Rich Rosamilia,
President & Treasurer:
Rich joined the Conservancy
in 2004. He and his wife have resided in Erwinna for the past 6 years.
Rich is a Civil Engineer who currently presides over the operations of
an ocean sand mining company in the greater NY metropolitan region. His
business dealings over the past two decades have enabled him to
establish strong business relationships with many key federal and state
environmental agencies.
Diane Allison,
Vice President:
Diane is a graduate
of Delaware Valley College with a degree in Animal Husbandry. Diane and
her family have lived in Tinicum since 1978. For the last 17 years
Diane has worked for Johnson and Johnson in Microbiological Quality
Assurance. She is passionate about the environment with birds being her
first love. In the past Diane has served on the Tinicum Environmental
Advisory Council and the Board of Bucks County Audubon. She is the
compiler for the Central Bucks Audubon Christmas Bird Count and the
Bucks County compiler for the Pennsylvania Migration Count, both of
which include Tinicum. Diane and her husband Dave have two grown
children and enjoy traveling, hiking, biking and camping. On the board
Diane will be working with the Conservation Spotlight Programs.
Peggy Enoch, Secretary:
Peggy has given the Conservancy generously of her
volunteer time for three years and in January of 2007 was elected a
board trustee. In her prior life, 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 programs instructor, Language Arts department
chairperson, and Palisades Education Association officer and
representative. She is currently a board member of the Bucks County
Reading Council and also sits on the Pastoral Council and Liturgy
Committee at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Ottsville. To
indulge her love of singing, Peggy has performed with the Palisades
Community Chorus for 12 years. Peggy's other extra-curricula interests
include travel, needlework, bird watching, Sudoku and other puzzles,
skiing and kayaking. She has lived in Tinicum for 28 years with her
husband Tex. They have three children and two grandchildren.
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.
Tom Casola:
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.
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.
