President – David Seligman
David joined the ELT Board in 2017, having moved full-time to South Egremont with his wife, Katherine Sontag. A retired educator, David served as Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty at several liberal arts colleges and specialized in environmental ethics. David previously served as Land Steward for the Land Trust. He is Chair of the Egremont Conservation Commission and is a member of several environmental organizations. He is an avid fly fisherman and fly tier. David became President in January 2025.
Vice President – Wendy McCain
In addition to serving on the ELT board, Wendy is a member of the Board of Directors of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She and her late husband, Tom, moved to the Berkshires in 1989 and together with Susan and David Shapiro and their third neighbor, donated a conservation restriction on over 50 acres on Baldwin Hill to ELT and Berkshire Natural Resources Council. Wendy originally joined the ELT board at its inception, took a few years off, and then rejoined in the fall of 2011. She became ELT’s Vice President in May 2021.
Treasurer – Maureen Ferguson Steiner
Maureen Ferguson Steiner joined the ELT Board in 2010. She and her husband Tom have owned a farm in Egremont since 1999, and now live full-time in Egremont having moved from their residence in Hillsdale, NY where they lived since 1984. Maureen has been a banker in NY with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, as well as a management consultant with McKinsey and Co. She is currently a real estate investor and manager in residential real estate in NY and Florida. Maureen and Tom have three children. Maureen became Treasurer of ELT in the summer of 2013.
Co-Treasurer – Abigail Rogers-McKee
Abigail moved to the Berkshires in 2003 with her husband and son. She spent many years in Manhattan where she was a risk management consultant at insurance brokerage firms. She has lived in Egremont since 2014 and is an avid gardener, focusing on native plants and creating a wildlife habitat on her property. She has served on the board of the Literacy Network, volunteered at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, and is currently a substitute librarian in Egremont. She can often be seen walking her dog, Sir Wesley, on Baldwin Hill Road. Abigail joined the ELT Board in 2017.
Secretary – Peggy Barrett
Peggy joined ELT’s board in 2007. She grew up near Baltimore and moved to Egremont in 1976 after marrying Peter who is a Great Barrington native. She worked at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School as office manager, and then was a site manager for the local non-profit Landmark Volunteers. She volunteered for several years at Indian Line Farm in South Egremont as a harvester/planter/weeder and for the Literacy Network as a tutor. She became Secretary of ELT in May 2021.
Board Member – Eric Bachman
Eric Bachman joined the ELT Board in 2023, and has had a house in Egremont since 2015 with his wife Lisa He grew up in western New York, was interested in herpetology (reptiles and amphibians) from an early age, and studied zoology in college. Eric was a practicing endocrinologist until 2012, and is a research physician working in translational medicine in genetic diseases. He is a past President of Friends of Salem (MA) Woods, where his group was instrumental in preventing the 160 acre Salem Woods from becoming a golf course. Initially, Eric will be helping lead land stewardship efforts and raising awareness of invasives and their control.
Board Member – Molly Cliff
Molly first came to the Berkshires in 1968, originally with her parents and siblings and now with her own family of 6. She practiced law in New York and Hong Kong where she started a consulting and recruitment business. She and her husband moved back to the US full time in 2020. While she has lived in many places around the world (New York, Beijing, London and Hong Kong), she has always considered the Berkshires home. She is very interested in protecting and preserving land in Egremont and is delighted to help with the important work of the ELT. Molly joined ELT in February 2021.
Board Member – Robin Goldberg
Robin, along with husband, Peter, and daughter, Sarah, moved to Egremont in 1992. A special education teacher, she now tutors at a local school and at the Literacy Network. Besides serving as a member of the Egremont Green Committee and as co-chair of the Egremont Cultural Council, she volunteers at the Breaking Bread Kitchen and can often be seen walking one of the Baldwin Hill Loops. She joined the ELT board in the fall of 2011 and has been a past membership coordinator.
Board Member – Taylor Linscott Lamme
Taylor grew up in the heart of the Berkshires, surrounded by the gorgeous land the ELT is committed to protecting. After college, she left for the West Coast and spent nearly two decades between California and Paris, working in HR for tech companies. In 2021, Taylor was drawn back to the Berkshires and she’s thrilled to now call Egremont home again. She’s particularly passionate about the local community, conservation, and education. Taylor joined ELT in 2023.
Board Member – Peg Muskrat
Peg has been a resident of Egremont since 1972 when she and her husband moved here and raised their 3 children. Peg was Town Clerk for many years and taught at Undermountain Elementary School in Sheffield. She currently serves as Outreach Person for the Egremont Council on Aging. She joined the ELT board in 2005 and served as President from 2013 – January 2025.
Board Member – Ethel Patterson
Ethel moved to Egremont in 2010 with her husband and two children. Originally from Canada, they spent many years in Manhattan where she was a Corporate & Investment Banker. Ethel also serves on the Board of Berkshire South Regional Community Center and was a member of the Egremont Strategic Plan Committee. When she is not walking in the neighborhood, she can be found on her property, removing invasives and planting native species. Ethel joined the ELT Board in 2022 and is the Chair of the Fund Development Committee.
Board Member – Susan Shapiro
Susan came to Egremont in 1968 and has been a board member of ELT since 1998. A ceramic artist and teacher, she is an enthusiastic gardener and angler and is interested in preservation of open spaces and stewardship of land. She and her husband David, together with three neighbors, gave a conservation restriction jointly to ELT and the Berkshire Natural Resources Council covering over 50 acres on Baldwin Hill.
Board Member – Marj Wexler
Marj came to Egremont as a weekender in 1977 and has been a full-time resident since 2002. She is an active member of the Egremont Green Committee and the Friends of Prospect Lake. Marj joined the ELT Board of Directors in the fall of 2012, served as secretary for more than 6 years, and now puts together ELT’s annual newsletter.
Board Member – Heidi Zorn
Heidi moved to The Berkshires in 1993 after graduating from college. The area “felt like home”, like Heidelberg, Germany where she spent her formative years. Being an entrepreneur at heart, Heidi ran a successful chiropractic office in the heart of Egremont for 20 years. She has since moved on to being one of only a few women to hold a cannabis retail license in the state of MA. Heidi’s love for the outdoors is evident in the design and feel of the shop. You can find Heidi deep in the trails or riding her ebike all around our beautiful landscape. She and her husband raised 3 children here in Egremont. She has been a member of the ELT since 2015 and currently leads the Stewardship arm of ELT. Bringing community together is her driving force.
Board Member Emerita – Ursula Cliff
A founding member of ELT, Ursula was its president from 1997 until the fall of 2013. In 2017, she became ELT’s Vice President. She was for many years a member of the Egremont Conservation Commission and Project Native and is a past Trustee of the Massachusetts chapter of The Nature Conservancy. She is a past President of the board of the Community Health Program. She and her husband Walter have given conservation restrictions on 125 acres of their land. Ursula resigned from the board in January 2021.