Welcome to NH Audubon’s new Newfound Center naturalist, Jake Morel! Visit him this summer at Paradise Point, starting Saturday July 4. Jake, a Newfound area native, grew up hiking in the White Mountains and paddling in the Lakes
Welcome to NH Audubon’s new Conservation Lands Manager, Ben Toth! Ben grew up hiking trails around New England, roving through the woods and seeking out high places hither, thither, and yon. These formative years in green and wild
Welcome to NH Audubon’s new Director of Philanthropy, Angi Francesco. Angi’s lifelong love of New Hampshire’s lakes, forests, mountains, wildlife, and the magic of the outdoors has led her to NH Audubon. Angi grew up believing that some
Welcome NH Audubon’s new Director of Education, Lauren Betz! Lauren grew up exploring the caves and rolling hills of western Kentucky, though her admiration of great international conservationist educators in her early years inspired a desire to wander.
Welcome to Education Assistant Nicole! Originally from Western New York, Nicole’s family spent most of their summers camping and hiking in the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes and in the Allegany Mountains. This time spent wondering the woods and walking
Welcome back to NH Audubon, Jasmine Hanson! Jasmine is a recent graduate from the University of Rhode Island with a double bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and History. She’s been involved with NH Audubon since being a camper
Welcome to NH Audubon’s new Avian Biologist, Mickayla Johnston! Mickayla has had a love of all things nature since a young age. Growing up in southern New Hampshire, she spent her childhood exploring the forests in her backyard
Welcome to NH Audubon’s Project Biologist Lindsay Herlihy! While this is a new role for Lindsay, she has a deep history with NH Audubon. She began volunteering with us in 2002 – as a middle schooler! More recently,
Welcome to NH Audubon’s new Education Assistant, Emily Peters! Emily originates from South Carolina, but comes to us from Wyoming. In 2020, Emily moved to Kelly, WY where they received a graduate certificate in place-based education from the
Welcome to the Summer 2025 McLane Center Assistant Camp Director, Stephanie Zimmers! Stephanie is a scientist with a passion for life-long learning, science and nature. She studied Molecular Genetics at The Ohio State University and has a Ph.D.
Join us in welcoming Emma Trottier as our new Events Manager! Emma, a New Hampshire Native, is excited to bring her passion for the outdoors into the world of Event Management. Growing up, she was surrounded by her
Carol Foss’s employment with NH Audubon began in the summer of 1973, when she oversaw the collection of paper for recycling at a tractor-trailer in Concord’s South End several days a month, assisted Educator Edwina Czaikowski with exhibits
If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with McLane Center Coordinator Craig Holmes, learn more about him virtually here. Craig has worked for NH Audubon for 12 years. His favorite part of his job is
Join us in welcoming Christine Allen to NH Audubon Staff. Christine will be working as an Administrative Assistant at the McLane Center. Christine grew up in New Hampshire and spent most of her younger years camping with family,
Bex Ducret has been NH Audubon’s wonderful Nature Store Associate at the McLane Center this summer. Bex is a college student studying psychology and sociology at Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. They have loved nature
Lucy’s admiration for nature began when she was just a little girl in Watford, England exploring the English countryside with her father and two dogs. When she emigrated to the US with her family, she found herself in
Join us in welcoming Grace McCulloch to the New Hampshire Audubon Staff as our new Community Science Project Leader. Grace has joined the team at the McLane Center part time, and will shift to full time in June.
Meet Matthew Cathcart, NH Audubon’s Maintenance Coordinator. Matthew’s first experience with New England was on a northbound thru hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2019, an event that was pivotal in their life story. On the journey north,
Diane De Luca, a seasoned member of the Conservation Department, made her way to NH Audubon after working on Seabird Restoration off the coast of Maine and teaching ornithology at the Hog Island Audubon Camp. In many ways
Anita Fernandez recently joined the NH Audubon staff as our full time Community Outreach Coordinator. She hails from Michigan until moving to New Hampshire in 2022. She attended the University of Michigan and worked in Fleet management for
