The Board of Directors of the Pines and Prairies Land Trust
Carrie F. Knox, President - Real Estate Investment, Riding Instructor. Founding member Red Rock Wildlife Management Coop and Sand Hills Civic Club. Certified Texas Master Naturalist. BS University of Texas - Advertising Management.
Dr. Jeremiah Jarvis, Vice President - Psychologist. Chairman, Bastrop County Volunteer Board; Volunteer-advocacy columnist for Bastrop Advertiser. Ph.D. University of Texas - Psychology.
EvaJean Kestner, Secretary - Retired church secretary. Assisted husband Dennis in real estate business. Rancher in Southern Caldwell County. Donor of first conservation easement in Caldwell County to PPLT, Jan. 2005. University of Oklahoma.
Dennis Kestner, Treasurer - Retired accountant and real estate investor. Rancher in southern Caldwell County. Active in Masons and Ben Hur Shrine. Donor of first conservation easement in Caldwell County to PPLT, Jan. 2005. BS University of Minnesota; MBA St. Edwards University.
Lee Fritsch - Natural Resources Conservation Coordinator for the Lower Colorado River Authority. Chairman-Fayette County Beef Cattle Committee. Member of the North Central Fayette County Wildlife Management Association, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. BS Texas A&M University - Agricultural Economics.
Alan Jaeger - Project Manager, IBM Corporation (retired). Treasurer, Bastrop County Audubon Society. Inveterate traveler.
Priscilla Jarvis, Membership Chair - Information Technology Strategic Planner, State of Texas (retired). Board Member, Bastrop County Audubon Society. BBA Texas Tech University - General Business; MBA Southern Methodist University - Management.
Kay Rogers - B.A. English cum laude UT Austin; J.D. UT Austin; practiced law in Bastrop County the past 30 years.
Joan Russell - Horticultural Consultant. Past President Bastrop County Audubon Society. Bastrop Advertiser garden columnist. Fire-wise Forest designer. BA Southern Methodist University - English; BS Texas A&M University - Horticulture.
L. David Vogel - Vogel Wildlife Farm. Active in civic, historical and charitable organizations in Fayette County. Certified Texas Master Naturalist. Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker. BBA University of Texas - Marketing.
Staff
Tom Dureka, Executive Director - Archeological Consultant, Geographic Information System Manager. Past President, Bastrop County Environmental Network, Environmental Representative, Lost Pines Community Habitat Conservation Plan Workgroup. BA University of Kansas - Anthropology.