Candace Schafer
Executive Director
Candace@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Candace was trained as an architect and real estate developer, and received her LEED, AP certification in 2009. Most recently, she was senior vice president at Marcus Partners in Norwalk, Connecticut, and developed two LEED green building projects. For three years, she served as district chair for the Urban Land Institute’s Westchester/Fairfield District Council, where she successfully initiated several task forces to encourage partnerships with other volunteer organizations interested in furthering best practices in land use. Her experience in the development community gives Candace a unique and valuable perspective on our land preservation work and programs. She intends to fully engage all parties and stakeholders as we continue to support towns and municipalities in their goal of protecting the open space which is most important to the people in those communities.
Candace lives with her husband, Rob Mills, in Norwalk. She has six children and five grandchildren.
Susan E. Carpenter
Land Preservation Director
Susan@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Susan is Westchester Land Trust's legal counsel and director of land preservation. She oversees the Land Trust's conservation easement and land stewardship programs, and under her leadership Westchester Land Trust has completed more than 100 conservation easements.
Susan has a J.D. from SUNY Buffalo Law School, a M.A. in law from Antioch Law School, and a M.E.S. from Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She has taught at Antioch, SUNY Buffalo, Cornell and CUNY Law Schools, and practiced law in Buffalo, New York, Washington D.C. and New York City. She lives in Chappaqua.
Eileen Hochberg
Director of Conservation Outreach
Eileen@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Eileen works in communities throughout Westchester to make contact with potential donors of conservation easements. She does this by working in partnership with Westchester Land Trust's Board of Directors, Advisory Board and chapters.
Eileen also works with other environmental organizations, private landowners and public officials to target areas for preservation and build the awareness and relationships that will result in an increased number of conservation easements.
Before joining the Land Trust in June 2004, Eileen worked at the March of Dimes for 14 years. She was executive director of a chapter serving eight counties north of New York City and subsequently was responsible for national corporate sponsorship relationships at the national office. She lives in Mahopac.
David Emerson
Director of Stewardship
David@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Twitter: @WLT_DaveEmerson
David joins Westchester Land Trust after a long career in Connecticut, most recently working for the City of Stamford as director of its Environmental Protection Board. He has worked in the fields of resource management and land conservation in the public sector at the federal, state, and local levels as well as in the private non-profit sector with the Connecticut Audubon Society and local land trusts.
David’s special interests are vegetation ecology, naturalistic land management, and engagement of the public in conservation initiatives. He will be working with the Land Preservation staff, and with local professionals and volunteers, to assess potential new acquisitions, monitor existing holdings, and complete a variety of projects within our preserves designed to improve habitat value and to promote visitation. David and his wife Jennifer live in Southbury, Connecticut.
Bobbe Stultz
Director of Art & Events
Bobbe@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Bobbe joined Westchester Land Trust in 1996 and serves as its director of art and events. She has organized numerous WLT events, including lectures by Kenneth Jackson on "The Crabgrass Frontier," Tony Hiss on "The Experience of Place," Sara Stein on "Biodiversity in Your Backyard," Joel Russell on "The Strategic Use of Open Space Funds," and Jonathan Rose on "Providing Housing Opportunities While Protecting Open Space."
Director of Art & Events
Bobbe@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Bobbe joined Westchester Land Trust in 1996 and serves as its director of art and events. She has organized numerous WLT events, including lectures by Kenneth Jackson on "The Crabgrass Frontier," Tony Hiss on "The Experience of Place," Sara Stein on "Biodiversity in Your Backyard," Joel Russell on "The Strategic Use of Open Space Funds," and Jonathan Rose on "Providing Housing Opportunities While Protecting Open Space."
Bobbe was a key organizer of Westchester Land Trust's acquisition of the Old Fields Preserve, in Lewisboro; is staff coordinator for WLT's annual spring galas; and helped organize WLT's Growing Smarter conference and Student Environmental Education Program. She also supervises the Land Trust's annual photo show.
Bobbe designs and produces all the Land Trust's publications and graphics. Previously she worked for Hearst Corporation and the New York Times as a design director. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Bobbe also serves on several boards, including the Lewisboro Land Trust and the U.S. Pony Club. She lives in Goldens Bridge.
Grace Buck
Development Associate
Grace@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Grace joined Westchester Land Trust in 2003. As development and outreach associate, Grace is responsible for executing the mailing of our fall and spring fundraising appeals, helping to coordinate easement gatherings and chapter events, working with volunteers, and maintaining WLT's database.
Before joining WLT, Grace worked as the Assistant Director of Donor Relations at New York Medical College, in Valhalla, and as an Educational Assistant in the Office of Institutional Advancement at Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, Connecticut. Grace graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University. She lives in New Fairfield, Connecticut.
Betty Sue Hanson
Office Manager
Bettysue@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Betty Sue joined Westchester Land Trust in 2006. She runs the office on a day-to-day basis and wasresponsible for overseeing the renovations at our new headquarters, Sugar Hill Farm.
A former resident of the Adirondack Mountains, she has an AAS degree from North County Community College, in Saranac Lake, in environmental science, and studied environmental science for an additional year at the state college in Plattsburgh. More recently, Betty Sue spent 13 years in sales and marketing for a pharmaceutical company. She also worked as the office manager for Stonewater Sanctuary Holistic Center and for the Putnam/Northern Westchester Women's resource Center. She is a Reiki Master and an Intergrated Energy Therapist Master Teacher. She lives in Croton-on-Hudson.
Kara Alderisio
GIS Specialist
kara@westchesterlandtrust.org
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Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is an indispensible tool used by Westchester Land Trust in its land preservation planning and outreach work. Kara is responsible for using GIS to create land-analysis maps depicting natural, physical, and cultural resources of land parcels for use in the assessment of their environmental features and conservation values. Kara started with WLT as a volunteer in 2004, and has been a member of the staff since 2008.
Kara is a graduate of Pace University, and has worked in the private sector providing a wide array of graphic services to environmental consulting and engineering firms in the region. Her familiarity with GIS, CAD, Google Earth and Adobe Creative Suite is the foundation of her contribution to WLT’s land-conservation and stewardship efforts.
Kara has been involved with horses as an instructor, rider and caretaker, for 30 years. She works with several local animal rescue groups and is working to become a certified wildlife rehabilitator. She is a resident of Brewster.
William Kuebler
Land Steward
bill@westchesterlandtrust.org
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Bill, who joined the staff in 2007, is primarily responsible for the yearly monitoring of the conservation easements and preserve properties held by Westchester Land Trust. This job currently takes him to more than 200 properties comprising more than 7,200 acres. He brings a unique array of skills and interests to the task. Bill was a photographer and photo editor for Gannett/The Journal News and takes many of the photographs for our publications and this website. He works with the Land Preservation staff, and with other Land Trust staff, on special projects such as helping create the “Quest” trails and coordinating “Helping Hands” corporate work days.
Bill also has an extensive background in land preservation volunteerism. He was one of the original founders of the Community Land Trust of New Castle, he served on the New Castle Conservation Board, and he was an active volunteer at Teatown Lake Reservation assisting in trail and facility maintenance. He currently serves on the board of the New Castle Historical Society and coordinates activities at the Take It or Leave It Shop in New Castle. Bill and his wife Lori live in Katonah, and donated an 18 acre conservation easement on their property to the Land Trust in 2006.