Donnan Stoicovy has a long history in education and the environment. During her career as an educator, she supported environmental education, as well as service learning projects, such as recycling, composting, and gardening for her 45 years worth of students. She is actively involved with Millbrook Marsh as our Clearwater representative and chair for the Advisory Committee. She has been actively involved in the Centred Outdoors Planning Committee from its inception and attends as many of their events along with Joy (her golden retriever) as possible. She serves as the chair for the PA Advisory Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) as one of DCNR’s two representative. She is also the chair of the PA Project Learning Tree Steering Committee. She is a PA Master Naturalist, who does a myriad of volunteering for ClearWater Conservancy and for other organizations. She enjoys running, bicycling, canoeing, kayaking, and gardening in her free time. Her dog, Joy, loves ClearWater Conservancy.

Matt is an ecologist and program manager with the National Park Service. He has been with the NPS for over 20 years and leads a group of scientists who help park managers understand and improve forest, stream, and river health in nine Appalachian national parks. Matt is also an adjunct Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation at Penn State University in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management where he teaches a graduate course on how to design field experiments. Matt is a member of the Ornithological Technical Committee of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey. He and his wife Jennifer have two children, Sam and Ellie, live in State College and have been long-time members of ClearWater Conservancy. Matt enjoys birding, hiking, trail running, gardening, and spending time with his family exploring the Centre region and beyond.

As Partner-in-Charge of the State College office of Urish Popeck, Kevin leads the engagements for a multitude of clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, construction, real estate, and professional services industries. He is responsible for all aspects of each accounting and tax engagement from planning through reporting for small businesses and their owners as well as for high-net-worth individual clients.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In the community, Kevin volunteers for Clearwater Conservancy, Mount Nittany Health, College Heights Association, Centre County Industrial Development Authority, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

Mr. Wildy is a co-founder of Investment Research Partners and has over 19 years of direct investment experience. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University and has held the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation since 2003. He is an active volunteer and consultant with the CFA Institute, supporting the CFA examination and grading functions. He has also been an author and contributor to the CFA digest publication. Martin resides in State College, PA with his wife and two children. He sits on the board and investment committee of two preservation focused non-profits and is the head basketball coach for the Special Olympics program in Centre County.

Prior to co-founding Investment Research Partners, Martin oversaw three income- and dividend-focused portfolios for Eventide Asset Management, a mutual fund manager in Boston, MA. While with Eventide, he was also involved in building and managing an equity income model portfolio and a multi-asset class strategy for a large foundation. In addition to portfolio management responsibilities, he worked directly on researching companies and presenting investment ideas to the broader Eventide team. Martin has spoken before numerous conferences on sustainable investing and on investment opportunities within the renewable energy industry.

Prior to joining Eventide, Martin was a Senior Portfolio Manager with Aris Wealth Services, which is currently a division of AssetMark, Inc., where he worked from 2006 to 2014. At Aris, he was involved in the design, launch, and management of several investment strategies including those in the sustainable investing and multi-asset income categories. He also performed macro research that helped to inform the overall portfolio allocations for the firm. Prior to Aris, he was an equity analyst at 1620 Investment Advisors, Inc. where he was responsible for equity research and recommendations, primarily within the telecommunications, technology, and regional banking sectors.

Ms. Fralick grew up in Emporium, Pennsylvania where she spent a lot of time outdoors hunting, fishing, canoeing, hiking and camping. She graduated from Cameron County High School in 1988. She then attended The Pennsylvania State University and graduated in May 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. After working in that field for a few years she changed paths and attended the Widener University School of Law and graduated with her Juris Doctor in May 1998.

She is currently a shareholder with The Mazza Law Group, PC a law firm located in State College, Pennsylvania. Her areas of practice include estate planning, estate settlement, business and corporate law, and real estate. Ms. Fralick has been an attorney and business consultant since 1998 in the State College area. She has been involved in providing consulting and professional advice to many small to mid-sized companies and to individuals, primarily in the areas of estates, succession planning, business and corporate law and real estate. She is an instructor for the Pennsylvania State University World Campus and teaches a course on Business Law and Ethics.

