Board of Directors

Forest Resources and Ecosystem Science and Management Alumni Group Board of Directors

February 2024

Elected at-large members

Shorna Allred  (’97g FORR) 2024*  1st
(Susan R. Wolf Distinguished Professor, Dept of Geography and Environment, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Chapel Hill, NC

Todd “Teddy” E. Fisher Jr.  (’14 WFS) 2024  1st
(Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation, York County Parks)
Manheim, PA

Charles H. Strauss ('58 FOR) 2024  2nd
(Professor and Director Emeritus, School of Forest Resources, Penn State)
State College, PA

Jason M. Wenrich ('00 FORSC) 2024  2nd
(Director of Business Development/Chief Forester, FORECON, Inc.)
Bellefonte, PA 

Austin Noguera ('17 FOREM)  2025  1st
(Service Forester, PA Dept of Conserv & Nat Resources)
Stroudsburg, PA

Corbin J. Rinehart ('11 WP) 2025  2nd
President
(Regional Sales Manager Eastern US, Windsor Mill)
York, PA 

Howard G. Wurzbacher, Jr. ('79 FORSC) 2025  2nd
Vice President
(Retired Regional Forester, PA Game Commission)
Titusville, PA

Daniel Cardenas (2014 FORSC)  2026  1st
(Local Manager, Bartlett Tree Experts)
Leesburg, VA 20177

Jennifer Stingelin Keefer (1997 WFS, 2002g FORR)  2026  1st
(Undergraduate Program Adviser, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State Eberly College of Science)
University Park, PA 16802

Travis Cunningham (2014 FORSC)   2026  1st
(Chief Silviculturist, Chief Forester, Titusville Office, FORECON Inc.)
Titusville, PA 16354

Steven Narolski (1978 FORSC)   2026  1st
Alternate CAAS Representative
(Retired Forester, U.S. Dept of Energy)
Loon Lake, WA 99148

Immediate Past President, FR&ESM Alumni Group
Stephen C. Grado ('79 FORSC, '84g & '92g FOR R)  
(George L. Switzer Professor of Forestry, Mississippi State Univ.)
Starkville, MS 39762

Interim Head, Ecosystem Science and Management
Margot Kaye
(Professor of Forest Ecology)
University Park, PA 16802

President, College of Ag Sciences Alumni Society (CAAS) ex officio
Matthew Owens (’93 LSCPE)
(Financial Advisor, Edward Jones) 
Frederick, MD

Faculty Member, Ecosystem Science and Management
C. Paola Ferreri
(Associate Professor of Fisheries Management)
University Park, PA

Undergraduate Student, Ecosystem Science and Management
Olivia Case
(B.S. student, Forest Ecosystem Management)
State College, PA

Graduate Student, Ecosystem Science and Management
Joshua Gershey
(M.S. student, Ecology)
University Park, PA 16802

Executive Director, FR&ESM Alumni Group
Ellen A. Rom ('86g FOR R)
(Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs and Alumni Relations)
114 Forest Resources Building University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-0362 office
e-mail: exr2@psu.edu

Informational copy of correspondence also to be sent to Kelly Praskovich, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, College of Agricultural Sciences, 238 Ag Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802.

*year term ends

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University Park, PA 16802
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University Park, PA 16802
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