Executive Board Members

President: Julie Ann Biedrzycki

Julie is a former teacher, currently raising and homeschooling her 3 young children. As a student of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Maryland College Park, Julie ran educational support programs in local public elementary schools, which inspired her to stay involved with youth and her community ever since. In the education field for 17 years, she has taught ages 3-adult in all variety of programs and venues, from public to private schools, from classrooms to National Parks. Julie specializes in conservation and environmental awareness, and is passionate about gardening, wild foraging, herbalism, and reducing waste through sustainable living. She currently lives in MD, as caretaker to a beautiful historic forest and the century-old homes there, where she enjoys making and selling herbal products and wildcrafts from her home. Julie brings both experience and enthusiasm as a board member for Ancestral Knowledge, focusing on fundraising and community outreach.

Treasurer: Patrick Cornelius

Board Members

 

Heather Cornelius

 

 

 

 

Laural Imlay

Laurel Imlay is the Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Coordinator with a Biochemistry degree from the University of Maryland. She runs the Sierra Club’s internship program, supports the Outdoors program, assists with acquiring resources and manages emails. Raised by an artist mother and an invertebrate biologist father (specializing in freshwater mussels and land snails), and a descendant of a paleontologist grandfather (on the Smithsonian Geological Survey team who discovered oil in Mexico and Alaska), Laurel spent a childhood digging in the mud and appreciating nature. She continues this legacy with her two sons, one who has attended Ancestral Knowledge’s summer camps and enjoyed the freedom and sense of stewardship of the land. Laurel has scaled part of Mt Everest and sailed the Pacific Ocean from California to the Marquesas Islands. She taught English and yoga in Cambodia. She enjoys gardening, swimming, boating, dancing and reading.

Laurel deeply supports Ancestral Knowledge’s mission to get people outdoors to learn skills, build community, and connect with, protect and enjoy nature.

Meredith Massey

Previous Board Members

Dan Devries
Johnathan Murray
David Friedman
Evan Bergwall
Kim Katzenbarger
Kevin Haney
Jamey Hueston
Rick Hueston
N. Roderick McCracken, Jr.
John McLaren
Mark Seaver
Amy Beam
Rebecca Wadler