Malinda Clatterbuck
Malinda is a committed member of the Board of Directors for the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, bringing her passion for environmental stewardship to support the protection and preservation of local waterways. With a focus on sustainable practices, she contributes to initiatives that promote the health and resilience of the river ecosystem for future generations.
Allen Hamby
Allen Hamby serves as a Project Manager at Nakupuna Companies, where he enhances operations for the Naval Supply Systems Command through process improvement, policy design, and business process re-engineering. Passionate about environmental stewardship, Allen has a lifelong connection to waterways, influenced by his upbringing in a Navy family and his own service as a Naval officer. He initiated a sustainability program during his tenure at Amazon and actively participates in community service, including initiatives like Wish4Wheels and local park clean-ups.
Allen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Central Florida, a Master of Science in Sustainable Management from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and a Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University. Although not originally from Pennsylvania, Allen and his family have established deep ties to the region. After his naval service, they chose to settle in central Pennsylvania, to be close to where his parents run a sheep farm in Lancaster County.
Allen resides near Harrisburg with his wife Sherri, son Jayden, daughter Eliana, three cats, and their dog. His interests include hiking, sailing, kayaking, gardening, and he also enjoys reading and gaming.
Sarah Jennings
Sarah is Program Manager for Earth Force. She coordinates the Caring for Our Watersheds Chesapeake Bay challenge. She also coaches and trains educators, school districts, and environmental informal educators on Environmental Action Civics, across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed region.
Sarah is passionate about connecting young people to nature in an equitable way and fostering stewardship of the Earth by empowering young people to be environmental advocates.
She loves to trek, trail run, bike, kayak, sail, snowboard, XC ski, experience new cultures and countries, and adventure with her rescue pup, Zazu.
Sarah also coaches soccer at Spring Grove High School and volunteers at the Horn Family Farm, learning and participating in ecological restoration in her free time.
Jon Knorr
Jon was raised in Hellam Township in a house overlooking Kreutz Creek Valley and as a young teen, Jon would often be seen walking in Kreutz Creek between the town of Hallam and the Susquehanna River. Jon has a passion for the outdoors which began with those long hikes by the creek and continued with a degree in Environmental Science focused on herpetology, ornithology, and environmental management.
Jon has over 35 years of non-profit experience including; operations, fiscal management, fundraising, corporate relations, staff, and board recruitment, and program development. Jon currently serves as the Chief Development Officer for Tenfold and as a liaison to the Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County. Previous work roles include work in the higher education sector, at the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences, Temple University College of Engineering, and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Jon also served 26 years with the YMCA in many roles, from Program Director to Vice President of Development.
Jon lives with his wife of over 30 years, Jennifer, and along with their two Bassett hounds, Phoebe and Maddie, enjoy walks in the woods and evening sunsets over Kreutz Creek Valley. They have two sons, Andrew and DJ.
Pat Larish
Pat was born in York and now lives in Lancaster, joining the LSRA Board of Directors to continue her life-long love of the Susquehanna River.
After retiring from her position as a school librarian, Pat was a chaplain at Lancaster General Hospital and now stewards an online spiritual community. From May to November she is in her kayak on the Susquehanna at least once a week.
Being a member of the LSRA Board aligns her passion for the river with the necessary action to keep it clean and available for all of us, for all the years to come.
Justin Mando
Justin Mando, a Pennsylvania native, has been serving on the LSRA Board of Directors since late 2019. He has been an Assistant Professor of Science and Technical Writing at Millersville University since 2016. Prior to that, he lived in Pittsburgh where he earned his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University. Through his academic career, Justin has studied how people argue on behalf of the natural world. He has published articles in the journal Environmental Communication among others and has a forthcoming book on the rhetoric of the fracking debate in Pennsylvania.
