Tim Abbott, Executive Director, Housatonic Valley Association, has been a conservation leader in our region for over twenty-five years, working with the Massachusetts Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land before joining the Housatonic Valley Association in 2008. He has helped nearly three dozen conservation organizations and agencies secure more than $30,000,000 in public and private funding and protect more than 20,000 acres. Tim serves on numerous boards and steering committees. He holds a B.A. in English from Haverford College, an M.A. in International Development from Clark University, and was the recipient in 1996 of a J. William Fulbright Fellowship. He is currently preparing a Revolutionary War regimental history for publication with an academic press.