The OLCT Board

The Board of Trustees consists of the four serving officers listed above and not less than three, nor more than eleven other members. In 2007 the Board of Trustees includes:

Michael J. Kiernan	President	Board member since 2001. Mike Kiernan is a fourth-generation, summer resident of Old Lyme, with a cottage at Point O’Woods Beach. He has worked professionally in the conservation field for the last fifteen years, first for World Wildlife Fund, and then later for the World Bank and Rainforest Alliance. In 2002 and 2003, he worked with the Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy to compile data on the land trust community in the state and develop a set of activities and materials to help strengthen the organizational practices of land trusts.
Anna Silberberg	Vice President	Board member since 2004. IT industry professional with a great interest in nature and nature conservancy.
Sabine O'Donnell	Treasurer	Board member since 2005, Sabine was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany where she completed her legal studies, specializing in International Economic and European Law. After living in New York and Boston, the Connecticut River Valley and Shoreline have been home since 1995. Sabine served a 5-year term as a board member and president of the District and Association of Otter Cove in Old Saybrook where she gained valuable experience. Sabine has been living in the Rose Lane neighborhood which borders the “ Galaxy property” preserve since 2004.
Susanne Colten-Carey	Secretary	Board member since 2003. A retired special education teacher and local wildlife rehabilitator.
Peter Babin	Member	Peter Babin has been an Old Lyme resident since 2000. He grew up on a small farm in Hebron, Connecticut where he developed a great respect for wildlife and the environment. Peter’s education focused on environmental studies, he earned a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science and a Masters degree in Environmental Health and Management. He is an environmental health and safety professional with work experience in both academic and private pharmaceutical research facilities.
Charles Beal	Member	Charles Beal is a life long resident of CT including 37 years in Simsbury where he enjoyed and supported the McLean Game Refuge. He retired from Hamilton Sundstrand where he managed engineering programs for aircraft, spacecraft and submarines. His interests include genealogy and history, and he does artist research for the Florence Griswold Museum as a volunteer. He also enjoys tennis and handyman projects.
Christina Clayton	Member	Joined the Board in 2006. She was raised in New Canaan and worked for many years in Stamford as a lawyer for Xerox Corporation, ultimately becoming Vice President and General Counsel. Now retired from Xerox, she has more time to spend watching birds, hiking and doing whatever she can to advance the cause of environmental conservation.
Ted Crosby	Member	Ted Crosby has a long list of involvements in the Town of Old Lyme including "Citizen of the Year" and the following: 2000-2003 Chairman, Old Lyme Conservation Trust 2000-present Connecticut River Gateway Commission 2001-present Old Lyme Open Space Committee 2004-present Ex-oficio member representing Gateway Commission, Old Lyme Conservation Committee 2004-present Old Lyme Information Technologies Committee, GIS 2004-present President, Crosby Fund for Haitian Education, a 501 (c) 3 organization
Claudio Denoya	Member	Claudio Denoya, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at the Microbiology section of the Parenteral Development Center of Emphasis, Pfizer Global R&D, Groton, Connecticut. Claudio has more than 60 patents, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of biochemistry, enzymology, microbiology, cell and molecular biology, genetics, and pharmaceutical sciences. Other interests include chess, kayaking, hiking, soccer, insects, history, and psychology. Claudio is a founding member of Pfizer’s Hispanic Network, and a supporter of a number of environmental initiatives and societies. He is a long time member of the Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club. Claudio has participated in numerous Sierra Clubs kayaking and service trips. He has recently worked on a trail restoration project in El Yunque tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico. Next September he will be working in the Channel Islands off the coast of California in an effort to eradicate invading plants.
Agnes O'Connor	Member	Board member since 2007.
Randy Robinson	Member	Board member since 2007.
Connie Tapper	Member	Board member since 2007. Family has summered at Point O' Woods, owning a cottage, since the mid 1950's. Grew up in Manchester, CT, moved to Massachusetts for 20 years, beginning a career in Commercial Insurance as a licensed agent. Moving to Old Lyme in 1989 satisfied a life long love and appreciation of this very special town. A member of the Florence Griswold Museum and has worked as a volunteer there. Also a member of the Mystic Seaport. Currently work at Grover Insurance, LLC in Mystic, enjoy gardening and has been a student at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art.
Jerry Silberberg	Member	Board member since 2004. Retired special-ed woodworking schoolteacher with many years involvement in the environmental Hudson River Clearwater organization.

Committees

Anyone who is interested in the work we do may serve as a volunteer on our committees, please contact OLCT if you are interested in working with us!

The following committees currently manages the day-to-day work of OLCT:

Acquisition	Investigating properties and working with other agencies to work on local land purchases toward open space.
Stewardship	Work on trails, keep them open and safe. Building new trails and designing trail networks.
Education and Development	Education of the public includes participating in fairs, creating brochures and other educational tools. Arrange for walks and talks in matters that relates to the trust's activities.
Finance	Manage the OLCT assets, keep abreast of the OLCT investments, aid in decisions to purchase property.
Executive	The Executive committee consists of OLCT's four officers, that is, the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.
Nominating	We are always looking for new committee and board members to join OLCT.

Board Meetings

Regular Board meetings are held on the second Thursday of every other month.

Meetings for 2006-07 will be in May, July, September and November, January and March.

Join one of our Committees!

If you are interested in helping out taking care of our properties - maybe you live near one of them -
or you want do something else for OLCT, you can sign up for one of our committees.
More info

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