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The People of Tinicum - Trustees & Staff
Trustees and Officers
 Boyce Budd, President: Boyce has had a long involvement with conservation. Thanks to his wife Karen, he became a stewardship volunteer at the Nature Conservancy Pennsylvania Chapter in the mid- 80's and then became a Chapter Trustee from 1996 to the present, including a six year stint as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Boyce owned and was President of several air and ocean freight logistics companies prior to serving for twelve years as a Tinicum Township Supervisor.
Boyce served in the U.S Marine Corps and was a gold-medalist member of the 1964 Olympic Rowing team. He is a graduate of Yale University, Connecticut and did graduate studies at Cambridge University, England.
Boyce moved to Tinicum in 1976 and lives with his wife Karen, black lab Bridget and other animals on a conserved farm in Erwinna, and, along with his passion for conservation issues, still loves to be on the water sailing, kayaking or bicycling on the canal towpath.
 Tom Casola, Vice President: Tom holds an MBA in Marketing from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He recently retired after almost 25 years at Merck & Co, working in all aspects of pharmaceutical marketing. He has lived in Bucks County since 1982. He and his wife, Sue Smithers, live on a conserved property that previously belonged to James Michener. Tom can frequently be found at the Doylestown Tennis Club or kayaking around Lake Nockamixon.
 Peggy Enoch, Secretary: Peggy has been a trustee since January 2007. Before retirement Peggy spent 30 years in the teaching profession, working with non-profit parent co-operative preschools, the Head Start program, and the Palisades School District. During her tenure with Palisades, Peggy wore many hats - elementary school classroom teacher, special program instructor, Language Arts department chairperson, and Palisades Education Association officer and representative. To indulge her love of singing, Peggy has performed with the Palisades Community Chorus for 15 years. Peggy's other interests include reading, travel, needlework, bird watching, puzzles, skiing and kayaking. She has lived in Tinicum for 32 years with her husband Tex. They have three children and three grandchildren.
Ellen Chapman, Treasurer (no photo available): Ellen and her husband, Michael Moss, are long time friends of the Tinicum Conservancy. In 2005, they donated an easement on 70 acres along the Tinicum/Nockamixon border. Ellen and Michael own Intercontinental Distributing, Inc. For more than twenty years the company has engaged in international trade and management of commercial real estate in the Easton area. Although Ellen's background is in education, her finanacial expertise comes from managing all aspects of the business since its inception. Ellen also co-chairs the Nockamixon Township Open Space Committee. Ellen and Mike, and always a few Bouvier de Flaunders dogs, have lived in Nockamixon Township since 1998.
 Karen Budd: Karen is a graduate of Temple University, with a degree in horticulture and landscaping, Karen’s stint as a volunteer for The Nature Conservancy lead to a 15-year staff position with the Pennsylvania Chapter. Although she managed preserves and coordinated volunteers for The Nature Conservancy, Karen specialized in fire management (as the Fire Manager of Pennsylvania and Maryland and certified burn leader) and invasive plant species. She has served on a number of non-profit boards, including Planned Parenthood, Singing City Choir of Philadelphia and the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center. Karen is the former president of the Tinicum Conservancy and continues to provide occasional consulting services to The Nature Conservancy.
 Betsi Campbell: Betsi has been a member of the Conservancy since “escaping” from New Jersey to Tinicum 6 years ago. She and husband John live in a log house on 10 acres in Erwinna. Betsi retired from 31 years at the Department of Labor in New Jersey where she developed programs for dislocated workers. She recently retired again from 5 years of consulting for the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. The timing was right when she was asked to manage the membership database for the Conservancy and is now the Membership Chair and the newest member of the Board.
 Bill Cahill: Bill retired in early 2009, from the Palisades School District after 34 years of teaching. On that same day he also retired as a Major from the Army Reserve with 21 years of service. Currently he is chairperson and coordinator of the township Emergency Management Response Team and one of the Tinicum Township auditors. Bill enjoys gardening, matching foods and wines, walking the canal, swimming at the Y in Doylestown, photography, traveling and helping with youth athletic programs. He has been married to Ross for 38 years, has two children, and moved to Tinicum 33 years ago.
 Jonathan Reiss: Jonathan is a shareholder in the Perkasie law firm of Grim, Biehn & Thatcher where he practices in the firm’s five attorney municipal law section representing municipalities and municipal authorities in Bucks, Montgomery, Lehigh, Delaware and Monroe Counties.
 Stu Louden: Stu Louden has lived in Tinicum for 50 years. He is a businessman, owning a small manufacturing company in the area. He was a member of the local school board for 10 years.
 Anita Jensen: Anita works as an organizational psychologist responsible for leadership and organizational development for a large non-profit healthcare system after working in a similar capacity on Wall Street for almost a decade. Anita holds a PhD. in human and organizational systems as well as graduate degrees in organizational development and social work and an undergraduate degree in psychology. She has owned a home in Tinicum since 1998 and has lived here full-time since 2006. She has two young daughters who attend Buckingham Friends School. In addition to joining the Board of the Conservancy. Anita also serves on the Vestry of her church, Trinity Buckingham and has many years of non-profit board experience with extensive fundraising experience. Anita loves living in Upper Bucks County and enjoys doing just about anything with her children, entertaining, gardening, traveling and reading.
Jeff Keller: Along with his wife Lorraine, and their two children, they have lived in Tinicum for the past 10 years. Jeff works as a restoration ecologist and also serves as environmental consultant to several New Jersey municipalities. He enjoys teaching and has guest lectured at Penn State, Temple and Philadelphia University, and has co-taught a one-week summer course in field natural history at Cornell for almost 30 years.
Staff
 Jim Engel, Executive Director: Jim brings fourteen years of land conservancy experience and a lifelong passion for the natural environment. His family roots include Pennsylvania and he has a special love for the Delaware River and its tributaries. The Conservancy is benefiting from his knowledge accumulated through seven years as the executive director of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy and fundraising positions with The Nature Conservancy and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. Jim and his wife, Dawn, and daughter, Abbey, live on a forested parcel adjacent to several thousand acres of preserved farmland. Email Jim.
 Kelly Germann, Resource Protection Manager: Kelly is a Quakertown native who now lives in Schwenksville. She joined the TC in October 2009 as a part-time staff member. Germann, who holds a degree in conservation biology and she has a wealth of conservation experience, having worked for the Berks County Conservancy, the Heritage Conservancy, and the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy before coming to Tinicum. Email Kelly.
 Maria Fell, Administrative Assistant: Maria is a gradulate of the Delaware Valley College she graduated with a BSc. degree in business followed by professional training. She worked in the computer industry for over 20 years as a project manager but always wanted to pursue her real passion of outdoor adventure: exploring National Parks, backpacking, hiking and kayaking closer to home. Eventually her love of nature led to a change of career with The Bucks County Audobon Society as their administrative director and teacher naturalist which gave her the background and experience in conservation and non-for-profit world that she brings to her position at the Tinicum Conservancy. Maria is a twelve year resident of Tinicum Township. Her love of nature and open space led her to flee the hustle and bustle of New Hope. Email Maria.
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