Common Ground Newsletter - Tinicum Conservancy

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Meet Our New Trustees
Tinicum Conservancy is pleased to introduce
three new trustees. “We are delighted
to add these talented
individuals to our board. Their diverse
backgrounds both complement and
supplement the skills of our current
trustees,” says TC President Boyce
Budd. Each will serve a three-year
term.
vancy supporters for 20 years. Chuck
holds a B.A. in Political Science from
Allegheny College, and an MPA in
Public Management from NYU Wagner.
He began his professional career
as a land use/zoning officer with the
Paterson, NJ Planning Department.
Chuck was President of Bradford
School in Philadelphia, and owner and
President of Braxton School of Virginia.
He founded Performance Training
Institute in New Jersey. Chuck
founded and owns Braxton School of
Puerto Rico, which trains students in
remedial math, English, and Spanish.
He owns First Caribbean Educational
Group, a consulting organization assisting
schools in maintaining satisfactory
progress under No Child Left Behind.
Chuck has been a consultant to
a number of New Jersey non-profit
Work Force Investment Boards, ensuring
they meet performance standards
to continue their funding streams.
Hellyn Sher has had a home in
Tinicum since 2001. Initially a parttime
resident, she moved to Uhlerstown
full time in 2004 after many
Dr. Richard S. Bowles, III, Ph.D.
makes his home in Erwinna. He recently
retired from the position of Executive
Vice President and Chief
Ethics & Compliance Officer at
Merck. Rick holds a B.S. and M.S. in
Chemical Engineering from Columbia
University, as well as a Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering from Princeton University.
He has published and lectured
widely on the topic of Quality Management.
He is a member of The
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
and The Compliance and Ethics
Chuck Scholer
Chuck Scholer and his wife, Sue, have
been Tinicum residents and Conser-
Hellyn Sher
years in New York. Her professional
background is in publishing, having
worked as an editor at magazines and
in books. Switching gears a bit, she has
most recently been a bread baker at a
dairy farm across the river in Hunterdon
County. Locally, she has been an
active volunteer for Tinicum Township,
the Tinicum Civic Association
and the Hunterdon Land Trust. She is
a native of Washington, DC and has
also lived in Ketchum, Idaho and
Chicago, IL where she went to college
at The University of Chicago.
Rick Bowles
Leadership Council. Rick is a Past
President and board member of Raritan
River Concerts, a Past Chairman
and board member of Merck Cares,
and Treasurer, Zen Mountain
Monastery in Mt. Tremper, NY.
As Chuck, Hellyn, and Rick take their
new positions, our outgoing Conservancy
trustees won’t be straying too far.
Peggy Enoch will continue on the Re-
Accreditation and Events Committees;
she also maintains our easement files.
Jonathan Reiss will continue to serve
on the Finance Committee, and Anita
Jensen as a project consultant. We
thank them for their time, commitment,
and enthusiasm.
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