An executive with the environmental group Scenic Hudson has been named to the board of a national organization of conservation land trusts.
Steve Rosenberg, Scenic Hudson senior vice president and executive director of the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, has been named to the Land Trust Alliance’s board of directors.
Based in Washington, D.C., the Land Trust Alliance has several regional offices and works to strengthen land conservation across America. Founded in 1982, the alliance is a national land conservation organization that represents 1,200 member land trusts supported by more than 100,000 volunteers and 5 million members nationwide.
“We”™ve been through the intensive audit required to gain the alliance”™s accreditation and our staff regularly participate in professional development programs sponsored by the alliance,” Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan said in a press release announcing the appointment. “Scenic Hudson will further gain by having a top member of our staff serving on the alliance”™s board ”” and they will benefit from Steve Rosenberg”™s experience and innovation.”
Rosenberg has been with Scenic Hudson since 1990. He is responsible for overseeing programs that preserve land and create public parks along the Hudson River, advocate for a healthier environment in the region, help transform neglected urban waterfronts into publicly beneficial uses, conserve farmland and create waterfronts more resilient to sea level rise and flooding.
In 2008, Scenic Hudson was one of the first 39 organizations in the U.S. to meet national accreditation standards awarded by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent commission launched by the alliance.
Prior to his tenure with Scenic Hudson, Rosenberg practiced land use planning and real estate law for eight years.
