NANCY CLADEL, PRESIDENT, is one of the original incorporators of The Manada Conservancy, and served as Vice-President since its inception through 2007. Nancy is a Research Support Associate in the Jake Gittlen Cancer Institute at the MS Hershey Medical Center. She served on the East Hanover Township Environmental Advisory Council for 11 years as a member and 1 year as chair. She is an enthusiastic bird-watcher and has interests in natural history, biodiversity, native plants and farmland preservation. She lives with her husband, Chuck, in an historic home in East Hanover Township. They have two grown children and are enjoying granddaughter Eloisa. Nancy developed and continues to oversee our annual Native Plant sale, our main fund-raiser now in its eighth year, and serves on the Fund-raising Committee and Preservation Committee. Nancy and Chuck Cladel are Partners in Preservation.
VIC ROHRER, VICE PRESIDENT, is a founding member of the Conservancy and has been a Board member since its inception. He is a physician and was a staff and faculty member at the M. S. Hershey Medical Center for 27 years where he served as Chief of the Medical Staff and Associate Dean for Clinical affairs from 1982 to 1993. He is a past member of the East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Planning Commission, and was the Lebanon County Landowner Conservationist of the Year in 1999. Vic is a member of the PA Forest Stewardship Program and a member of the Dauphin Co. Woodland Owners Association. He and his wife, Jean, live in Conewago Township. They have four grown children. Vic serves on the Administration Committee and the Preservation Committee of the conservancy. Chuck and Jean are Partners in Preservation.
SUZANNE DONOVAN, SECRETARY, is one of the original incorporators of The Manada Conservancy, using her last year's compensation as East Hanover Township Supervisor to provide seed money to start the Conservancy. She served as Treasurer until 2000. In addition to serving as a Township Supervisor, she served on the East Hanover Township Planning Commission. Suzanne graduated from Bucknell University. Her interests include oil painting, historic and farmland preservation, raising chickens, and paying college tuitions. She lives in East Hanover Township with her husband Jeff. They have four children, Luke, Molly, Jean, and Michael. Suzanne is Board Secretary and serves on the Administration Committee and the Fund-raising Committee.
RICHARD WILLIAMS, TREASURER, joined the Board in 2005. He is retired from the Central Dauphin School District where he taught senior high Social Studies for thirty years. During much of that time he also coached Cross Country and Track and Field at C.D. East Senior High and served as advisor/representative to various student and faculty organizations. After retiring in 1998 he soon became involved with Hershey Gardens and held the position of Coordinator of the Butterfly House through the 2003 season. He is a member of numerous conservation oriented organizations including The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, and the PA Audubon Society. He has been the compiler for PA Society for Ornithology's “Pennsylvania Birds” for Dauphin Co. since 1992 and for Snyder Co. since 2003. He and his wife, Patricia, are currently very active in the PA Breeding Bird Atlas Project working blocks in six different counties. Aside from birding other leisure activities include wood carving, gardening, travel, and spending time at his “cabin” in Snyder Co. He and his wife have resided in the Greenbriar Development in South Hanover Twp. since 1976. Dick Chairs Manada’s Finance Committee and serves on the Education Committee.
GREG BURGDORF has been Board Member of TMC since 2003. He is a Committee member and Chaplain of Boy Scout Troop 66. He is a former member of the East Hanover EAC and is active in the Canoe Club of Harrisburg. Greg is a professional geologist, and is a Senior Hydrogeologist / Project Manager with URS Corporation in Harrisburg. He is a graduate of Miami University and received his Masters Degree at Wright State University in Ohio. Greg’s interests include bird-watching, canoeing, hiking, and church activities. He and his wife Paulina have three children and live in Hummelstown. Greg serves on the Preservation Committee.
CHUCK CLADEL is a founding Board member. He is the Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at the Holy Spirit Hospital and maintains a private pediatric psychiatric practice. Chuck is a graduate of the Univ. of Rochester and Upstate Medical Center, and did his specialty training at Indiana Univ. Medical Center and The Univ. of Michigan Medical Center, as well as serving in the USAF in Alaska. He lives with wife, Nancy, in an historic home in East Hanover Township. They have two grown children and are enjoying granddaughter Eloisa. Chuck’s interests include photography, computers, and land preservation. Chuck chairs the Acquisition Sub-committee of the Preservation Committee. He oversees the donation process and is responsible for the study, monitoring and stewardship of all of our preserved properties, as well as providing photographs of many of our events. Chuck and Nancy Cladel are Partners in Preservation.
JOHN CONNER, is one of the original 1996 incorporators of The Manada Conservancy, and served as The Manada Conservancy President since its inception through 2007. John is a former Board Member and former Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association. He is a former member of the East Hanover EAC and was active in efforts to update the Zoning there. He has been employed by the Internal Revenue Service since his graduation from the University of Pittsburgh in 1975. Along with land preservation, John’s interests include organic gardening and his golden retrievers. John lives with his wife, Ruth Ann, in East Hanover Township. John serves on Preservation Committee.
MIKE HOLMES joined the Manada Board in 2008. Mike was employed by the Hershey Chocolate Company from 1971 until his retirement in 2001. He held numerous sales and marketing positions including Vice-President Marketing U.S. As a member of the Hershey Executive Team, he was very involved in strategic and operations planning for the corporation. He has served as Outside Director for Rocco, Inc, a large Virginia based poultry company, a Director of the Association of National Advertisers, New York, Director of the Hershey National Track and Field Program, and Chairman of the M.S. Hershey Medical Center Children's Miracle Network Corporate Committee. His travels and experiences have exposed him to good and bad conservation policies, and increased his awareness of the need to be proactive. Mike serves on the Finance and Administration and Preservation Committees.
