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2010 was a banner year for leadership at The Nature Conservancy of Texas, as we welcomed seven new staff members, including five new directors:

• Cecilia Alatriz (Houston) |||| Associate Director of Philanthropy
• Jorge Brenner (Corpus Christi) |||| Gulf of Mexico Project Director
• Charles Kirk Feuerbacher (Victoria) |||| Texas Coastal Prairies Project Director
• Adam Hickl (Collegeport) |||| Preserve Technician Mad Island Marsh
• Barbara Laing (Austin) |||| Associate Director, Marketing & Communications
• Justin Pack (San Antonio) |||| TIS Support Technician
• Matt Phillips (Austin) |||| Government Relations Director
• Christopher Pipes (Ft. Davis) |||| Davis Mountains Project Director

There were a few other new faces around the Conservancy this past year—a pair of hook-billed kites nested with their chick this past summer at Chihuahua Woods, the first-ever documented nest on the Rio Grande Valley Preserve. Although the nest was threatened by Hurricane Alex, all three birds survived.