Ms. Fralick is admitted to the Bar of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of the United States. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and is a past member of the Board of Governors. She is also a member of the Centre County Bar Association of which she was a past president. She was a past president of the State College Young Professionals and sat on the statewide committee for the Pennsylvania Young Professionals. Ms. Fralick is a past president of the Centre Region Estate Planning Counsel, past board member and chair for the Centre Foundation. She is a former advisory board member for Children and Youth Services in Centre County and former advisory board member for Student Legal Services at the Pennsylvania State University.

“The outdoors has always been a place for me to reconnect and center myself. I grew up in a very rural part of Pennsylvania with creeks and the forest as my playground. To this day, being outdoors centers me and allows me to let go of stress, recharge and get well needed exercise through running, walking, hiking and biking. I look forward to serving on the Clearwater Board to help others discover, as I have, the physical and mental benefits of being outdoors.”

As a longtime resident of the Centre Region, Scot Chambers has been a firm supporter and advocate for ClearWater Conservancy from its inception and looks forward to being a part of the Board of Directors and helping the organization move forward.

Scot currently serves on ClearWater’s Land Conservation and Stewardship Committee. He and his wife Charlene, who are both Docents for The Arboretum at Penn State, have been regular members and supporters of ClearWater in a number of capacities for over many years.

After spending decades teaching for the state of Pennsylvania, as well as coaching and refereeing high school soccer, Scot became a Realtor in 2006. Scot and Charlene live in Centre Hall and are currently converting their property to be more pollinator and wildlife friendly.

Jasmine Fields was born in Brookyln, New York and raised in Baltimore, Maryland but have been a State College Borough resident for the past 13 years. She graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Geosciences where she took particular interest in the negative impacts of anthropogenic activity on the natural environment. She is a sustainability professional with 6+ years of experience assisting local governments with developing strategies and implementing programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve community resiliency. She is passionate about environmental conservation, equitable climate action, and sustainability planning, and utilizing bottom-up approaches to develop solutions to solve climate and environmental sustainability issues.

Jasmine has been working for the Borough of State College (the Borough), a small branch of local government in Central Pennsylvania, since graduation. She served as the Borough’s environmental AmeriCorps member from 2018 – 2020 then became the Borough’s Sustainability Program Assistant after my AmeriCorps term ended. After serving in the assistant position for a little under a year, her role in the organization advanced to the Borough’s Sustainability Program Officer. She currently lead the Borough’s sustainability division, Sustainable State College.

She serves on the executive board of the Spring Creek Watershed Commission, Centre Bikke, and the Thompson Woods Preserve Committee. In addition, she completed the Clearwater Conservancy Outdoor Leadership Cohort in 2023. Jasmine fell in love with the outdoors when she moved to Central Pennsylvania. After growing up in big cities, it has been a joy for her to discover the simple pleasures and beauty of the outdoors. When she is not working, Jasmine enjoys going on bike rides, nature journaling, gardening, reading, and trail running.

Erik Foley is currently a senior consultant with Antea Group where he works as a trusted advisor for clients seeking to create a cleaner, safer, more sustainable world. Formally Erik served as the director of the Center for the Business of Sustainability and instructor in management and organization at Penn State's Smeal College of Business. The center's mission is to accelerate the integration of sustainability in business which is done through a community of scholars, educators, students and industry partners.

Erik has also served as faculty director of the Business Sustainability Strategy Graduate Certificate Program (offered through World Campus) and co-director of Executive Programs' Building a Sustainable Supply Chain. He served on Smeal's Diversity Taskforce and Honor & Integrity Steering Committee and the college's Management Committee. Erik currently co-chairs ClearWater Conservancy's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging (DEIJB) Committee.

