EXECUTIVE

COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT Glenn Gebhard* is a retired Hornell Intermediate School teacher. He serves on the Swain Ski Patrol and on the Allegany State Park Nordic Ski Patrol. He also serves as an Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor and Senior OEC trainer/examiner, as well as Instructor Development Team member.

VICE PRESIDENT Ed Schultz is a coordinator with People, Inc. in Allegany County.

SECRETARY Pauline Burnes* is a Registered Landscape Architect. She is current President of the New York State Horse Council, Inc. In 2023 she served as the Genesee Valley Trail Town Coordinator, with the Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway, Inc. and ten Genesee Valley Trail Towns.

TREASURER Nicole Munkwitz is an Instructor and Technician, Division of Environmental Studies and Geology at Alfred University.

OTHER DIRECTORS

Ron Abraham* is a retired Forester with the Department of Environmental Conservation. He has vast experience with this region, including the West Almond Trail System.

Nate Forster is the owner of Nathan Forestry, LLC. He has done contract work for more than ten years with the US Forest Service, including forest inventories, tree-stand exams, and stocking surveys, working primarily in the Allegheny National Forest. He has a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He is an avid mountain biker, cross-country skier, and builder of mountain bike trails.

Roy Gay a former tractor-trailer driver, offers Commercial Driver's License (CDL) classes and safety training for the trucking industry through his firm, Royal Enterprises. He formerly taught classes in heavy equipment operations at Alfred State College. He is the Fire Police Captain of Willing, NY, and the Deputy Superintendent of the Willing Town Board.

Isabel Montes is a student at Alfred State College, where she is Treasurer of the Camping and Hiking Club. She has seven years of non-profit volunteering experience with a range of environmental and community groups.

Gail Richardson is retired nonprofit executive with four decades of experience working with teachers on projects to improve early childhood education and elementary mathematics education; with irrigation farmers to preserve soil and water resources; and with waste managers to recycle organic wastes into fuel and fertilizer.

Heather Wakeley is a U.S. Postal Service clerk, currently working in the Scio office. Spending time in the woods has been one of her greatest joys since childhood. Since 2022, she has been a co-farmer with Open Farms of Springville, NY, where she cares for rescued animals, designs and builds structures, works in gardens, and collects donations from the public.