Michele S. Byers, Executive Director

1982. Michele became Executive Director of NJCF in 1999. Prior to becoming Executive Director, she served as Assistant Director and spearheaded NJCF’s work in the Pine Barrens, helping found the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and Whitesbog Preservation Trust. In 1995 Michele was appointed to the State Planning Commission and was named as Vice Chair in 1998. She served as Chair of New Jersey State Committee of the Highlands Coalition, and former Chair of New Jersey’s Freshwater Wetlands Mitigation Council. In 2003, Michele was appointed by Governor McGreevey to serve on the Highlands Task Force, and is a board member of the Center for Non-Profit Corporations. Michele also serves as Advisor to the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance, is a member of the NJ Trails Council, and a member of The Hopewell Township Mercer County Open Space Committee. She was a former President of the Whitesbog Preservation Trust, and served on the Burlington County Agriculture Development Board for over ten years. Michele has a BA in Biology, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. She resides in Hopewell, Mercer County.

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