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Board of Directors
Colin Beasley
Chair
Former senior executive of Verizon, Colin currently lives in New London, NH.
robert hutchinson
Vice Chair
Robert is an ATC life member who has been hiking the Appalachian Trail since his teens.
James LaTorre
Treasurer
James is a Georgetown University graduate and a retired partner at the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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.
Ambreen Tariq
Member
Ambreen Tariq is the founder of @BrownPeopleCamping, a digital storytelling platform to promote diversity and access in the outdoors.
Ann Heilman Murphy
Member
Ann lives on a farm in Aiken, South Carolina, where she raises a variety of livestock.
colleen peterson
Member
Colleen joined the ATC board in 2015.
daniel howe
Member
Dan has a background in landscape architecture and planning. An ATC Life Member and thru-hiker, he has served on the Board since 2015.
Grant Davies
Member
Grant is an avid hiker and cross-country skier in his native Quebec.
Nathan Rogers
Member
Nathan serves as the SVP and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Science Applications International Corporation
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.
RUBÉN ROSALES
Member
Rubén was appointed to the Board in 2015.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ryan smith
Member
Ryan is the communications manager for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
trudy phillips
Member
Trudy chairs the Virginia Regional Partnership Committee and is also the alternate for the Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club.
alivia acosta
Member
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Bill Bryant
Member
Bill Bryant lives in Dunwoody Georgia and is currently Information & Education Director for the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club (GATC).
David Grimes
Member
David is a section maintainer, Konnarock volunteer, boundary monitor and hike leader for Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club
Franklin LaFond
Member
Franklin “Ox” LaFond thru hiked the AT in 1997 and has been an ATC Life member since 1998.
Jim Foster
Member
Jim Foster (Early Bird) left a career in corporate law to thru-hike the A.T. in 2007.
Joe Roman
Member
Joe Roman has worked with the Appalachian Mountain Club since 2012 in the Back Country Campsite Program
Nicole Wooten
Member
Nicole Wooten of Beacon, New York is Natural Resources 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
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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Brianna Johnson
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Brianna is currently a third year student at Cornell University studying Microbiology.
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,
Deidra N. Goodwin
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Deidra is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Recreation and Sport Administration at Western Kentucky University.
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
Lauren Wiggins
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
Lauren is a native of Stone Mountain, GA, graduate of a Historically Black University (HBCU)
marcela maldonado
Next Generation Advisory Council Member
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Melissa Guevara
Member
Melissa Guevara began her career as an urban environmentalist at Groundwork Hudson Valley’s Science Barge
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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