Erik teaches, consults, speaks, and leads workshops on the role business can play in addressing social injustice and environmental degradation. Specifically, his areas of focus include: social entrepreneurship, sustainability strategy, and change leadership. His focus and passion is on growing organizations with servant leadership, hard-nosed business analysis, and an authentic focus on social justice and environmental conservation. Erik earned his bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies/Sociology from Whitman College and his Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from St. Francis University. He is married and the super proud father of two great children, and lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Matt Hardy, CFRE is the Director of Major Gifts for the Penn State University College of Engineering. A graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, Hardy earned his Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential in June of 2013. He was previously employed by Lock Haven University, serving as director of major gifts and planned giving. During his tenure at the university, more than 100 new named scholarship funds were created. He also worked on fundraising projects for a new $40 million science center and a 688-bed suite style residence hall.

A Centre County native, Hardy grew up in Bellefonte and resides in State College with his wife, Dana. They have two adult two children, Carter and Addy.

"I volunteer for ClearWater because of all of the great work they have done conserving, protecting, and enhancing our community. Having places to get out and enjoy is important to my physical and mental health and so many other people as well. We have an abundance of natural spaces and I have seen over the years that ClearWater is the leader in strategically protecting our land and water resources."

Mark Hartle was raised in Everett, Pennsylvania across the valley from Tussey Mountain. At an early age, he developed a great interest in the natural world which was nurtured throughout adulthood. Mark attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, majoring in Ecology. A master’s degree in Natural Resources from Cornell University followed with a major in Fishery Science and a minor in Resource Policy and Planning.

Mark worked a rewarding 31 years with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, serving the first eight years with the Department of Environmental Resources, and the final 23 years with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. He retired in 2017. Public health functions, including water supply inspection, were the focus of his DER years. The PFBC Division of Environmental Services was his home in the final portion of his career and the tasks he undertook included issuing permits for pond activities, remediation of Superfund sites, hydropower licensing, water withdrawals, natural resources damage recovery following pollution events and working with other agencies and nonprofit organizations in natural resources restoration. Mark managed the Division for two years prior to his retirement.

Mark lives in Stormstown with his wife, Patti, and dog Kora. Patti and Mark raised three children and are now enjoying their grandchildren. He takes Kora on therapy dog visits to a care home monthly, and performs other volunteer work, including ClearWater’s Land Conservation and Stewardship Committee. He appreciates Clearwater’s staff and strong regional conservation presence.

Randy Hudson was born in New York City and raised in State College, PA, where he practices architecture and landscape design. He received a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Penn State. In New York City, Randy designed residences with Baxt Architects. In Pennsylvania, he was Design Partner for architecture and landscape architecture with Hayes Large. Projects over his 40-year career included homes, schools, Penn State’s Eastview Terrace residence halls and Pattee Library, and State College’s Schlow Library. He has taught architecture and landscape architecture at Penn State and received its Arts and Architecture Alumni Award.

Mark lives in Stormstown with his wife, Patti, and dog Kora. Patti and Mark raised three children and are now enjoying their grandchildren. He takes Kora on therapy dog visits to a care home monthly, and performs other volunteer work, including ClearWater’s Land Conservation and Stewardship Committee. He appreciates Clearwater’s staff and strong regional conservation presence.

Sara LaJeunesse is the assistant director of research communications in the Penn State Office of Strategic Communications, where she manages a team that is responsible for promoting Penn State as a top research institution. In particular, her team is tasked with engaging national media to raise awareness of Penn State’s research enterprise. Broadly, her expertise lies in helping to shape public support and appreciation for an organization’s mission and activities. Prior to joining Penn State in 2008, Sara worked in communications at the University of Miami and at Everglades National Park. She received a bachelor’s degree in environmental science at the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in biology at the University of Georgia. In her free time, Sara is a daily runner, often participating in longer local races. She also enjoys hiking and biking in the region’s many natural areas and is passionate about conservation and natural areas protection. Sara lives in the Holmes-Foster neighborhood of the State College Borough. She has two teenaged daughters who attend the State College High School and Delta Program.