PAM HOLMES joined the Manada Board in 2008. Pam has a professional background in nursing and served as research nurse and clinical study coordinator in the Dept of Surgery at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. She is a former Lebanon County Master Gardener with an interest in native plantings for the home garden. She has participated in childhood education organization and programs. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Hershey Museum and as a member of the Hershey Gardens Advisory Board. She co-chaired the Committee which created the Butterfly House, and was President of the Advisory Board which planned and opened the Children's Garden. She was a charter member of the Bowman Trust Board in Hershey. Pam’s interests include local farmland preservation, managing invasive species and restoring habitat. Pam serves on the Preservation Committee.
MARY HOUTS has served on the Manada Conservancy Board since 2000. She is a Board member of The Hershey Gardens, researches and writes about local history, and is a Penn State Master Gardener. She recently retired from her position as Associate Director and Senior Curator of Education for the Hershey Museum. She is a graduate of Harvard University, and holds a Masters Degree in Conservation of Natural Resources from the University of Michigan. Mary’s interests include history, education and gardening. She lives in South Hanover Township with her husband Peter (who gives generously to us of his expertise in graphic work.) Mary chairs the Conservancy Education Committee and is responsible for our programs.
SALLY MCKEEVER has been a member of the Board since its inception. She is a public school art teacher, and continues to teach as an adjunct instructor with the Department of Art and Art History at Lebanon Valley College. Sally was a member of the East Hanover Township Environmental Advisory Council for 10 years. She was responsible for establishing the East Hanover Agricultural Security Area and still serves on the Agricultural Security Board there. She is the Dauphin County director for the Pennsylvania Equine Council, and serves on the Board of the Pennsylvania Equine Foundation. She graduated from Penn State University and received Masters Degrees from Penn State and from the University of Maryland. Sally lives on a horse farm in East Hanover Township with her husband Dave. They have two grown children. Sally serves on the Administration Committee and Fund-raising Committee.
DAVID PARKE has been a Board member since its inception. He retired from his career of managing regional history museums and is past president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations. He has been an instructor at Penn State Harrisburg in Museum Administration. David is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and received his Masters in museum administration from State University of New York. He is now working as a hand tool carpenter for craft shows and teaches the use of hand tools. He lives in South Hanover Township with his wife, Caroline (also a former Board member). They have two grown children. He provides background in the administration of non-profit organizations to our Board. He serves on the Administration Committee and chairs the nominating Committee.
SHARON RANNELS is one of our founding Board members, and served as Treasurer from 2001 through 2006. Sharon is a Research Support Assistant at the MS Hershey Medical Center in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology. She is an accomplished artist, bird-watcher, and has interests in natural history and gardening. She is a native of New Zealand, and graduated from Otago Polytechnic. She and her husband, Steve, live in Hershey. Sharon serves on the Finance Committee, and contributes her artwork to Conservancy projects.
MICHELLE SHUKER joined the Conservancy’s board in December, 2007. An attorney, Michelle is the County Bar Services Director for the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She has been in private law practice, has been Major Gift Officer and Associate Director of Gift Planning at Duquesne University, Major Gift Officer for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and the Director of Business Development, Legal, for the Hudson Highlands Group in Pittsburgh. She brings with her a wealth of experience in fund-raising, and enthusiasm for working with our organization. She is also a Master Gardener, and has managed a nursery. Michelle has provided leadership for Manada’s fund-raising Committee in 2007.
KEN STAVER is a founding Board member of the Conservancy. He taught Vocational Agriculture at Hershey High School and at Kutztown; was a guidance counselor at Lower Dauphin HS and at his retirement was the Dean of Students there. He is also a former Lower Dauphin School Board Director. He attended Shippensburg Univ. and PSU, and received his Masters from Lehigh Univ. Ken is an active shepherd, and lives with his wife Anna (a former TMC Board member) on a farm in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County. They have three grown children. His interests are education and grandfathering, and he is active in the Gravel Hill United Methodist Church. Ken serves on the Education Committee and manages our GardenFest event each year.
RICH ZAINO is one of the original incorporators of the Conservancy and has been a Board member since its inception. He is Professor of Pathology at the MS Hershey Medical Center, is a medical author and editor, and is active in a number of medical societies. He graduated from Holy Cross College in 1971 and Duke Medical School in 1975. He has been active in the Audubon Society, and his interests include bird-watching, natural history, archeology and photography. Rich lives in East Hanover Township with his wife, Sally. They have three grown daughters. Rich serves on the Preservation Committee.
SALLY ZAINO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, is one of the original incorporators and Board members of The Manada Conservancy and served as secretary from its inception until 2004. She chaired the East Hanover Township Environmental Advisory Council for 10 years, is a former East Hanover Township Supervisor and Planning Commission member, and serves on the Board of the Horse-Shoe Trail Club. She works at home as a part-time writer and editor. Sally graduated from Duke University in 1974. Her interests include land use planning, biodiversity, and poetry. She lives in East Hanover Township with her husband, Rich. They have three grown daughters. Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director of The Manada Conservancy, Sally chaired the Preservation Committee and served as the Internal Operations Director for the Conservancy.
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