Brian Hotz, Vice President for Land Conservation- Brian oversees the Land Protection and Easement Stewardship departments. He joined the Forest Society in 1998 as a Land Protection Specialist and has completed over 275 projects conserving over 60,000 acres.  He has a master's degree in Science from the University of Wisconsin's Land Resources Program and completed a master's thesis on implementing conservation easement programs.  Brian previously worked for the Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and was the Executive Director of Gathering Waters, Inc., Wisconsin's education and technical assistance center for land trusts.

Brian and his wife, Jennifer, live in Warner, N.H., with their three children. He is an avid fly fisherman.

You can reach Brian at bhotz@forestsociety.org or (603) 224-9945 ext. 316.

 

Tom Howe, Senior Director of Land Conservation- Tom joined the Forest Society staff in 1996.  He sets up conservation arrangements directly with landowners principally in the Lakes and Ossipee regions, mostly involving the acquisition of land and conservation easements, by gift and by purchase.  Previously, Tom served as Executive Director of the Lakes Region Conservation Trust for eight years, and prior to that, held short-term, project-oriented positions with the Vermont Land Trust and the Land Trust Alliance.  In his hometown of Gilmanton, he’s a founding director of the all-volunteer Gilmanton Land Trust, which recently completed a major project conserving some of the community’s most well-known and scenic properties. 

Tom and his wife, Sarah Thorne (a former Society staff member), live in a 200-year old farmhouse on 26 acres of fields and forest conserved by a conservation easement they donated to the Five Rivers Conservation Trust.  Tom holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s degree in Geography from Middlebury College.

You can reach Tom at thowe@forestsociety.org or (603) 224-9945 ext.  341.