Board of Directors
Leslie Barclay, Founder/Director Emeritus
We are grateful for the legacy Leslie left through Earth Works Institute, the many thousands of acres she protected with conservation easements, and the numerous people whom she inspired to follow a career or avocation as stewards of the earth! Leslie continues to serve on the Board of Directors of Earth Works Institute from her home at Round the Bend Farm in South Dartmouth, MA.
Jennifer Wellington, President
Jennifer holds a BS from Northern Arizona University in Botany and Fine Arts with a teaching certification; and, a Masters of Landscape Architecture with an emphasis in Landscape Planning from the University of Arizona. She is a certified Master Gardener in Pennsylvania and New Mexico and has managed a community solar greenhouse, worked in planning the Arboretum at Flagstaff, and in the historic landscape restoration of Grey Towers National Historic Landmark in Milford, Pennsylvania. She has been an active volunteer with Taos Clean & Beautiful, the Santa Fe Alliance, GreenBuild, EcoVersity, the Community Farm of Santa Fe, and Keep Santa Fe Beautiful.
David Henkel, Vice President
David is a Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of New Mexico, where he coordinates the Natural Resources and Environmental Planning emphasis. He earned his PhD in the Sociology of Development (with minors in City and Regional Planning and in International Agriculture) from Cornell University, and his BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania. His research and professional experience include regional master planning and job creation studies, rapid rural appraisal, land suitability analysis, ecotourism, transnational natural resource management, environmental justice, and agro-industrial systems research. Dr. Henkel’s regional emphases include Southeast Asia, Latin America, ethnic minority regions of Europe, and the US Southwest.
Clark de Schweinitz, Director
John Hesse, Director
