Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & OFFICERS

Eric J. Edstrom, President
Retired Vice President/Relationship Mgr - 1st Union National Bank (Wachovia)
Board President- Boiling Springs Civic Association
Past President - Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Financial Secretary - Grace United Methodist Church

Todd Brajkovich, Vice President
District Manager - Perry County Conservation District
Board Advisor - Perry County Agricultural Land Preservation

Walt Pomeroy, Secretary
Past N.E. Director - Audubon Society
Past Executive Director - POWR
Chair - Pennsylvania Wild Resources Advisory Committee
Boy Scouts of America, Troop Leader

Brian D. Straub, CPA, Treasurer
Partner - Waggoner, Frutiger, & Daub

John B. Zonarich, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel
Attorney - Skarlatos & Zonarich

Directors

John R. “Jack” Detweiler
Past President - Howard Hanna Detweiler Realty
Past President - Capital Region Land Transfer, Inc.
Chairman - Central Pennsylvania Region Howard Hanna Realty Services
Past Board Member - Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay & Vice Chair for PA
Co-Chair, Ecology Committe - Rotary Club of Harrisburg
Board Member - Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future Past Board Member – West Shore Library

Jane Earle
Board Member - Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association
Awards Chairman - Entomological Society of Pennsylvania Awards
Past President, Board Member - Appalachian Audubon Society
Past Water Pollution Biologist - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Past Board Member - Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology
Chair of Invertebrate Technical Committee - Pennsylvania Biological Survey

Eric J. Edstrom
Financial Secretary, Capital Campaign - Safe Harbour House, Carlisle, PA
Board President - Boiling Springs Civic Association
Financial Secretary - GUM Church, Carlisle, PA
Past Board President - Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Current Board Member, Secretary - Cumberland Valley Chapter, TU

Bill Forrey
Director of PA State Parks for 19 years Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society, Past President and Board Member; Member since 1961; Honorary Life Member; Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee, 2001 to present.National Association of State Park Directors, Board of Directors, 1977-81; Honorary Life Member
National Recreation and Park Association, Board of Trustees, 1979-80; Member, 1965 to present; Member, NRPA Accreditation Team The Pennsylvania Society Member, 1994 to present.American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration, Charter Member; Member since 1981American Youth Hostels, Inc., Board of Directors, 1981-82, Life MemberPennsylvania Forestry Association, Member since 1990Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Member since 1998

Beverly Grening
Retired school teacher, land donor

Dale R. Ibberson
Founding member and Former Project Director of CPC
Treasurer - Stony Creek Valley Coalition since 1974
Former President - The Robertson Association
Former President - York Grotto (Chapter) of the National Speleological Society
Board Member - the Hummelstown Area Historical Society

Thomas Johnston
Assistant Vice President, Skelly and Loy, Inc., Engineers - consultants

Virginia D. Maus
Retired from the Department of the Navy civilian service in 2003 after 33 years of employment.
Appalachian Mountain Club
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Susquehanna and Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Clubs.

Geralyn M. Umstead-Singer
Former Director of Community Relations, DCNR
Volunteer Teacher 1st Grade - St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church (Sunday School)
Committee Chair Member - Hershey PTO
Volunteer - Hershey Early Childhood Center
Library Volunteer - Hershey Elementary School
Volunteer - Meals on Wheels - Lower Paxton

Robert L. Thompson
Eagle Scout
Habitat Manager - Tumbling Run Preserve
Certified Pennsylvania Forest Steward
Co-Founder - Cumberland Woodland Owners Association
Past Director - Dickinson Township Parks & Recreation Board
Board of Directors - Future of Cumberland County Agriculture Board of Directors - Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited

Frank Viozzi, MD
President - Doc Fritchey's Chapter Trout Unlimited American Rheumatism Association 1969- Present

Matthew A. Zieger
Director of Initiatives and Investor Relations for the Team Pennsylvania FoundationChair of Marketing & Communications Committee
Leadership Committee Member for McCormick’s Island Fundraising Campaign

Emeritus Directors

Kurt W. Carr, Ph. D
Division Chief - Division of Archaeology and Protection
Bureau for Historic Preservation
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

David S. Masland, MD
Physician
Director - The Nature Conservancy
CEO - Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Company
Past President - Pennsylvania Medical Society

Richard P. Mislitsky, Esq.
Attorney - Mislitsky & Diehl
Director - Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
Member - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Scenic Rivers Task Force
President - Yellow Breeches Creek Alliance
Member - Executive Committee, Governor Pinchot Group, Sierra Club

Mayor Stephen R. Reed
Mayor, City of Harrisburg

Staff

Debra Bowman, Executive Director dbowman@centralpaconservancy.org

 

Stephanie Rynders, Director of Land Protection and Stewardship

srynders@centralpaconservancy.org

Ken Okorn, Outreach Coordinator

Ken.okorn@verizon.net

Carla Burkett, Development Coordinator

cburkett@centralpaconservancy.org