Directors & Members

Environmental educator, board member for Wilderness Kids Alexandria, and  mentor for BIPOC young professionals with Choose Clean Water Coalition; currently managing a project working at the intersection of watershed protection and community health.  Commitment to land stewardship with family roots in Bedford County.  

Director of Community Engagement, Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley

B.A. in Psychology, Salisbury University '16

Board President.  Former outreach coordinator at the Claytor Nature Center, longtime Belk Observatory Docent, facilitator of the ongoing Cloverlea History Project, a Cloverlea bride, and adjunct instructor for chemistry and astronomy at University of Lynchburg.

Rotary 7570 Area 5 Youth Advocate,

Science in Space: Mobile Astro Lab founder

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Mary Washington '08

M.S. in Physical Chemistry, University of Virginia '14

Certificate of Nonprofit Excellence, CVANE '21

Nephew of Boyd Claytor and advocate for the Claytor family legacy, with an interest in sustainable agriculture for a local small-scale farm winery.

Retired Vice President of Fralin & Waldron, Inc.

B.S. from Emory & Henry College '83

Passionate advocate of nature conservation and the outdoors, as a Central Virginia Master Naturalist and Lynchburg Tree Steward.

Executive with family company L.G. Flint Construction, retired 2019

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Virginia Military Institute '69

Advocate and educator for climate justice and sustainable food systems, former interim-director of Claytor Nature Center, and Board member of Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences.

Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability at the University of Lynchburg

B.A. in Biology, St. Mary's College '97

M.A. in Earth Literacy, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College '02

Ph.D. in Sustainability Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks '08

Permaculture Design Certification, Shenandoah Permaculture Institute '18

Friend of Boyd Claytor, major land donor to Claytor Nature Center in 2016, Lynchburg College alumnus, U.S. Air Force veteran, and a fervent land and environmental conservationist.

Retired Chief Information Officer at AREVA (Framatome), '09

B.S. in Business, Lynchburg College '79

M.B.A., Lynchburg College '80

Board Treasurer.  Founding Director of the Belk Astronomical Observatory at Claytor Nature Center and benefactor of the Sumerlin Observatory Fund.

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Lynchburg College, retired '12

B.S. in Professional Chemistry, Ouachita University '72

Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry, University of Arkansas '77

Former camp counselor and volunteer at Claytor Nature Center, environmental educator, advocate and innovator for college campus and community sustainability initiatives.

Sustainability & Campus Projects Coordinator at Randolph College

B.A. in Environmental Studies, University of Lynchburg '17

M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, University of Lynchburg '22

Board Secretary.  Bedford farm neighbor, Rotarian, and previous Sierra Club chapter president, with interest and expertise in regenerative agriculture and innovative water systems.

Environmental Engineer with the U.S. Department of State

B.S and M.S. in Biological Engineering, University of Arkansas '14