The People Behind the Land Trust

Gillian Carter is a librarian and retired as Manager of Information Systems from New York University. She moved to Maine in September 2003 and lives in an old home by the water in Kittery, which she has remodeled. She joined KLT and Restore: the North Woods years before she moved to Maine. She is thrilled to be in Maine and she hopes she can make a difference. She has served on a number of Boards including the NJACLU, her congregation in NYC, professional, and socially active organizations. She is currently on the board of CWC and serves her church as an Outreach Associate and co-chair of the Peace and Justice Task Force. She is on the Kittery Energy Advisory Committee. She sings in the Funky Divas of Gospel and volunteers for AARP processing tax forms for the elderly and low-income people.

Roger Cole holds a Master's degree in Resource Management and Administration and has served as town planner for numerous southern Maine communities. For almost a decade, Roger has been involved with the land trust community and is currently the communications coordinator of the Mt Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative. He has been a member of the KLT board since 1996, serving as Vice President from 1997 to 1999.

Bill Cutts has been an independent insurance agent in Kittery for 19 years and has been a member of the KLT board since 1993, serving as its president from 1995 to 2000. His family has owned farmland in Kittery for 90 years.

Alex Dearborn joined KLT in 2004, after moving to Kittery Point with his wife, Danna, and hosted KLT's first gala celebration in June 2006. Alex brings years of entrepreneurial and business experience to the board, having run his vintage Mercedes restoration and sales business, as well as other small start-ups, since the 1970s. As a hiker and kayaker, he is passionate about preserving open land and has helped preserve serveral thousand acres of private lands in New York and Massachusetts.

Richard Emery is a lifelong resident of Kittery and worked for 37 years in Portsmouth, NH as a middle school teacher and school administrator. He joined the KLT board since 2000 and currently serves as its treasurer.

Ken Fellows was elected to the board in 2001 and has served as vice president since 2004. He retired three years ago from a distinguished career in academic medicine to live full-time in Kittery. He and his wife have lived for 30 years in a house in Kittery Point on Chauncey Creek (a tidal river). In that period, Ken says, "I have come to love the natural beauty of the surrounding marshes and the diverse ecosystem existing within these tidal waters. I want to do all I can to help preserve some of this, and similar areas in Kittery, for future generations."

Debora Martin joined the KLT board in 2005. She has worked for more than 20 years for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a variety of analytical and management roles, most recently as air/water coordinator. She has published a variety of articles, many dealing with the issue of comparative environmental risk. She and her family live in Kittery Point.

Vance Morgan joined the KLT board in 2003. He is a retired Director of Compensation from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Anne, have been residents of Kittery Point for seven years. He is active in gardening, land conservation, support of the arts and many other interests, both volunteer and personal. He presently serves as secretary of KLT and is president of the board of the Kittery Art Association.

Robert Moyer is a contractor in Kittery who lends his construction skills to the Kittery Land Trust’s Stewardship Committee. His commitment to environmental preservation spans co-founding the Walden Society in 1971, crewing on the Hudson River sloop Clearwater, and serving as founding vice chairman of the Portsmouth-based Gundalow Company. He is an avid skier, biker, and hiker who revels in the unmatched bird-watching opportunity the Seacoast region offers.

Rob Nichols joined the KLT Board in 2001, served as the vice-president from 2003 to 2004, and is currently the chair of the acquisitions committee. Rob is a Certified Financial Planner and has run his own advisory business since 1995. Rob is "delighted to be a part of protecting the forests, wetlands, and coastal areas which make up the southern Maine landscape."

Bill Paarlberg does freelance design and illustration, specializing in architectural rendering and illustration. He lives in Kittery Point and has been a member of the KLT board since 1998, serving as its president from 2000 to 2004. He is currently chair of the stewardship committee.

Melissa Paly is a producer of environmental media, including documentaries for television broadcast and targeted education, outreach and training. She has served as a member of the board of directors of the Kittery Land Trust since 1999 and is currently president of the board and chair of the development committee.

Cameron Wake is a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, and the Department of Earth Science, University of New Hampshire, where his interests center on the recovery and analysis of ice cores. In addition, he is leading an integrated assessment to improve our understanding of the human health effects of air pollution in New England. Over the past decade he has also been president of Seacoast Area Bicycle Routes (SABR), an organization that promotes safe and effective bicycle transportation. He has lived in Kittery for 12 years and joined the KLT board in 2003.

Kelsey Woodward has been the part-time coordinator of the Kittery Land Trust since September 2007. Joining Kittery Land Trust was one of the first things she did after moving to Kittery Point in 2001.