Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
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John and his wife, Lee, have lived in Lyme since 1979, having built their home in 1980, while still working in New York City. They moved here full time when he retired in 2013. John was a lawyer in corporate litigation with a large international law firm headquartered in New York.
“The greatest contribution the Land Trust has made over its 50 plus year history is to help preserve Lyme as the quiet, rural and natural paradise that it is today. Were the Old Lyme school of impressionist artists to return today, they would recognize the landscape they so lovingly painted a hundred years ago.”
Wendy has lived in Lyme since 1982. Her career has encompassed a combination of art and the natural sciences; as a medical illustrator working at Yale University Medical School for 30 years, and a professor of art at Middlesex Community College for 10 years. She is currently the Open Space Coordinator for the Town of Lyme and co-chair of the Lyme Pollinator Pathway.
“I love the fact that the LLCT seeks to encourage the appreciation of the natural world by exposing people to the wonders of nature through education, guided walks and other opportunities. I believe that preserving the land in its most natural state is very important to the physical and mental health of our planet. I love to learn and there is so much to learn in the woods of Lyme, about the natural world, history and beauty.”
Lynn has been coming to Lyme since 1991 with her husband John, who had been spending summers and weekends here since childhood. Natives of New York City, they have a home in Lyme where they are happily spending more and more of their time. Lynn most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Montefiore Medicine, the umbrella organization for Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has had a career spanning all aspects of health care, health care policy, communications and public and community health.
“Thanks to the leadership of the Trust and the generosity of so many Lyme families, The Lyme Land Trust has preserved rich and varied habitats, created beautiful, accessible walking trails and endless opportunities for education and research. As a health care professional, I am also passionate about the ways access to the natural habitat can improve human health.”
Jon has lived in Lyme since 2015, but spent his summers for fifty years in Old Black Point in East Lyme. Jon is an architect, who worked with his firm Butler, Rogers, Baskett for 25 years in New York City and in recent years has focused exclusively on residential work.
“The most important aspect of LLCT is the land. I love open land in all its variations. I feel more peaceful when I drive up Route 156 past Tiffany Farm and see the hills beyond. I love to walk the Land Trust trails.”
Scott moved to Lyme in 2002 from the heavily developed suburbs of Washington, DC. As the Executive Director of the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District, Scott was able to apply his environmental background to the protection of the region’s water quality. Now retired, his desire is to contribute to the preservation of open space.
“Having moved from an urban area where developers out-compete efforts to preserve open space, it quickly became apparent to me how important the Lyme Land Conservation Trust is in making Lyme such a desirable place to live.”
Dan shares his time between NYC and Lyme since 2014. He is a senior partner and co-chair of the life sciences intellectual property practice group at the law firm of Baker Botts LLP. Before practicing law, he was a land surveyor in Western Massachusetts and a structural engineer for Electric Boat.
“We were drawn to Lyme by its natural beauty and strong sense of community. The Lyme Land Conservation Trust perfectly marries these key attributes for the benefit of all.”
Tony has lived in Lyme since 1986. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Management and co-founder of Ecological and Environmental Consulting Services (EECOS) specializing in forest ecology and land use management.
“The Land Trust is critical for the protection of our ecologically diverse and unique near-coastal and riverine landscape, unmatched in the northeast.”
Mal and his wife have been landowners in Lyme since 2007 and residents since 2017. Based in NYC, Mal established and built the sports sales and marketing division of the fifth largest U.S. media company. After leaving Univision he moved into the nonprofit sector through UCONN’s Encore training program.
The most important aspect of the Land Trust is “that the public benefit remains the focal point of all that we do to conserve land.”
Nancy has lived in Lyme since 1980. She spent her career at Citigroup and had a wide range of management responsibilities, including finance, risk management, and international operations.
“I love land! And all that the Land Trust does in preserving and stewarding this beautiful part of the world.”
