Our Board

Virginia Carter

Virginia Carter served as a trustee on the Eastern New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and as officer on the International Committee. She is currently a trustee for The Peregrine Fund, a conservation organization founded on saving the Peregrine Falcon from the brink of extinction and now dedicated to the protection of birds of prey worldwide. She brings a wealth of experience in education as a co-founder of a twenty-year natural history artist-in-residency program titled ComEnArt and as a teacher in the New York Audubon “For the Birds” program, serving underserved public schools in New York City. She has 10 years experience as field assistant and illustrator for an interdisciplinary zoo-archeological research team working on islands in the South Pacific including the Cook Islands, Tonga, Palau and Easter Island. She is actively engaged in regional land protection efforts where she lives. Virginia lives in both New York City and the Upper Hudson Valley and is an avid birdwatcher, natural history artist, enjoys travel, hiking, art and architecture.