We are thrilled to announce that Ellen Stuart-Haentjens, Ph.D., a research ecologist (biogeochemist) and natural ecosystems advocate, has succeeded Mark Miller in the Executive Director’s chair. Ellen has come to us from the U.S. Geological Survey and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Her research has involved ecosystem function and carbon cycling resilience following disturbance, which she has translated for me to mean the relative effectiveness of younger and mature forests in capturing and storing carbon to combat climate change, among other topics.
Ellen is comfortable navigating the legislative process having met with Virginia’s U.S. senators and members of Congress on behalf of science-focused legislative priorities and provided research instrumental in drafting the conservation pillar of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. She has presented to regional, national, and international conferences; participated in donor fundraising events for the VCU Rice Rivers Center; taught university courses; and given seminars and talks on forest and wetland ecology at VCU, the Science Museum of Virginia, and to the Virginia Outdoor Writers Association. She has engaged in policy and public engagement workshops and authored articles in science journals and public platforms alike (gaining national and international attention). We are anticipating great things as she guides VWC into this next chapter.
Mark has moved over to become Field Director for VWC so he can spend less time in the office and more time in the forests he knows and loves so well.
Ellen is comfortable navigating the legislative process having met with Virginia’s U.S. senators and members of Congress on behalf of science-focused legislative priorities and provided research instrumental in drafting the conservation pillar of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. She has presented to regional, national, and international conferences; participated in donor fundraising events for the VCU Rice Rivers Center; taught university courses; and given seminars and talks on forest and wetland ecology at VCU, the Science Museum of Virginia, and to the Virginia Outdoor Writers Association. She has engaged in policy and public engagement workshops and authored articles in science journals and public platforms alike (gaining national and international attention). We are anticipating great things as she guides VWC into this next chapter.
Mark has moved over to become Field Director for VWC so he can spend less time in the office and more time in the forests he knows and loves so well.
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