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Board of Directors
Colin Beasley
Chair
Former senior executive of Verizon, Colin currently lives in New London, NH.
gregory winchester
Vice Chair
Greg is a longstanding Appalachian Trail section-hiker and ATC life member.
mary higley
Treasurer
Mary has served on the Board since 2011 and is currently Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee.
beth critton
Chair of the Stewardship Council
Beth is serving her second term on the Board and is currently chair of its Stewardship Council.
edward guyot
Secretary
Ed has served on the Board since 2013.
colleen peterson
Member
Colleen joined the ATC board in 2015.
daniel howe
Member
Daniel was elected to the Board in 2015.
Grant Davies
Member
Grant is an avid hiker and cross-country skier in his native Quebec.
James LaTorre
Member
James is a Georgetown University graduate and a partner at the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers
norman findley
Member
Norman was elected to the Board in 2015 and retired as executive vice president and principal operating officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises.
robert hutchinson
Member
Robert is an ATC life member who has been hiking the Appalachian Trail since his teens.
RUBÉN ROSALES
Member
Rubén was appointed to the Board in 2015.
Shalin Desai
Member
Shalin Desai is a former operations consultant at McMaster-Carr and a regional market manager at Jetsetter/TripAdvisor.
Thomas L. Gregg
Member
Tom was a 2017 North Bound (NOBO) AT thru-hiker using the trail name “Cool Breeze”.
President's Leadership Circle
hon. c. stewart verdery, jr
Co-Chair
Stewart is founder and partner at Monument Policy Group in Washington, DC.
Stephanie Martz
Co-Chair
Stephanie is the senior vice president and general counsel of the National Retail federation.
constance i duhamel
Member
Stancy is senior vice president, Municipal Securities Group, for Drexel Hamilton in New York City.
r. michael leonard
Member
Mike is a partner at Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Jim Fetig
Member
Jim is an AT multi-role volunteer for both the ATC and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Rick Tyler
Member
Rick Tyler is a Political Analyst for the MSNBC Cable News Network offering a broad perspective to unfolding political events.
Diana Christopulos
Member
Diana lives in Salem, VA and is a retired owner of an international management consulting business.
robert rich
Member
Robert is of counsel with the Midwest regional law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister.
Thomas Torrisi
Member
Tom is Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, based in New York City.
Jessica Herrera-Flanigan
Member
Jessica has more than 20 years’ experience as an expert on media, technology, sports, and national security policy issues.
Lisa Koteen Gerchick
Member
Lisa is a writer and lawyer specializing in international trade negotiations and dispute resolution.
Sara Hazelwood Yanes
Member
Sara Yanes is a former corporate and estate tax lawyer. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Sara led trips for Outward Bound.
Stewardship Council
beth critton
Chair of the Stewardship Council
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ashton cole
Member
Ashton is Director of Conservation and Stewardship for the Land Trust of Virginia.
cosmo catalano
Member
Cosmo has been a member of the ATC since 1998.
fred tutman
Member
Fred is an advocate for clean water in Maryland’s longest and deepest intrastate waterway.
rebekah young
Member
Rebekah has been a member of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club since 2009 and is the current club president.
ryan smith
Member
Ryan is managing editor of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Outdoors magazine and is active in the Randolph Mountain Club.
tom mullin
Member
Tom is currently an associate professor of Parks and Forest Resources at Unity College in Maine.
tom ottinger
Member
Tom is a former board member of the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club.
trudy phillips
Member
Trudy chairs the Virginia Regional Partnership Committee and is also the alternate for the Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club.
Bill Bryant
Member
Bill Bryant lives in Dunwoody Georgia and is currently Information & Education Director for the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club (GATC).
Nicole Wooten
Member
Nicole Wooten of Beacon, New York is Conservation Stewardship Manager for the Hudson Highlands Land Trust (HHLT).
Rush Williamson
Member
Rush is on the Board of Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and is a trail maintainer.
Next Generation Advisory Council
alivia acosta
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
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Amanda Wheelock
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Amanda grew up in northwest Georgia, just outside of Chattanooga, TN.
brady adcock
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
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Caitlin Miller
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Caitlin grew up in New Hampshire and the Appalachian Trail has been a part of her life since a two-week backpacking trip.
Dakota Jackson
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Dakota has hiked and traveled throughout Europe, South America,
Jolyn Coleman
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Jolyn is a recent graduate with a Women’s Studies Major and African and African Diaspora Minor.
JT Stokes
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
JT is an organic farmer, avid explorer, and student of all things plants.
Kristin Murphy
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Kristin currently lives in Washington DC and is working as the Campaign Coordinator for the Outdoors America Campaign
marcela maldonado
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
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Michela Williams
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Michela is a recent graduate from Georgia State University where she obtained a degree in Economics with a minor in Marketing.
Natrieifia Miller
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Natrieifia worked with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) since the summer of 2016 until fall 2017.
oforiwaa pee agyei-boakye
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
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Sahejveer Bhatia
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Sahejveer is a water/wastewater engineer for AECOM.
tony richardson
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
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Jake Campbell
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Jake is a second-year environmental science student at the University of Vermont.
To apply to the A.T. Next Generation Advisory Council,
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