Lewis Creek Association

Marty Illick, LCA Executive Director

Marty Illick has been working with the Lewis Creek Association since its inception in 1990, and other Vermont environmental initiatives since 1975. She is a research and development consultant in the organic agriculture and food industry, a board member of the Charlotte Land Trust, Addison County RiverWatch Collaborative, LaPlatte Watershed Partnership and a commissioner of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission.

Marty works with manufacturing businesses and nonprofits that promote socially and environmentally sound services and products, and communities to promote ecologically based community planning and citizen activism. Marty’s academic studies include cultural anthropology, sociology, nutrition science, and food product development.

Andrea Morgante - Hinesburg, Board President

Andrea loves working with people, plants, earth and water as an active member of the community serving on the Hinesburg Select Board and HInesburg Land Trust and as a landscape designer and contractor in Chittenden and Addison County. She been recognized for her environmental activities with awards from the Vermont Land Trust, Environmental Protection Agency and the Vermont Association of Professional Horticulturalists.

Chris Slesar - Monkton

Chris Slesar joined the Lewis Creek Association as a way to link his work with the Monkton Conservation Commission to a larger watershed organization. He is the Chair of the Monkton Conservation Commission and an Environmental Specialist at the Vermont Agency of Transportation, and has a special interest in wildlife and transportation issues. Chris also serves as a member of the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Scientific Advisory Group. Chris has a BA from Rutgers University and an MA from Antioch University. He lives in Monkton with his wife and two kids.

Louis duPont - Starksboro

Louis credits a key elementary school teacher and memorable camping and hiking trips as a kid for inspiring his love of the outdoors. Though his work life has focused on building and woodworking, volunteering on behalf of the environment is one way of showing gratitude to this gorgeous planet and getting to work with inspired and inspiring people. Louis lives in Starksboro with his wife Ellen and their two girls.

Chris Runcie - Starksboro

Chris works as a naturalist/educator for Four Winds Nature Institute, teaching, writing, and developing programs about natural science.  She serves on the board of The Watershed Center in Bristol, the Forest & Field Club, and the Starksboro Public Library.  She takes part in Mountain Birdwatch, a citizen science bird monitoring program run by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, and is a member of the Vermont Entomological Society.  Chris is keenly interested in insects, flowers, ferns, frogs, and benthic macroinvertebrates - to name a few.  She love to engage people of all ages in learning about nature and is committed to conserving and protecting our beautiful watershed.

Judy Elson - Ferrisburgh

Judy both lives and works in Ferrisburgh. For the last ten years she has taught 5th and 6th grade at Ferrisburgh Central School. Since high school, Judy has had a passion for the environement. She spent her early career years exposing thousands of kids to outdoor learning experiences throughout the country as an environmetal educator. Before entering public eduction, Judy was the Director of School Programs at Shelburne Farms for 9 years. Althought the four walls of a school can be confining at times, Judy strives to get her kids out and about exploring and learning in their local environement. Through several of her units of study, students find themselves in local forests, along local streams, and on top of local mountains. Judy has been an integral part of the development of a large community garden and on-site composting program at Ferrisburgh Central School. She believes strongly that kids need to understand where their food comes from and what it takes to grow their food. Judy lives with her daughter and husband near enough to Lewis Creek to hear the soothing ramblings of the creek daily!