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A Complete Team Valerie Bader

We are thrilled to welcome Stephanie and Tom to our team! For the first time in NCTA’s history, we now have a Regional Trail Coordinator providing support in every one of our eight states.

The Regional Trail Coordinator (RTC) position is the Swiss army knife of NCTA staff and simply put, the public face and voice who represents the association in a region. There is often no “typical day” for someone in this position, with tasks ranging from advocacy to bridge construction and everything in between. Their work includes coordinating with NCTA Chapters, Affiliates and partners, the National Park Photo: Michael Campbell Stephanie Campbell Regional Trail Coordinator for New York and Vermont Stephanie is responsible for trail management, and Chapter and Affiliate support. She has a B.A. from Purdue University in Communications and a M.S. from the University of Michigan in Environmental Policy and Planning, as well as Conservation Ecology. Pursuing her passion for conservation and stewardship, Stephanie has worked in trails since 2010, beginning with the Great Allegheny Passage in Pennsylvania and continuing with the Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards (SAWS) in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia, and the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail in Montana and Idaho. Stephanie is currently based out of Ithaca, N.Y., where she enjoys hiking, yoga, painting, and gardening. Service and local land managers to facilitate the planning, construction, maintenance, promotion and protection of the NCNST and building the capacity of the organization to meet the NCTA’s mission. (No small task!)

NCTA Chapters and Affiliates can attest to the leadership and support they find from our existing RTCs and we’re certain that we’ll soon hear the same from everyone in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont. Please join me in welcoming these folks to your states and I hope you see them

on the Trail soon.

Photo: Cara Moutsos

Tom Moutsos Regional Trail Coordinator for Ohio and Pennsylvania

Tom is responsible for trail management, and Chapter support and direction in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Tom joined the NCTA in 2020. Tom has spent 20 years in the trail/conservation/volunteer world, including leading and managing trail crews for the National Park Service and the Student Conservation Association. He is also a two-time AmeriCorps volunteer and spent two and a half years in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer. He lives with his wife and three children in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they spend as much time as possible outside.