Nature Conservancy in New Jersey Welcomes New Members to Board of Trustees

Chester, NJ—February 1, 2005—The Nature Conservancy of New Jersey recently elected nine distinguished members to its board which helps guide the nonprofit conservation organization in its work to save New Jersey’s threatened lands and waters.
“We are delighted these individuals are offering their time, talents, and commitment to conservation to The Nature Conservancy,” said Barbara Brummer, Ph.D., executive director, The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey.

R. Jay Gerken of North Caldwell, N.J. is a managing director at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. He is chairman of most of the mutual funds sponsored by Citigroup Asset Management. Mr. Gerken is a chartered financial analyst and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Association for Investment Management and Research.

Amy Greene of Flemington, N.J. is president and owner of the Flemington-based Amy S. Greene Environmental Consultants, Inc., Associates. She has served as both trustee and president of the South Branch Watershed Association. Ms. Greene has more than 26 years of experience in the performance and management of environmental studies in multiple states and is recognized as an expert in the fields of wetland science and environmental impact assessment.

Dwight Hiscano of Summit, N.J is a professional photographer, specializing in New Jersey’s landscapes for the past 20 years. His work has appeared in the Smithsonian, and he is the author of a coffee table book titled New Jersey: The Natural State. He has also photographed many of the Conservancy’s preserves and projects.

Michael Huber of Locust, N.J. is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of the J.M. Huber Corporation. He serves as a trustee of the American Littoral Society, the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and the Monmouth Conservation Foundation, for which he is also vice president.

Thomas Lambrix of Franklin Lakes, N.J. is adjunct professor of management and communications in the School of Administration and Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is also the managing principal of his communications consulting firm, Strategic Counselors, LLC.

Currently with Caspian Capital Management, Richard Redmond of Essex Fells, N.J. was previously a managing director at Lehman Brothers. He has served on the Boards of Newark Academy and the Essex Fells Conservancy and has been involved with the Essex Fells Board of Education as well as local open space conservation issues.

Judy Shipley of Summit, N.J. is a founding trustee of The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey. She is on the board of Little Hill Foundation and is co-chair of the development committee of the Greater Newark Conservancy.

Christian Zugel of Holmdel, N.J. is president of the Zais Group, an asset management firm and former managing director at J.P. Morgan. He has been active in the Monmouth Conservation Foundation and the Friends of Holmdel Open Space.

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The Nature Conservancy is a leading international, nonprofit organization that preserves plants, animals and natural communities representing the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the Conservancy and its approximately one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 117 million acres in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Active in the Garden State since 1955, the Conservancy established the New Jersey Chapter in 1988. Within the state, the Conservancy has protected over 56,000 acres and has completed almost 400 conservation transactions with the help of more than 26,000 individual members, as well as corporate sponsors and foundations. Visit us on the Web at nature.org/newjersey.