Jim Lanning is a lifelong conservationist and a long time volunteer at ClearWater Conservancy. He is the founder and principal of the National Critical Infrastructure Key Resources Group, proprietor of the Spring Creek House at Camp Breac, and is a licensed private investigator in both California and Pennsylvania.

Among other community services, Jim currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Veterans Service Program Chair for the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited. He is also a member of the PA Trout Unlimited Environmental Committee. National Veterans Service Partnership Advisory Board.

​After completing a thirty-two year career in law enforcement, homeland security and emergency management in large California agencies, Jim came to Happy Valley at the request of his wife of 42 years, Denise Lanning.

Jim lives in the Greentree section of State College with Denise. His son, James Joseph, a medically retired Marine, James’ wife Margarita and his two grandsons James and Joseph, live in nearby Park Forest.

Ben Martin is a Vice President of Commercial Lending with First National Bank and sits locally in State College, PA. In this role, Ben is responsible for the growth and credit monitoring of a diverse portfolio of middle market companies throughout Central Pennsylvania. Ben takes a consultative approach for businesses in a variety of industries with specific experience in Healthcare, Not-For-Profit, and general commercial and industrial lending.

A native to State College, Ben is an avid outdoorsman and has been peripherally connected to Clearwater Conservancy throughout his life. Most recently Ben served on the Finance and Centered Outdoors Committees. In his spare time Ben enjoys Mountain Biking, Fly Fishing, Skiing, and Canoeing with his wife Jessie and their dog Riley.

Ben is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University earning a Bachelor of Science from the College of Education and a graduate certificate in Data Analytics. He also holds various professional certifications in Commercial Lending, Ski Instruction, Yoga, and other outdoor pursuits.

Terry Melton has been a volunteer for ClearWater Conservancy since 2009, when she took over care of ClearWater’s native garden, a task she enjoyed for 11 years. Terry retired in 2015 as Founder and Director of Mitotyping Technologies, an internationally recognized and ISO 17025 Accredited forensic DNA testing laboratory. Terry and her husband Bob, PSU Professor of Aerospace Engineering, have lived in Centre County since 1981, raised two children in the area, and now have four grandchildren. In retirement her special interests are gardening, yoga, travel, reading, environmental activism, and serving as a volunteer for AAUW, the The HOME Foundation, and ClearWater Conservancy. She is “re-wilding” a 12-acre property near Colyer Lake, and occasionally writes about native plants and habitats for local organizations.

Neil Sullivan is the University Planner for Penn State University, responsible for leading the development of campus master plans and participating in improvement projects for the University Park campus and Penn State's 24 properties across the commonwealth. Neil also represents the University on the Centre Region Planning Commission and the Transportation and Land Use Committee of Centre Region Council of Governments.

He has more than 25 years of experience in institutional planning, urban design, and landscape architecture. Having worked locally and worldwide, Neil has partnered with municipalities and private clients to revitalize downtowns, commercial corridors, industrial areas, and urban waterfronts. His career focused on striking a balance between the development and ecological systems.

Neil and his wife and four children moved to the area in 2018 from the Washington, DC area and now reside in the Highlands neighborhood in the Borough of State College. Neil received his bachelor's in landscape architecture from SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry and two master’s degrees in landscape architecture and regional planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Andy has a 32-year career in conservation, environmental protection, and restoration, focused on improving the health of rivers, wetlands, and coastal areas. For 16 years, he was part of The Nature Conservancy’s Global Freshwater Program, providing technical support to more than 50 projects across the United States, Asia, Latin America, and Africa, as well as advancing innovative policy solutions at state and national levels. Andy is currently the director of Penn State University’s Water Consortium, a university-wide initiative advancing research, education, and service to catalyze lasting solutions to the world’s most pressing water challenges. He holds a M.S. in watershed science with a concentration in land-use hydrology from Colorado State University, as well as a B.S. in water resources from Ohio University.

He lives in Centre County with his wife and two daughters and enjoys hiking, trail running, and cycling the woods of central Pennsylvania, as well as paddling the region’s many rivers and streams.