Our Staff

Jonathan Jarosz
Executive Director
[email protected]

Alyssa Walters
Communications & Outreach Manager
[email protected]

Mailing & Shipping Address:
Heart of the Lakes
PO Box 1128
Bay City, MI  48706

Phone:  
(989) 292-3582

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Our Board

Ginny Leikam, President
Park Superintendent, Washtenaw County Parks

Ryan Postema, Vice President
Executive Director, Chikaming Open Lands

Chris Bunch, Treasurer
Executive Director, Six Rivers Land Conservancy​

​Tom Nelson, Secretary
Executive Director, Leelanau Conservancy

Susan Lackey, At-Large
Executive Director (emeritus), Legacy Land Conservancy

Kathy Bouchard-Wyant, Member
Registered Nurse + Manager of Operations (emeritus), Sparrow Health

​Keith Creagh, Member
Director (emeritus), Michigan Department of Natural Resources

​Pete DeBoer, Member
Director of Donor Relations
Community Foundation at Muskegon County

​Patrick Doran, Member
Divisional Director of Strategy, Measures and Science
The Nature Conservancy - Michigan

Abby Ertel, Member
Community Program Director, Huron Pines

​Ross Hammersley, Member
Attorney, Olson, Bzolok & Howard​​

​Tom Nelson, Member
Executive Director, Leelanau Conservancy

Meghan Prindle, Member
Attorney and Land Protection Specialist (emeritus)