Meet Phil Cantino, one member of our multi-talented, engaged, experienced, and thoroughly brilliant board of directors! An avid birder, Phil is a founding member of Athens Conservancy, and enjoyed a 30-year career as a professor in the Ohio University Department of Environmental and Plant Biology. Why is spending time outdoors important to you? Being outdoors…

Meet the board member: Greg Kessler
Athens Conservancy’s board of directors is a multi-talented, engaged, experienced, and thoroughly brilliant group! We want you to get to know them, too. Here’s Greg Kessler, who joined the board in 2022. A 25-year resident of Athens County, Greg lives on a forested parcel adjacent to the Ridges. He’s a professor and department chair in…

Meet the board member: Andrea Miller
Athens Conservancy’s board of directors is a multi-talented, engaged, experienced, and thoroughly brilliant group! We want you to get to know them, too. Meet Andrea Miller, who joined the board in 2022. Andrea grew up on her great grandmother’s farm in southeast Ohio, and is the sustainable forestry program manager at Rural Action. Why is…