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For general questions about the White Oak Land Conservation Society, land conservation, membership, volunteer work or making a donation, send an email to: __________________________
Colleen Abrams is well known to most of us through her leadership of the Wachusett Greenways and Earth day. She previously worked as an elementary school teacher and as a volunteer for a branch of Vista. She is the current president of Greenways and also devotes time to the Mayo School butterfly garden. She finds great joy in exploring nearby open lands with friends.
Anthony Costello, treasurer, was drawn to conservation work as a result of spending his childhood in the English countryside. An enthusiastic student of natural history since age five, he loves rural places and is working to retain some of them for future generations to enjoy. A retired psychiatrist and university professor, he's also on the board of Friends of the Red Barn, the Holden Conservation Commission and volunteers for Project Reseed and the American Chestnut Foundation. He and his wife live in an 18th century farmhouse in Jefferson.
Joanne Crystoff grew up in Holden, and has been a long time supporter of White Oak, including serving on the board in the past for several years. She serves as representative of our Education sub-committee on the board, and is an enthusiastic proponent of our school program.
George Dresser ,clerk, of Jefferson is one of the founders of White Oak. He grew up in Jefferson and decided to become a lawyer to specifically work on land conservation. He's been donating his services to area land trusts since 1984, and was recently honored with a Land Conservation Leadership Award for this work. He is also on the board of the Greater Worcester Land Trust. In his free time he enjoys hiking, sailing, and cross country skiing with his family.
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Sue Durham has lived in Holden since 1969. A graduate of Vassar and Clark, she's worked as director of the AIDS program at the Worcester Health Department and for the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. She volunteers for the League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood, Friends of the Goddard Library and the Worcester Garden Club. She enjoys skiing, hiking, bicycling, traveling and gardening. She and her husband Chris donated a conservation restriction to White Oak on 97 acres of their property in 2001.
Judy Haran, president of the Board, has worked as a psychiatrist until 2002, and is currently taking time off to work on land conservation. She has always felt a strong connection to the natural world and was drawn to land trust work in particular because of its current urgency in Massachusetts. She is also vice-chair of the MA Land Trust Coalition, a statewide land trust service organization. An avid hiker and cross-country skier, she lives with her husband Anthony Costello in Jefferson. She also is chair of the Gale Free Library Book Sale.
David Sabourin is an
avid amateur naturalist, which gives him relief from his weekday
occupation as a financial analyst. His researches have expanded the
known location of a species on the state list of threatened species
in Holden. On weekends he divides his time between his young family
and coaching baseball.
Virginia Ursin is a
long time resident of Holden, with a keen interest in conservation,
a one time Chair of Holden’s Conservation Commission, and a former
pilot of her own plane. She also finds time for horse riding and
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