Executive Director

Katherine 'Kate' Hackett

Meet our new Executive Director, Kate Hackett. Kate brings with her nearly twenty years of leadership in land and water conservation and management. Her work in the environmental arena is diverse and includes land acquisition, protection of water resources, public policy, government relations, fundraising and constituency building. She has a demonstrated commitment to protecting the integrity of natural and working landscapes and a successful record of securing private and public investments in environmental programs.

Most recently, Kate worked for The Nature Conservancy in Delaware. She received two bachelors' degrees, one in Political Science and one in Environmental Studies, from Yale University and a Master's of Public Policy from the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy.