Rails-to-Trails Conservancy employees at an April 2011 all-staff retreat in Washington, D.C.

People

At the very heart of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy are our core values of leadership, teamwork, service, respect, quality, effectiveness and fun. These values inform how we treat each other, how we relate to external partners and how we go about our daily work.

Learn more about our Board of Directors.

Our Staff

Keith Laughlin
President

Finance and Administration Department

Cindy Dickerson
Chief Operating Officer

Elton Clark
Human Resources Manager

Irma Joseph
Senior Staff Accountant

Roxana Kiely
Controller

Glenda Owens
Customer Service & Office Administrator

TrailLink.com

Frederick Schaedtler
Senior Director of TrailLink.com & Technology Marketing

Timothy Rosner
GIS Specialist

Sarah Snyder
TrailLink.com Audit Coordinator

Laura Stark
TrailLink.com Coordinator and Contributing Writer 

Legal Counsel

Andrea Ferster
General Counsel

Marketing Department

Mary O'Connor
Vice President of Development and Communications

Communications Staff

Barbara Richey
Graphic Designer

Jake Lynch
Marketing and Media Relations Specialist

Development Staff

Ben Carter
Senior Director of Development

Milo Bateman
Membership Operations Manager

Katie McKinney
Major Gifts Officer

Ryan Cree
Online Campaigns Manager

Program Department

Kevin Mills
Vice President of Policy and Trail Development

Policy Staff

Marianne Fowler
Senior Vice President of Federal Relations

Kristina Jones
Healthy Communities Manager

Tracy Hadden Loh
Director of National Transportation Alternatives Clearinghouse (NTAC) and Research Director

Kyle Lukacs
NTAC Program Coordinator

Trail Development Staff

Kelly Pack
Trail Development Director

Eli Griffen
Trail Development and TrailLink Coordinator

Florida Field Office
Ken Bryan
State Director

Midwest Regional Office
Rhonda L. Romano
Regional Director

Eric Oberg
Trail Development Manager

Northeast Regional Office
Tom Sexton
Regional Director

Carl Knoch
Trail Development Manager

Patricia Tomes
Program Manager

Akram Abed
Camden Region Manager

Western Regional Office
Laura Cohen
Regional Director

Barry Bergman
Trail Development Manager

Yee Ting Lee
Program Assistant