📸: Lois and Taylor Cole sharing laughter on Scott Hollow Farm, captured by Kate Simon.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Blue Ridge Life Magazine shares the sweet love story of our very own Taylor Cole, his wife Lois, and the beautiful Scott Hollow Farm nestled in the Shenandoah Valley.
“A Valentine to Love and Land” covers Taylor’s “quixotic journey” of founding Conservation Partners, the […]
Bridget Braunscheidel, Office Manager
Bridget has just come aboard as Conservation Partners’ office manager. She brings years of experience in project and office management and will be assisting all operations of the organization. Bridget brings a positive attitude and motivation to develop Conservation Partners’ outreach and support growth. We are excited to welcome her to the family!
Nan provides landowner communications and public relations support. She coordinates events introducing landowners to the process of a conservation easement donation and she participates in farm and forest land events. Nan enjoys sharing her interpretations of conserved land through her art work by creating landscape paintings in oils. A native Virginian, Nan joined Conservation Partners 2010 after a career in communications and public relations working with public, for-profit, and not-for-profit entities […]
Tori coordinates the work of landowners, their professional advisors, land trusts and state agencies throughout the conservation easement donation process. Tori was raised in the Shenandoah Valley and influenced by her family history of farming, she has a special interest in helping farmers protect their agricultural businesses while conserving the beautiful land and vistas of Virginia. Tori brings years of customer service and program management experience to help facilitate the easement […]
Kelli works with landowners interested in learning more about conservation easements. In addition, she managers Conservation Partners’ overall communications strategy and explores new programs and ideas designed to help the conservation community reach Virginia’s conservation goals. Drawn to the Shenandoah Valley with a dream of building her own farm, Kelli carries a strong background in environmental science and experience working with government agencies and private organizations to address complex environmental […]
Alisande serves as the geographic services coordinator. She directs our growing baseline documentation report service and prepares maps to illustrate property boundaries and conservation features for landowners to use as they develop the terms of their easements. In addition, she is a key member of the donor support system. Working with easement donors’ tax advisors and the Virginia Department of Taxation, Alisande coordinates the preparation of the tax benefit registration […]
Margaret works with conservation easement donors who are ready to sell their Virginia land preservation tax credits and manages the tax credit transfers. She also works with those who wish to help preserve the open land in Virginia by purchasing tax credits. Margaret brings years of experience in office management, finance and customer relations to her work with staff, landowners, and other professionals.
