PRCWA  -  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS

                                                                   

                                                              Sitting (left to right): David Mountain, Yvonne Buswell, Marlene Schroeder, Rich Lombard, Nick Hurlin

                                                              Standing: Jack Van Loan, Rob Stevenson, Norm Rehn, Jerry Mullins, George Comiskey

Marlene Schroeder - President, Ex-Director  Residence: Newbury, MA

Affiliations:  Retired School Teacher (40 yrs), current member of the Newbury Open Space Committee, Mass Audubon Society, Essex County Greenbelt Association, Common Pasture Stewardship Committee (Newbury/Newburyport), Appalachian Mountain Club.

 

George Comiskey – Vice President, Secretary           Residence: Georgetown, MA

Affiliations: Retired Merchant Marine (28 yrs), Lt-USNR (1978 – 89), current member of the Mass Audubon Society, Essex County Greenbelt Association, MA Rivers Alliance (Board Director).

 

Norm Rehn – Treasurer                                              Residence: Newbury, MA

Affiliations: Software Engineer (37 yrs), current member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Essex County Greenbelt Association, Appalachian Mount Club, Class IV Whitewater Senior Trip Leader.

 

David Mountain – Director,                                       Residence: Newbury, MA

Affiliations:   Former President/Founder  – PRCWA, Chairman of the Newbury Planning Board, Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University (30 years), Consultant for Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment,  Consultant for National Marine Fisheries Service, Past Commissioner/Director for the Merrimack River Watershed Council.

 

Rob Stevenson – Director,                                         Residence: Newburyport, MA

Affiliations: Former VP – PRCWA, Associate Professor of Biology, UMass Boston (20 years), Co-director of the Electronic Field Guide Project, Co-founder of the Center for Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks at UMass Boston, Supervisor of PRCWA Annual River Herring Count (10 years), Volunteer and advisor to the Blandings' Nest Protection Projection in Georgetown, MA (6 years)

Jack Van Loan – Director                                          Residence: Newburyport, MA

Affiliations: Carpentry & Cabinet Maker, US Navy Helicopter Pilot (Vietnam), Board Director of C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Plum Island Marsh clean up, Earth Day and Coast Sweep (1991-2008).

 

Richard Lombard – Director                          Residence: Groveland, MA

Affiliations: Supervisor of Hygiene MBTA, Senior Chemist at Lowell Wastewater Treatment Facility, past member of  the Groveland Board of Health, Groveland Open Space & Trails.

 

Jerry Mullins – Director                                             Residence: Newburyport, MA

Affiliations: Current member of the Citizens for Environmental Balance (Chair), Coastal Trails Coalition, Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, National Trust for Historic Preservation Newburyport, Cable Advisory Committee, Newburyport Maritime Society, Newburyport Preservation Trust

 

Nick Hurlin – Director                                                Residence: Rowley, MA

Affiliations: Real Estate Agent, PRCWA Water Quality Monitor, Newburyport Chamber of Commerce past member, Massachusetts Title 5 Inspector; Massachusetts Boards of Health Certification program 10 years.

PRCWA:        The Board has regular monthly meetings.