Rosalie is retired from the Ohio Department of Agriculture, and lives on her family farm in Spring Valley Township.

Secretary David Neuhardt

Treasurer Jim Timmons

Once the view from the windows of his house at the Masonic Home in Springfield, included hundreds of acres of farmland. Just before he moved, the views included acres of condos and apartments developed by the Home, as well as the continuing sprawl near Springfield.

His close-up views of how development on and near the Masonic Home erodes the quality of life persuaded Timmons that he could be useful on the Tecumseh Land Trust Board. Timmons strongly believes in the mission of the land trust, but understands, more than most, the practical problems facing farmers today. He speaks with a voice that’s always welcome on the board.

Jim is a full-time farmer and is active on the Clark County Farmland Preservation Workgroup and the Clark County Fair Board.

Trustee Gordon Cowperthwaite

Gordon is a retired professor of management from Sinclair Community College. An accomplished musician, Gordon played drums for seventeen years with the popular local band, The Rambler Classics. He also serves on the board of Yellow Springs Home Inc.  Now serving his second term, on the TLT board Gordon is active on the education committee, and finds time to donate several hours a week to volunteering in the office.

Trustee Ron Lewis

Ron is a member of the education committee. He has recently preserved his own farm through the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund. Ron, a Greene county native, and he owns and operates an excavation business.

Trustee Branson Pyles
 

Branson lives and works on his family's farm, which has been preserved with an easement through the Tecumseh Land Trust. He is active on the land preservation committee.

Trustee Anne Randolph

Randolph, co-chair of the development committee, is that rare gift to a nonprofit board - a member who enjoys raising money. "I love fund-raising," she says. "I like setting goals and working to meet them. And I have no problem asking people to help support causes I really believe in." The Tecumseh Land Trust is one of those causes. She believes firmly that open spaces are important to people's well-being. "Connections with nature are restorative and make people civilized," she maintains. She is co-chair of the Development Committee and is an Auction co-chair as well.

Barb Rion is a co-owner of a 165 acre property in Mad River Township. She is Co-Chair of the Development Committee.

Carolyn retired from Wright State University in 2007, and has joined the TLT Board to assist with our educational and public awareness endeavors.  She is a graduate of Antioch University and is originally from Yellow Springs.  Carolyn believes land preservation and conservation is increasingly important as she has watched the unchecked development in Beavercreek.

Trustee Charles Swaney

Charlie is the co-chair of the land preservation committee, and recently donated an easement on his own farm. He is a practicing attorney in Springfield, where he specializes in estate planning and real estate law.

Ilse is a professional editor and long time resident of Greene County. She has been a trustee for many years, has edited the newsletter, and is on the Easement Sub-Committee, which formulates our easement language, and is also serving on the Development Committee.

Richard Zopf, owner of land with a conservation easement, spends about half his time outdoors, often involved with construction or just soaking up the joys of the land, demonstrated by the many years he was a leader in the expedition and documentation of the world's largest cave. Richard, who is a property manager and zoning inspector, serves on the finance and land preservation committees.

Executive Director Krista Magaw

Krista Magaw, an experienced administrator of nonprofit organizations, became TLT's first executive director in October 2001.

In addition to carrying out day-to-day administrative tasks, Magaw brings  her extensive professional experience in program development, planning, and fund-raising to bear on TLT's increasingly crowded agenda.

Krista earned an undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Cincinnati and a graduate degree in public policy from Duke University.
 

Associate Director Michele Burns                             

Michele joined the TLT staff in August 2008. She manages special fundraising events, educational outreach, the AEPP application process, and general land preservation in her capacity as associate director.   She and her husband, John DeWine, are owners of the Flying Mouse Farms, known for their tasty maple syrup and other produce.

As our Office Manager, she manages a wide variety of our day-to-day tasks, including bookkeeping, database management, general office support and pipe unfreezing. She is a lifelong resident of the Miami Valley and a graduate of the University of Dayton. Cathy currently lives in Springfield, with her husband Jim, their three children, and their various 4-H livestock.

Easement Monitor George Bieri

Doug photographs, researches and drafts the baseline documentation for each of our easements.

Julia Cady is the immediate past-President of the Tecumseh Land Trust. She donated an easement on her family's farm in Clark County, and continues her outstanding educational work on behalf of the land trust with local governments and interested landowners as a volunteer. She also managed the Federal Farm and Ranchland Protection Program application process. She is also a master weaver, and spends her spare time rehabbing old homes to their former glory.