Greenwich Land Trust executive director retiring

Greenwich Land Trust (GLT) Executive Director Virginia “Ginny” Gwynn is retiring from that position after nearly nine years.

Gwynn will be replaced on an interim basis by Ann Sawyer, a former executive director and board member of GLT, until a permanent replacement is found.

The GLT board lauded Gwynn for overseeing its acquisition of the Mueller Preserve and its subsequent $1.5 million capital campaign to create the GLT Conservation Center there. She also expanded the GLT”™s staff, led it through the Land Trust Alliance”™s national accreditation process and guided many land acquisitions.

At its July meeting, the GLT board of directors announced that a new educational trail at the GLT Conservation Center will be named the Virginia Gwynn Heritage Preservation Trail.