Our People

Thoreau Society

Honorary Advisors

Terry Tempest Williams
Nature Writer and
Conservationist

James E. Francis, Sr.
Penobscot Nation
Tribal Historian

Interim Executive Director

Rebecca Migdal
Waltham, MA

Officers

John J. Kucich, PhD
Maynard, MA
First-Term President 2024–2026
Vice President 2023-2024
First-Term Director 2021-2023

Michael Schleifer, CPA
Brooklyn, New York
Fourth-Term Treasurer 2025-2027
Third-Term Treasurer 2023-2025
Second-Term Treasurer 2021–2023
First-Term Treasurer 2019–2021
Past President 2018–2019
Third-Term President 2016–2018
Second-Term President 2014–2016
First-Term President 2012–2014
Second-Term Treasurer 2010–2012
First-Term Treasurer 2008–2010
First-Term Director 2005–2008

David Gordon, PhD
Baltimore, MD
Clerk Board Appointment 2025-2027
First-Term Director 2024-2027

Board of Directors

Austin Bailey, PhD
New York, NY
First-Term Director 2024-2027

Lois Brown, PhD
First-Term Director 2025-2028

Kristen Case, PhD
Farmington, ME
First-Term Director 2024-2026
Board Appointment 2023-2024

Alice De Galzain, PhD
First-Term Director 2025-2028

Cristin Ellis, PhD
Oxford, MS
First-Term Director 2024-2027

Donald Jewler
McLean, VA
First-Term Director 2024-2027

Marc Jolley, PhD
First-Term Director 2025-2028

Dennis Noson, PhD
Seattle, WA
Second-Term Director 2022-2025
First-Term Director 2019-2022

Beverly Pittman, PhD
Philadelphia, PA
First-Term Director 2024-2026
Board Appointment 2023-2024

Catherine Staples, MA
Devon, PA
First-Term Director 2024-2026
Board Appointment 2023-2024

Mark Sturges, PhD
First-Term Director 2025-2028

Robert M. Thorson, PhD
Storrs, CT
First-Term Director 2022-2025

Lydia Willsky-Ciollo, PhD
First-Term Director 2025-2028

Read about our past presidents