Annual Meeting
Two Islands, One Conversation:
How Nantucket & Martha’s Vineyard can collaborate to address the islands’ environmental challenges and protect our waters
The Nantucket Land & Water Council invites you to join us for our
52nd Annual Meeting on
Tuesday,
August 4th
at 5pm at The Nantucket Hotel. The Annual Meeting will begin with a business meeting: opening remarks from the NLWC Board President, Lucy Leske, a treasurer's report by NLWC Board Treasurer, Laurel Langworthy, a vote on this year's governance and nominations, and a reflection of the year led by NLWC Executive Director, Emily Molden.
From there, the evening will turn towards an engaging discussion with
Emily Molden,
Executive Director of the Nantucket Land & Water Council (NLWC), and
Samantha Look,
Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society
(VCS), facilitated by
Scott Horsley,
Principal of Horsley Consulting
and expert in water resources management. An audience Q&A will follow, with a reception to close out the evening.
As both NLWC and VCS advance our advocacy and environmental research work, collaboration across our communities is vital to our work. Engaging with experts like Scott Horsley gives us deeper insight into how to protect the water resources both Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard depend on.
Samantha Look
Samantha Look is the Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS), a local
environmental nonprofit dedicated to the protection of the Vineyard’s land and water. Among
various projects, Samantha helped advance the island's plastic bag ban, as well as the West
Tisbury "Big House" bylaw, and assisted with the development of the Vineyard's Climate Action plan. She has most recently been focused on growth and development issues, and the complex
intersection of housing and protection of open space.
Sam was lucky to grow up on the Vineyard spending much of her time exploring the Island’s
wild spaces. It was these experiences that developed a love of place and passion for nature that drives her work today.
Scott Horsley
Scott Horsley is a consulting hydrologist with over 30 years of professional experience and works for federal, state, and local government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private industry throughout the United States and abroad. Scott has served as an expert witness in the field of hydrology in numerous state and federal court cases. He has served as an instructor for a nationwide series of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workshops on Water Resources Management and has served on numerous advisory boards and committees to the USEPA, MADEP, Charles River Watershed Association and the National Groundwater Association. Scott serves as Adjunct Faculty at Tufts University and at the
Harvard University where he teaches graduate courses on Water Resources Policy.
