Many Thanks to all past
KLT Board, Staff, Interns & Volunteers
Former Board Members
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As Laurie Ward wrote in 2000, "the real heroes of KLT are the various individuals who have served voluntarily on the Board of Directors." This board provides expertise in law, accounting, finance, real estate, conservation, biology, insurance, fundraising, communications, education, administration, planning, and much more… KLT founding board members (listed in the Articles of Incorporation, July 1990): Sarah Dean, Ernie Eck, Steve Hamburg, Marsha Marshall, Diane Simpson, John Simpson, Sandra Strand, Bill Ward, and Joyce Wolf. Expanding and succeeding this group have been: Lynn Byczynski, Brian Donahue, Myrl Duncan, Julie Elfving, Sidney Garrett, Mary Louise Gibson, Mark Gonzalez, Burke Griggs, Bill Hambleton, Catherine Hauber, Chelsi Hayden, Kelly Kindscher, Leo Lauber, donna luckey, Sandy McCoy, Tim Metz, James Minnerath, Rick Mitchell, Rich Niebaum, Bruce Plenk, Bob Russell, Sandra Shaw, Cathy Tortorici, Chad Voigt, Bryan Welch, Mike Wildgen, Bev Worster, Don Worster and Valerie Wright. |
Kelly Cook, Summer 2011 |
Volunteers are essential to any
grassroots non-profit organization like the Kansas Land Trust. KLT
volunteers have taken on various tasks that have made a real
difference to the organization such as landscape artist Lisa
Grossman's donation of images for posters and KLT notecards, and
Paul Hotvedt's work organizing the Kansas Conference on Imagination
and Place in 2001 and again in 2003.
Also, many thanks to Elizabeth
Schultz for providing her newsletter feature "Senses of Place" and Bruce Hogle for his wonderful landscape photography, two
favorite features of the KLT newsletter to many readers. Past KLT volunteers include: Andrew Roland, Belinda Hoover, Brad Levy, Carey Maynard-Moody, Carolyn Micek, Deb Milks, Diane Becker, Doug and RuthAnn Guess, Edward C. Robison III, Elizabeth Schultz, Elizabeth Stevens, Evelyn Davis, James Nedresky, Janet Majure, Jesse Nelson, John Bird, Kelly Barth, Kyle Gerstner, Laurie Ward, Linda Lang, Lisa Grossman, Liz Miller, Martha Slater, Melissa Linquist, Nancy Mitchell, Noelle Uhler, Paul Hotvedt, Sarah Carkhuff Fizell, Shane and Kaelyn McCall, Soren Larsen, Steve Roels, Sylvie Rueff, Chijike Dikeogu, Joni Hughes, Katy Wichman, and Wayne Berry. People and venues who have assisted with our special events: |
Special Thanks to...
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Laurie Turrell Ward, former Executive Director (1998-2001) & Special Projects Director (2001-03). KLT thanks Laurie Ward for her years of dedicated service as a member, employee, and volunteer since our inception in 1990. As Elizabeth Schultz wrote, "Her energetic, dedicated, and visionary leadership has provided a sound basis for the ongoing development of the KLT and of our community's education about conservation as we work together to understand and to preserve the wonders of the Kansas lands." |
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RoxAnne (Miller) Smith, former Executive Director, 2001-08. KLT would like to thank RoxAnne for nearly seven years of dedicated service as Executive Director. During her time with KLT, we more than tripled the number of easements we held and total acres protected. RoxAnne’s passion for land conservation will be missed and KLT wishes her the best in North Carolina. |
Other former staff members: Angel Tovar, Jeannie Houts, Karen Johnson, Sarah Cross, and Steve Roels. Thank you for your service to KLT!
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