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

Jennifer previously 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.

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.

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

Outside of Somerset Woods, Jennifer is Central Maine Program Manager for Ag Allies, a statewide grassland bird conservation program working in partnership with Cornell Ornithology Lab and the Bobolink Project. She also provides conservation planning assistance for landowners across New England through her private consulting business.

In her off hours, you will find Jennifer with a camera in hand or with her family under the trees, soaking in the healing power of the forest. Email Jennifer.