Rhode Island Land Trust Council Governance
The R.I. Land Trust Council is governed by a board with members elected to represent the geographic and organizational diversity of land trusts around the state.
The RI Land Trust Council is not-incorporated as an independent organization and operates as a project of Third Sector New England (TSNE) a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. TSNE’s is the Council’s fiscal sponsor.
The Board of the Rhode Island Land Trust Council
Name |
Organization Affiliation* |
Term ends |
Chuck Allott |
Aquidneck Land Trust (former Board Member) |
2015 |
Jane Baumann |
South Kingstown Land Trust |
2014 |
John Berg |
The Nature Conservancy |
2013 |
Abby Brooks |
Sakonnet Preservation Association |
2014 |
Jane Buxton |
At Large - (Wakefield – stewardship issues) |
2015 |
George Mason |
Little Compton Agricultural Conservation Trust (Municipal) |
2013 |
Kevin McDonough |
South Kingstown Land Trust |
2014 |
Roy Najecki |
Glocester Land Trust (Municipal) |
2013 |
Paul Roselli |
Burrillville Land Trust |
2013 |
Trish Sylvester |
Tiverton Land Trust |
2014 |
Linda Los Tibbetts |
Foster Land Trust (Municipal) |
2013 |
Carol Lynn Trocki |
Conanicut Land Trust & Aquidneck Land Trust |
2014 |
* Note: Organization affiliation is listed to illustrate the Board Members' connections to land conservation.
Board Members do not represent these organizations on the Council.
Officers
President: Roy Najecki
Vice-President: Jane Baumann
Secretary: Jane Buxton
Treasurer: John Berg
Immediate Past President: Ted Clement
Thank You to our 2011 Board of Directors!
Photographed at Council’s Annual Meeting, March 10, 2012.

Middle & Back Row (from left): Jane Baumann, Ted Clement, Trish Sylvester, John Berg, Helen Tjader, Rupert Friday, Paul Roselli, Kevin McDonough.
Front Row (from left): Carol Lynn Trocki, Abby Brooks, Jane Buxton, Roy Najecki.
Missing from the photograph: George Mason, Pat McNiff, Linda Los Tibbetts .