Staff

Tom Andersen
Acting Executive Director
Director of Communications and Special Projects
Tom@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Twitter: @WLTTomAndersen

Tom has been with Westchester Land Trust since October 2000, first as projects director and now as director of communications and special projects.

He coordinates WLT's communications and grants program, which includes the organization's newsletter, website and other publications, and conferences. Under his leadership Westchester Land Trust has professionalized its communications program and secured more than two dozen grants for vital land preservation programs.

Tom is the author of "This Fine Piece of Water: An Environmental History of Long Island Sound" (Yale University Press, 2002), which was recently released in paperback. He continues to write and lecture about Long Island Sound issues.

Before joining the Land Trust, Tom worked as a reporter for 17 years for Gannett Newspapers/The Journal News in Westchester, where he covered the environment and politics. His previous communications experience includes positions with Purchase College, the New York State Assembly, and the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. He lives in Pound Ridge with his wife and two children.

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.

Keeva Young-Wright
Development Director
Keeva@Westchesterlandtrust.org
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Keeva began her tenure as Westchester Land Trust's development director in October 2006. She oversees all of our fundraising operations, including our annual appeal, capital campaign, special events and planned giving.

Before coming to Westchester Land Trust, Keeva spent eight years working at Iona College (her alma mater), in New Rochelle, where she was director of alumni relations and special events. At Iona, she was an instrumental part of the college's advancement team, which raised more than $82 million for the institution's first major comprehensive capital campaign.

She lives in Somers, with her husband and young son.

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
Land Preservation Coordinator
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 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 and Outreach 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 has been responsible 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.