board of directors

sandra marra

Chair

Sandi has been ATC chair since 2013.

betsy thompson

Chair of the Nominating Committee

Betsy was first elected to the Board in 2007 and has serves as chair of its marketing and communications committee.

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.

Shalin Desai

Member

Shalin Desai is a former operations consultant at McMaster-Carr and a regional market manager at Jetsetter/TripAdvisor.

beth critton

Member

Beth is serving her second term on the Board and is currently chair of its Stewardship Council.

Colin Beasley

Member

Former senior executive of Verizon, Colin currently lives in New London, NH.

colleen peterson

Member

Colleen joined the ATC board in 2015.

daniel howe

Member

Daniel was elected to the Board in 2015.

edward guyot

Member

Ed has served on the Board since 2013.

jennifer pharr davis

Member

Jennifer was elected to the Board in 2015.

nathaniel stoddard

Member

Nat completed a section hike of the Appalachian Trail and was first elected to the Board in 2013.

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.

stewardship council

beth critton

Chair

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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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Brittany Leavitt

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

Brittany born and raised in Maryland, balances her time on the trail, to the crags, to the classroom.

Dakota Jackson

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

Dakota has hiked and traveled throughout Europe, South America,

Irene Syphers

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

Irene lives in Portland, Maine and works for the Portland Farmers Market

Jim Beckmann

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

When I am not working, instructing, or volunteering I spend a lot of time hiking and backpacking on the AT in the mid-Atlantic.

kelly garvy

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

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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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olympia bowker

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

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stephen eren

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

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tony richardson

Next Generation Advisory Council Member

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To apply to the A.T. Next Generation Advisory Council, CLICK HERE.