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Jen Schenk
Executive Director
jenschenk@highcountryconservation.org
Focus Areas: Organizational Leadership, Commuinty Partnerships, and Fundraising and Development
Prior to joining HC3, Jen Schenk was the executive director at the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability in Eagle County. She also worked in the hospitality industry at Copper Mountain for almost 15 years, gaining experience as an environmental manager and in marketing. Schenk has been actively involved in strategic waste reduction within the community for the past 15 years. As a part of HC3's Board of Directors, she facilitated the opening of the commercial compost operations at the Summit County landfill. She also implemented cafeteria composting and substantially increased waste diversion at Copper Mountain, created kids' waste education programs, and developed a 10-year communitywide waste reduction plan. Schenk graduated from Florida State University with a B.S. in Biology and earned a M.A.S. in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver. In her free time, she loves mountain biking, telemark skiing and spending time with her family. 

Jennifer Kirkpatrick Santry
Community Programs Director
jen@highcountryconservation.org
Focus Areas: Waste Reduction and Sustainable Food Programs, The Living Classroom Community Garden, Breckenridge Community Garden, Summit County Food Policy Council, Composting in the Schools, Zero Waste Events, and Master Mountain Composter
When she’s not up to her elbows in worm poop, Jen is happy in her garden or on the trail with her great pyrenees, Otis, and her hubby, Judd. She's been an avid composter for over 10 years and has high hopes of someday starting a backyard homestead with chickens, bees, goats, and of course, worms. Jen graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a BA in Zoology and minor in Anthropology. After chasing monkeys and apes in the jungles of Thailand, Panama, and West Africa, she realized her passions for conservation. She found herself working as an environmental educator in New Mexico and Alabama, finally settling in Summit County in 2004. Shortly after, Jen volunteered with HC3, planting and watering the compost garden at the old Frisco recycling center. She joined the HC3 Board in 2007 and the staff in 2008. Jen completed her Master’s of Nonprofit Management from Regis University in 2007 and feels quite content in the nonprofit world. She loves her garden, photography, Santa Fe, Ansel Adam snapshots, travel, backpacking, green chili, forest hammocks, big dogs, and a good margarita(s).

Matt Wright
Energy Operations Manager
matt@highcountryconservation.org
Focus Areas: Energy Star Programs, Home Energy Ratings, Home Energy Audits, Sustainable Building Initiatives
Matt joined HC3 in February of 2010. After completing his Bachelor degree in Building Construction Management from Purdue University, he packed up his bags and left the cornfields of Indiana for the good life in the mountains of Colorado. Matt has been a Summit County local since 2006 and is ecstatic to have finally landed a job that gives him the opportunity to make a difference in our community. Matt has been certified by the Building Performance Institute as a Building Performance Analyst and Multifamily Building Analyst. He is a RESNet certified Home Energy Rater and is accredited as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Professional. When not digging recyclables out of the trash he enjoys spending time in the great outdoors with his pooches Orville and Wilbur, being a powder snob, rock climbing, coming up with his next homebrew recipe, going to see live music, and eating breakfast at anytime of the day.

Lynne Greene
Energy Programs Manager
lynne@highcountryconservation.org
Focus Areas: Energy and Sustainability Planning, Energy and Sustainable Business Programs, Governor's Energy Office Initiatives in Lake, Park and Summit Counties
Lynne received her Masters degree from the University of Idaho in Conservation Social Sciences and her Bachelor’s degree from Colorado College in Geology. She moved from McCall, Idaho in 2009, where she spent several yearsfundraising and developing programs for the University of Idaho's McCall Outdoor Science School. She is currently trained as a Building Performance Institute Building Analyst and RESNet certified Home Energy Rater. Having grown up in a family of economists, Lynne has always been fascinated with entrepreneurialism. She believes that true entrepreneurs invest in local capacity, maximize efficiency with natural resources, and transform conventional notions of profit. In addition to her dedication to viable energy solutions, people most often comment on her ability to make cowboy toast on campstoves at river put-ins, bake pizza, skate on alpine lakes, boat in any human-powered river craft (including duckies), walk with gaiters on, and perform all the dance moves in Thriller.

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