2 that have been built in the US. 2007 featured a brand new Alpine Super Slide and the installation and commissioning of the only 1.5 Megawatt wind turbine at a mountain resort in North America. Jim is the chairman of Jiminy Peak’s Environmental “Green” Team and charged with ensuring Jiminy’s environmental issues are in the forefront of the minds of staff and guest. Climate change, reduction of our use of fossil fuels, conservation and preserving our pristine environment. Jim has stepped up to promote the resort’s “Forever Green” education program with tours of Jiminy Peak’s Sustainable Energy Center and the Wind Turbine – Zephyr at the resort and by invitation to schools, civic organizations and private groups. Under Jim’s guidance, Jiminy Peak has instituted resort-wide standards to help sustain or improve its environment for future generations. Two specific projects lead the effort in the arena of energy conservation and efficiency. First, Jiminy has one of the most energy efficient snow making systems in North America. Collaborating with Jiminy Peak’s President Brian Fairbank on what is referred to as the “Pentti Head”, a patented snow making system, their snow making air to water ratio is one of the best in the business. Second, Jiminy Peak’s most ambitious project, the purchase and installation of the only 1.5 Megawatt wind turbine at a mountain resort in North America, possibly the world. The turbine was commissioned on August 15th, 2007. With energy costs in the millions already, Jiminy Peak is an example of private enterprise investing in wind power generation to keep energy costs down, and help to preserve our natural resources for generations to come. The Wind Turbine Project has allowed Jiminy Peak and it’s Environmental Team, to promote its use of conservation measures, the implementation of alternative energy generation and all of the other environmental sustainable programs that have been developed and implemented over Jiminy’s history. When asked how he would best describe his journey from “Liftie” to V.P. he would use the phrase “I am always looking for new adventures, but mostly I’m trainable”.
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