Our Board

George L. Ohrstrom II, Chairman, President, and Founder

• Founder and Owner, Opequon Woodworks, a cabinet-making business, 1983-1988
  
• Became involved in local land use issues in the early 90s, with a focus on natural resources protection
  
• Chair, Clarke County Planning Commission
  
• Member, Clarke County Easement Authority
  
• Member, Board and Executive Committee, The Piedmont Environmental Council and The Virginia League of Conservation Voters
  
• Member, Executive Committee, The Virginia League
  
• Board Member, The Virginia League of Conservation Voters
  
• President, Friends of the Shenandoah River

George F. Patterson, Creative Media Director

• Director of Photography, Barnyard Productions Inc.
  
• Director of Photography, "Great Museums" PBS High Definition Documentary Series, 16 episodes including The Library of Congress, The Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art, The National Zoo, Great Museums of Havana, The D-Day Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  
• News and Documentary Cameraman, WCIV-TV Charleston, S.C. 1976-1979
  
• News and Documentary Cameraman, WJLA-TV Washington, DC, 1979-1982
  
• News Cameraman, ABC News, Washington, D.C., 1983-1988
  
• Freelance News Cameraman, NBC News, 1992-2006
  
• Independent feature documentary credits include "He Who is Blessed" and "Shenandoah: Voices of The River"

William R. Howard, Executive Director

• President, On Site Services, Inc., Business Solutions and Apple™ computer specialists,1987-present
  
• Member, Jefferson County (WV) Planning Commission, 1986-1988
  
• President’s Board of Advisors, Shepherd University, 1992-1996
  
• Presidential Search Committee, Shepherd University, 1996
  
• Past President, Rotary Club of Shepherdstown, 1992
  
• Executive Director, American A Cappella Alliance, 501(c)(3), 1995-2008
  
• Administrator, Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church, 1998-present
  
• Founder and President, William R. Howard, Inc., historic restoration and construction management, Shepherdstown, WV, 1982-1990
  
• Avid fly fisherman

Wingate E. MacKay-Smith, Board Member

• Member, Board and Executive Committee, Piedmont Environmental Council, 1983-2002
  
• Member, Board and Executive Committee, Secretary of Piedmont Environmental Council, 1993-1994
  
• Member, Clarke County Planning Commission, 1987-1990
  
• Chair, Virginia Open Space Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Board, Region 1, 1997-2000
  
• Member, Clarke County Board of Zoning Appeals, 1991-2004
  
• Chair, Clarke County Easement Authority, 2002-present

David Grant, CPCU, CIC, Board Member

• President, Independent Insurance Center, Leesburg and Winchester, Virginia
  
• Risk Management Expert for vineyards and wineries throughout Virginia