Press launch by Allegheny Land Belief on 3 June 2025
Native land conservation non-profit Allegheny Land Belief (ALT) welcomes Carrie Gilbert as its new President & CEO efficient July 7, 2025. With over twenty years of expertise in public land stewardship and pure useful resource conservation, Gilbert is effectively outfitted to guide ALT within the pursuit of its mission of conserving and caring for native land for the well being and well-being of present residents and future generations.
Gilbert has held quite a lot of more and more accountable positions with the Pennsylvania Division of Conservation and Pure Assets (DCNR) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) over her 20+ yr profession. She is going to come to ALT from the USFS the place she is at the moment the Director of the Japanese Planning Service Group and leads a crew in creating land administration plans for nationwide forests throughout the jap and southern U.S. She additionally beforehand served because the Forest Supervisor on the Wayne Nationwide Forest in southeast Ohio and Deputy Forest Supervisor on the Allegheny Nationwide Forest in northwest Pennsylvania. Gilbert holds B.S. in Forest Conservation and an M.S. in Forest Science levels from Penn State.
“Carrie brings to ALT a wealth of expertise, an inspiring management model and a confirmed dedication to land conservation. All of us on the ALT Board of Administrators are very excited to have her main ALT and its gifted employees into its subsequent chapter of our important conservation work within the Pittsburgh area,” ALT Board Chair Ted Weller stated.
Gilbert’s experience in main complicated organizations, constructing numerous neighborhood coalitions and creating and implementing conservation methods that work for the land and people who rely on it are well-aligned with ALT’s mission, and distinguished her from a powerful discipline of candidates recognized by a nationwide seek for the group’s management place.
“I’m extremely honored to have the chance to serve Allegheny Land Belief as President and CEO. This group has a outstanding legacy of conserving land and connecting individuals with nature within the Pittsburgh area. I’m keen to construct on that basis and collaborate with our devoted employees, board, companions and neighborhood members to additional shield lands that maintain the area’s well being, well-being and future” Gilbert stated. “I can’t wait to get began.”
About Allegheny Land Belief
Since 1993, Allegheny Land Belief has helped native individuals save native land, now conserving greater than 4,000 acres throughout 42 municipalities. ALT’s mission is to preserve and look after native land for the well being and well-being of future generations, and it envisions a resilient area with plentiful inexperienced house that’s simply accessible and acknowledged as important to the standard of life for all.
Media Contact
Lindsay Dill | Senior Director of Advertising & Group Engagement
ldill@alleghenylandtrust.org | 412-838-2838
