Dana Wiggins is the Director of Outreach and Financial Advocacy for the Virginia Poverty Law Center, where she is an advocate on low-income financial policy issues.
Dana’s background and degree and early career started working on the environmental issues. She has participated in efforts to protect the environment for over 25 years, because she thinks we need to preserve open space, land, clean water and soil, and animals for us and for the next generation. She cares about conservation so that the quality of life for everyone is enriched and enhanced, not degraded or taken away.
Dana enjoys her work with VALCV-EF because she likes staying engaged in environmental issues, and sometimes having the opportunity to merge her passion for low-income advocacy with her passion for the environment and advocacy on environmental issues. Dana loves being a part of an organization that encourages civic engagement as a means to change policies around the environment, and that pushes decision-makers to be strong leaders in conservation efforts, and thinks the mission and action of the organization is important and gives conservation a political and advocacy voice.
Having retired from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bobby started his environmental consulting business and freelance writing. He is currently under contract with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Bay Journal News Service. He is also an adjunct professor at James Madison University and farms with his wife in Swoope, Virginia. He can be reached through his website at www.gettingmoreontheground.com
For Bobby, natural resource conservation is his life’s work and a passion. Leaving our land and water resources better than we found them for future generations is important work, and Bobby enjoys serving on the board because it allows him to guide decisions that will improve our natural resources.
Regan Pickett is a life-long Virginia resident. She currently lives in Richmond, VA but spent the prior 17 years in Fauquier County, VA where she served as a Board Member of the Goose Creek Association.
Regan works for IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. She received her BA from The College of William and Mary.
Regan also serves as Secretary of the Sherwood Park Civic Association in Richmond, VA. She is glad to be working to help protect Virginia’s environment.
