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
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

Geoff Wisner
New York, NY
First-Term Clerk 2023-2025
First-Term Director 2020–2023

Board of Directors

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

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

KC Dolan, PhD
Rolla, MO
Board Appointment 2024-2025

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

David Gordon, PhD
Baltimore, MD
First-Term Director 2024-2027

Richard Higgins
Concord, MA
Second-Term Director 2022-2025
First-Term Director 2019–2022

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

Rochelle Johnson, PhD
Boise, ID
Immediate Past President 2024-2025
Second-Term President 2022-2024
First-Term President 2020-2022
Second-Term Director 2019-2020
Board Appointment 2018-2019
First-Term Director 2015-2018

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

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

Read about our past presidents