Karen Budd, President:
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 Conservancy, Karen specialized in
fire management (as the Fire Manager of Pennsylvania and Maryland and
certified burn leader) and invasive plant species. In addition to her
mostly full time volunteer responsibilities as president of the Tinicum
Conservancy, Karen continues to occasionally provide consulting services
to TNC.
Rich Rosamilia,
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.
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.
Diane Allison:
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.
Nancy Bousum:
Nancy has lived
in Tinicum Township since 1975. A graduate of Green Mountain College in
Vermont with a degree in elementary education, she began her current
career as a Real Estate Broker in 1977. A conservationist at heart,
Nancy lends her talents to managing the Conservancy’s easement
monitoring program and coordinates all of the paperwork and volunteers
involved with the process.
Jeff Keller:
Jeff
and his family have lived in Tinicum since 2001. Jeff has his own business,
Habitat by Design, and works as a restoration ecologist. His work includes
a wide range of activities such as stream restoration and wetland mitigation
design, design of low-maintenance landscapes for corporations, and
naturalization of out-of-play areas on golf courses. His educational
background includes an undergraduate degree in biology from Penn State, and
two graduate degrees in wildlife ecology from Cornell. As a professional
ecologist, Jeff often assists the Board with issues related to habitat
management for biodiversity or species of interest, as well as control of
invasive species. He also helps conduct ecological baselines for conserved
properties.
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.
Jim Vaseleck:
Jim
joined the Conservancy’s Board of Trustees in 2004. A current resident
of Uhlerstown, Jim has lived in Bucks County for 18 years, the last nine
of those in Tinicum Township. Jim earned his undergraduate and law
degrees from the College of William and Mary and is now in-house counsel
for the Law School Admission Council, a nonprofit association of law
schools based in Newtown. Despite his busy schedule, Jim lends his
legal talents and writing abilities to the Conservancy whenever needed.
Jack Halstead.
Jack is a Pennsylvania native, who has lived in Tinicum for the past 30
years. He is an avid fisherman, gardener, and enjoys time with wife,
Marlene, three daughters and two grandchildren.
