Lindsey Ketchel: Executive Director
Sudbury, MA – Land trust leader Lindsey Ketchel has been chosen as Executive Director of Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT), a regional land trust that conserves vital natural areas in the region between Boston and Worcester, MA. For over 25 years, Ketchel has worked in the fields of land conservation, environmental advocacy, sustainable agriculture and climate resiliency, including leading three conservation organizations.
Ketchel comes to SVT from the Landmark Conservancy Land Trust in Northwest Wisconsin, where as Executive Director she focused on aquatic habitat protection in an area that includes the Lake Superior watershed, the St. Croix River, and the Mississippi Bluff & Driftless region. Previously, she served as Executive Director of two other conservation organizations: the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation in Minnesota and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. Earlier in her career, Ketchel focused on sustainable food systems in Vermont and served as Director of Agriculture at the Intervale Center in Burlington.
Sudbury Valley Trustees, Inc. (SVT) is a regional land trust working to protect natural areas and farmland in the 36 communities that lie within the combined Sudbury, Assabet and Concord River watershed, including some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that support wildlife habitat, working farms and recreational trails.
SVT cares for more than 5700 acres on 93 Reservations and 97 Conservation Restrictions and maintains more than 65 miles of trails. Since its inception, SVT has assisted other organizations and governmental agencies in protecting an additional 3000 acres in the region. For more information, visit https://www.svtweb.org/.
