Board of Directors
Chair
Wesley Sykes
Vice-Chair
Jay Widman
Secretary
Scott Kiester
Treasurer
Ronda Risley
Lands Committee Chair
Bruce Bodson
Heather Tucker
Sergio Grado
Michael Martin
Teresa Cantu
Richard Copsey (Rice – Jones School of Business Fellow)
Chairman Emeritus
Bill Turner
Staff
Executive Director
Jennifer Lorenz
jlorenz@bayouland.org
Sr. Conservation Lands Biologist
Stephanie Prosser
sprosser@bayouland.org
Conservation Lands Biologist
Matt Buckingham
mbuckingham@bayouland.org
Executive Council
Lynn Ashby
Mary Milby Brown
Felix Fraga
Ann Hamilton
Terry Hershey
Dr. Mavis P. Kelsey, Sr.
Lucie Wray Todd
Advisory Board
Bayou Land Conservancy is able to permanently protect thousands of acres thanks in large part to the thousands of hours provided by expert volunteers. These volunteers are biologists, Master Naturalists, and attorneys. We also are supported in our efforts directly by local, state and federal agency representatives.
Damien Carey – birder, Lake Houston Area Nature Club
Geoffrey Newton – geologist, Texas Certified Master Naturalist
Katy Emde – Native Plant Society
Mickey Merritt – Texas Forest Service
John Warner – Texas Forest Service
Matt Weaver – Texas Forest Service
Moni Belton – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tony Cavender – Environmental Attorney
Jamie Hendrixson – Landscape designer
Neville Mann, ISA-certified Arborist, Rice University
Joe Wong, ExxonMobil