Justin Mando was born and raised on Lake Erie, spent summers at Chautauqua Lake in western New York where his father worked, he attended college in Vermont along Lake Champlain, and he taught English as a Second Language along the Vltava River in Prague and the Danube in Bratislava. Standing on Charles Bridge astride the Vltava, he met his wife, Marika, and they started a family together at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. They have two children, Nella and Sonia. Despite being close to water his whole life, coming to know the Susquehanna River and this watershed has been a revelation. Standing waist deep in the mighty Susquehanna fishing for smallmouth bass for the first time, he found a new sense of purpose. This has led him to focus his academic work on connecting students to the Susquehanna and on raising awareness of issues facing this enduring place.
John Naylor
John Naylor is a lifelong York County resident with a passion for history and all things environmental. As a self-taught learner, he is ever concerned with the ongoing challenges of our Susquehanna River.
John spends much of his free time promoting the virtues of LSRA and our Riverkeeper, Ted Evgeniadis, with a “hands-on” approach and community involvement.
John is committed to making our shared goals a reality for future generations.
Sally Reynolds
Sally is originally from Erie but has lived around the country and in Canada, landing in Lancaster about 25 years ago. She has a BA in History from Temple University and an MPS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University. Sally has spent the past thirty years working in digital marketing, database marketing, marketing analytics, operations management, and project management, currently serving as the Director of Digital Marketing Operations at LNP Media Group.
Sally is a bird watcher, hiker, and runner and loves reading fantasy and sci-fi. She has a strong interest in preserving our natural world and hopes to spend her retirement volunteering with organizations that contribute to environmental preservation in Lancaster County.
Sally lives with her husband of 33 years, Dan, and they love to spend time with their three daughters and two dogs.
Scott Tryon
Scott was born and raised in the Finger Lakes region of western New York, as well as years spent in Susquehanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania, and was introduced early to the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers.
Scott is a proud veteran of the United States Navy and a grateful father of three terrific children (two daughters and a son).
Scott has resided in Lancaster County since 2006 and enjoys time spent on and around the river (and its tributaries) kayaking, hiking and appreciating the beauty that is all around us.
Scott is naturally drawn to the water and as his grandfather would say: “we are all stewards of the land” – and so he is committed to being an active and supportive part of LSRA.
Pam Lazos
Pam’s deep connection with the natural world, particularly water, began in the swamps of Jersey and has continued throughout her life. In 1990, she started working at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia, where she handled complex civil and administrative litigation matters, mainly under the Clean Water Act and Superfund. She stayed for 33 years. In 1994, she moved to Central PA and began writing a novel, Oil and Water, putting her long commute on the train to good use. It was her first real foray into using fiction as a teaching tool.
Pam believes that if we start with two essential premises: 1) we are all drinking dinosaur pee, and 2) everything we do ends up in the water, we might stand a chance of turning the tide on our current State of the Planet, but we need to start with the end goal in mind, and that means accountability at all levels (think globally, act locally).
Plastics, PFAS, pharmaceuticals, arsenic, lead, nitrates, and nitrites (fertilizer), organic chemicals like glyphosate (roundup), and trichloroethylene (used to make refrigerants and degreasing solvents) are just a few examples on an agonizingly long list of harmful contaminants, all of which ultimately end up in our rivers and streams, all of which are cruel to our aquatic systems and crueler our bodies. According to the UN, over 85,000 children worldwide die from diarrhea each year due to a lack of access to WASH — water, sanitation, and hygiene. According to USGS, microplastics have reached the world’s most remote places, from the deepest parts of the ocean to the highest mountains on Earth.
Pam believes we do this work because our children and their progeny deserve to inherit a planet free of environmental contaminants where they can drink the water, breathe the air, and eat the food without worry. It’s possibly the most critical work of our time. What do you say we create a space where we and the planet can flourish together?
Our Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association is comprised of dedicated environmental advocates and professionals focused on protecting our local waterways. Their leadership drives sustainable initiatives that safeguard the health and beauty of our rivers for future generations.
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