Chelan-Douglas Land Trust hires new executive director

Wenatchee-The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) has hired a new Executive Director. After a wide-ranging search at the local, regional, and national levels that provided many strong applicants, the Board of Directors selected Eunice Youmans to lead the organization in its service to conservation and community.

Youmans is the first woman executive director in CDLT’s 37-year history. She brings an extensive background in non-profit management, land management, fundraising, relationship building, international climate policy and climate change, strategic planning, and business development.

Said Youmans, “I am excited to join CDLT. From the minute I saw the job announcement and looked more closely at the amazing things that are happening in North Central Washington to preserve and protect land and wildlife habitat, I was determined to be a part of this tremendous organization.”

Curt Soper, CDLT’s Executive Director for the past 6 years, will be working with Youmans for several months to ensure a smooth transition before he officially begins his retirement. Youmans and her family will be relocating from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and she will begin her position in early August.

The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is a local non-profit working to conserve our land, our water, and our access to natural areas. The Land Trust has a 37-year record of working collaboratively with property owners and communities to identify and protect the region’s most important natural landscapes forever. For more information: www.cdlandtrust.com

 Contact: Angela Morris, Chelan-Douglas Land Trust Associate Director, 509-667-9708 or angela@cdlandtrust.org.