Who We Are

String of Pearls is run by volunteers.

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Board of Directors

  • Mel Bender – Founder of the Magothy River Land Trust
  • Robert Duckworth – Retired Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
  • Lee Epstein, Esq. – Lands Program Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Dr. Dick Hammerschlagformer NPS and USGS scientist
  • Ellen Moyer former Mayor of Annapolis; Chairman of Arts in Public Places Commission (Annapolis), writer
  • Nancy TankersleyArtist; Studio Owner
  • Dr. Dennis Whigham – Senior Botanist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Secretary of Board
  • Mariel Yarbrough, Esq.- Land Conservation Liaison
  • In Memoriam: Kincey Potter – SoP Board Member, Co-Chair Anne Arundel Chapter of League of Conservation Voters; Officer, Anne Arundel Watershed Stewardship Academy- Deceased in 2018

Executive Committee, Volunteer Staff

  • Kathryn Para – SoP President and Director;  Singer-Songwriter/ Family and Environmental Musician at Togetherly, LLC and “Frolic the Fox”, Retired Soldier,
  • Jim Martin –  SoP Vice President; President of Annapolis Arts District, Retired from Free State Printing, Entrepreneur, Former President, Scenic River Land Trust, Community Organizer
  • Jessica Snyder —SoP Acting Treasurer; Lab Safety Specialist at University of Maryland, College Park
  • Steve Carton – SoP Web Support and Board Member
  • David Lahn – Graphic Design
  • etta cetera – Web Support

Advisory Committee

  • Sen. Edward R. Reilly-  District 33 Maryland  State General Assembly
  • Fred Tutman, Patuxent Riverkeeper, Speaker and Educator
  • Mike Lofton

Former Members of the Board

  • Dick Lahn – Founder and Director– Deceased in 2018
  • Kincey Potter – Founding SoP Board Member, Co-Chair Anne Arundel Chapter of League of Conservation Voters; Officer, Anne Arundel Watershed Stewardship Academy- Deceased in 2018
  • Dr. Mary Cleave – Founding SoP Board Member, former astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator for Science

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