We Are

Do-ers & GO-GETTERS

Our Team

The first employees of the Land Trust were driven by an understanding that if we fail to protect our Lowcountry landscape, we will never get it back. Today, this belief remains entrenched and perhaps more relevant than ever.

QUICK LINKS

For easement compliance questions, contact Kathy Kowalchick at kkowalchick@lowcountrylandtrust.org.

For information on gifts of stock, real estate, or legacy giving, contact Catherine McCullough at cmccullough@lowcountrylandtrust.org.

For events and corporate sponsorship, contact Bea Girndt at bgirndt@lowcountrylandtrust.org.

For volunteer opportunities, contact Jennifer Welch at jwelch@lowcountrylandtrust.org.

Staff

Sydney Cook

Interim President & CEO

Hunter allen

Stewardship Associate

Josh B. Bell

Rural Land Protection Director

Ellen Blake

Operations Director

Victoria Bock

Communications Director

HALLIE COLE

Community Engagement Intern

Bea Girndt

Corporate & Major Gifts Director

ALYSSA GODWIN

Communications Coordinator

KATHY KOWALCHICK

Stewardship Program Director

MEghan Lord

Donor Relations Coordinator

CAtherine mccullough

Chief Advancement Officer

Marlo mytty

Conservation Operations Manager

Natalie Olson

Sea Islands Program Director

RADHIKA PANDEY

Community Engagement Intern

David Ray

Chief Conservation Officer

krista schmidt

Stewardship Associate

Sam Seawell

Community Lands Director

SAMANTHA SIEGEL

Angel Oak Preserve Director

CLAIRE VAUGHAN

Land Trust Operations Intern

JENNIFER WELCH

Outreach & Events Manager

anne young

Land Conservation Intern

Winky Zeberlein

Controller

Board of Trustees

Mr. Robert daniel Perry

Senior Mitigation Strategist, Naturion

Chair

Mr. Robert M. Hollings, III

VP, Bank of South Carolina

Vice Chair

Mr. Bobby R. Creech, Jr.

Partner, WebsterRogers, LLP

Treasurer

Ms. Elizabeth w. settle

Retired Attorney

Secretary

Mr. Robert M. Baldwin

CPA/PFS AEP CGMA & Partner, Draffin Tucker

Past Chair

Ms. Mary e. adkins
Retired, State Farm

Mr. J. Travis Benintendo

Principal, Haut Gap Middle School

Mr. Jarrett branham

President & CEO, Branham Group Inc.

Ms. suzette l. bussey

Founder & Lead Designer, Norton + Hodges

Mr. WESley macrae CARTER

President, Atlantic Packaging & Founder, A New Earth Project

Mr. Justin Craig

Environmental Consultant, SCS Engineers

Ms. Amanda davis

Agent, Anderson Insurance Agents

DR. Paula R. Feldman

Scholar, Writer & Retired Professor, University of South Carolina

Dr. TRAVIS HAYES FOLK

Wildlife Biologist & Co-Owner, Folk Land Management

Mr. David hay

Retired President & Co-Owner, Hay Tire

Dr. Susan Lynn Johnson

Founder, Nature at Work

Ms. Sheldon Kramer

Senior Vice President, Bank of America

Mr. Lindsay N. Nevin

President, Flyway

Ms. Marissa Amaka sams

Founder, Marissa Sams Events

Mr. Henry Diedrich Schweers, III

Retired, Santee Cooper and Charleston County Council

MR. travis Douglas spainhour

Senior Vice President, Milliken Advisors

Mr. johnson stevens

President, Stevens Towing Company