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WHO
WE ARE
Staff
Matt Heim - Executive Director
Matt Heim joined the Lower Shore Land Trust as the Executive Director in January, 2024. His career in the environmental field started in 2006 as a seasonal ranger at Assateague Island National Seashore. During the offseason, Matt earned his Masters degree in History from Salisbury University and his academic research focused on the Environmental History of the Lower Shore region. After graduating, Matt spent several years in Memphis, TN managing a network of community gardens and urban farms. In 2013, Matt and his wife Sara returned home to the Eastern Shore to start a family. He quickly rose to the forefront of environmental issues as the leader of a highly successful local campaign in opposition to offshore drilling for oil and gas in the mid-Atlantic region. He then went on to serve as the first director of the One Water Partnership program at Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake and helped expand the OWP program into multiple regions throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Prior to joining LSLT, Matt served as the Deputy General Manager of Delmarva Public Media where he helped establish partnerships with the Bay Journal and produce several special programs focusing on environmental issues pertinent to the Delmarva region.
mheim@lslt.org I 443-234-5587
mheim@lslt.org I 443-234-5587
Jared Parks - Director of Land Programs
Jared comes to LSLT from the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) located in Easton, MD. He spent nearly 11 years with ESLC where he successfully completed nearly 70 conservation projects preserving over 12,000 acres of land. Prior to working at ESLC, Jared held multiple field-based wildlife research positions largely focusing on avian ecology and habitat management in Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, and Wisconsin. He has a B.A. in Anthropology from Lawrence University in Wisconsin and a Master of Environmental Studies from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Jared serves as a Board member for the Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership and is an avid birder and gardener.
jparks@lslt.org | 443-234-5587
jparks@lslt.org | 443-234-5587
Frank Deuter - Stewardship Coordinator
Frank has been volunteering with LSLT since high school and participated in Chesapeake Bay Trust's Chesapeake Conservation Corp. program with LSLT during the 2020-2021 cohort. Frank earned his Bachelor's of Science in Environmental Science with minors in Forensic Chemistry and Political Science from Eastern University. Frank works with many programs at LST including GIS projects, easement monitoring, volunteer programming and invasive species removal.
fdeuter@lslt.org | 443-234-5587
fdeuter@lslt.org | 443-234-5587
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