Staff & Board

Currently Executive Director of HHLT, Katrina has been with the organization for more than a decade. In her previous role as Director of Conservation, she was responsible for overseeing our acquisition and stewardship program.

Katrina holds a Masters of Science in Environmental Policy from Bard College and a Masters of Science in Environmental Science from Pace University.

Her Environmental Science degree focused on land and natural resource management. Her Environmental Policy degree focused on Hudson Valley land trusts and their adoption and implementation of the Land Trust Alliance’s Standards and Practices for land acquisitions and stewardship.

Katrina used her knowledge of Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices to co-lead HHLT’s original accreditation application in 2008 and renewal application in 2013. In 2016-2017, Katrina served as a member of the Land Trust Alliance Standards Advisory Committee, providing guidance and advice on the 2017 Standards & Practices revision.

Before joining HHLT, she worked in several roles at the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, including implementing environmental recommendations and projects at parks and historic sites across the Taconic region.

As Director of Natural Resources, Nicole develops strategies to build corridors of protected lands for wildlife and people, ensures protection of water supplies and provides key input into our public policy, planning and outreach efforts. She also manages our preserve lands.  Nicole has a BA in Environmental Studies from UNC Chapel Hill and a Masters of Environmental Management (MEM) from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Prior to HHLT, Nicole served as an Environmental Education volunteer in the Peace Corps in El Salvador. Nicole is on the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Stewardship Council, the board of the Society for Wilderness Stewardship, and the Beacon Conservation Advisory Committee. Both her career and volunteer work focus on the intersection of protected areas management, natural resources preservation, and responsible recreation.

Julia joined HHLT in March 2019. As Conservation Manager, Julia works with our conservation easement landowners to help them steward their properties, and she actively participates in expanding our conservation portfolio.

She has conservation experience from her previous involvement with two land trusts—Joshua’s Trust and the Lancaster County Conservancy—as well as her work on the Conservation Commission in the Town of Mansfield, CT. Julia holds an MSc in Natural Resources and the Environment from the University of Connecticut and a BA in Biology from Colby College.

Mona joined HHLT in October 2018 to expand our fundraising efforts with a focus on foundation and government funders. Before joining HHLT, Mona managed her own consulting practice to provide Hudson Valley nonprofits with board and fund development as well as strategic communications services.

She previously worked with HHLT in a consulting capacity, in addition to local organizations like the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Glynwood, The College of Westchester, and ETHEL’s Foundation for the Arts.

Before becoming a consultant, Mona held positions at CUNY/Kingsborough, the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Information & Culture (BRIC), Pearl Theatre Company, and Second Stage Theatre. She is a former newspaper reporter, a published author, a produced playwright and screenwriter, and a member of the national Dramatists Guild.

Jonathan joined the HHLT staff in 2014 as Program and Database Associate and is now our Operations Coordinator, supporting outreach and development efforts, in addition to managing land project data.

Jonathan was originally an HHLT volunteer for over a year, during which he became an integral part of the HHLT team.

Before volunteering with HHLT, Jonathan worked in pre-award research administration at Purchase College. Prior to that, he was Land and Development Assistant at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining. He has an undergraduate degree in rural sociology from Cornell and graduate degrees in sociology from the University of Wisconsin.