Jennifer Brockway

Jennifer has worked with Somerset Woods since 2020, first through her conservation planning business and then as executive director, where she has facilitated dramatic growth in conservation and restoration activity at Maine’s oldest land trust. Jennifer has more than 20 years’ experience working in the Maine conservation community. She served as executive director at Sebasticook Regional Land Trust in Unity, Maine, for more than 12 years, where she helped launch the successful initiative to restore aquatic connectivity between the Sebasticook River and China Lake. She is a past member of the Maine Land Trust Network Steering Committee and a Better Selves Fellow at Knoll Farm in Vermont. Jennifer grew up in Old Town on the Penobscot River and spent her youth canoeing and exploring the Maine woods before leaving for Duke University. She completed her undergraduate studies in Environmental Science & Policy, with time spent at the Duke Marine Lab, American University, and field studies in Kenya, and graduating with honors. Before returning to Maine for graduate studies in environmental policy at the University of Maine, Jennifer worked for Battelle, where her primary clients were the US EPA/National Estuary Program and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Jennifer and her family live in Waldo County.

“I joined the Advisory Council to continue our founder, Louise Coburn’s commitment to the Kennebec River and its importance to Skowhegan. I welcome the opportunity to advocate for all that a healthy, resilient river system contributes to the region’s economy and sense of place.”