Jennifer has worked with Somerset Woods since 2020, first through her conservation planning business and, since September 2022, as full-time executive director.

Before joining Somerset Woods full time, Jennifer had the opportunity to work with Somerset County landowners as outreach coordinator for the Soil & Water Conservation District. Previously, she worked as executive director at Sebasticook Regional Land Trust in Unity, Maine, for more than 12 years after starting her land conservation career with Pemaquid Watershed Association in Midcoast Maine. She is a past member of the Maine Land Trust Network Steering Committee and a Better Selves Fellow at Knoll Farm in Vermont.

Outside of Maine, Jennifer worked three years with Battelle, an environmental consulting group, where her primary clients were the US EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers. She also worked on matters related to the Farm Bill and Clean Air Act with the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C.

A native of Central Maine, Jennifer spent her youth canoeing and exploring the Maine outdoors before leaving for Duke University in North Carolina. She completed her undergraduate studies in Environmental Science & Policy, graduating with honors in 1995, with time spent at the Duke Marine Lab, American University, and field studies in Kenya. Additional studies include graduate coursework in Ecology & Environmental Science at University of Maine and a writing intensive at Salt Institute for Documentary Field Studies in Portland, Maine.

Outside of Somerset Woods, Jennifer is Central Maine Program Manager for Ag Allies, a statewide grassland bird conservation program. She lives in Waldo County with her husband and two children. Email Jennifer.

Select publications

Brockway, J. January 2023. Seeds on Snow. Maine Woodlands, published by Maine Woodland Owners, Augusta, Maine.

Brockway, J. January 2022. Be Grateful for the Dead. Maine Woodlands, published by Maine Woodland Owners, Augusta, Maine.

DeSorbo, C.R. and J. Brockway. 2018. The Lower Sebasticook River: A landowner’s guide for supporting one of Maine’s most unique and important ecosystems. Produced by Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, Maine. Reviewed by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Bangor, Maine, and the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources, Augusta, Maine. BRI Science Communication Series No. 2018-15. 8 pp.