Board and Staff

Kyle D'Angelo

Kyle has provided strategic accounting and business expertise to the Board and to the Administration & Finance Committee during his four-year tenure. He is a CPA and works for the Hershey Trust Company as Director of Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis. He graduated from Moravian College with a Bachelors in Accounting and a minor in Business Management. Kyle also has a Masters of Finance from Pennsylvania State University.

Kyle has a special appreciation for the Swatara Creek and our Swatara Greenway Stewardship program, and he enjoys kayaking and canoeing its waters. Other interests include hiking and road biking.

Sally Zaino

One of Manada Conservancy’s original founders, Sally has held many position over the years, including Executive Director and President. She chairs the Land Protection Committee, which evaluates and brings new projects to the Board.

In 2020 she was awarded the PA Forestry Association Mira Lloyd Dock Conservationist of the Year Award for her work in helping to preserve Pennsylvania’s forests. She serves on the WeConservePA Policy Committee and the Horse-Shoe Trail Board.

Sally is also a writer and poet, and her writing often reflects her interests in land preservation, wildlife habitat connectivity, the value of wilderness for human well-being. With her husband, Rich, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and birdwatching.

Virginia Bonifant

Virginia joined the Board of Directors in 2024. Currently, she chairs the Stewardship and Habitat Restoration Committee. She brings a varied background to her work with the Conservancy, with an undergraduate degree and work experience in Environmental Science and an advanced degree in Clinical Psychology.

Virginia is an avid reader, a constant learner, and an active citizen determined to create the type of community she wants to live in through volunteering. She recognizes the healing value of the natural environment.

For a few years, she lived with her family in Shanghai, China. Due to the air, water and soil pollution, keeping her family healthy felt like a constant battle. Living with the consequences of not protecting the environment has fueled her commitment to preserve and protect our natural world.

Anthea Stebbins

Anthea joined our Board of Directors in early 2020, having previously served on our Outreach Committee as well as several joint planning groups with Manada Conservancy. Anthea has significant social work experience and served as the Parks and Recreation Director at East Hanover Township, managing the site plan project for that township’s open space and Greenway plan, as well as grant-writing, overseeing programming, budgeting, and community outreach. She is currently the Director of Dauphin County Parks and Recreation.

Anthea enjoys working on projects that raise awareness about health benefits of outdoor recreation, advocating for local land preservation and stewardship, and spending time with others hiking, biking, kayaking, and traveling.

Mike Adams

Mike Adams is a friendly face you might have encountered on a kayaking trip down the Swatara Creek. Mike and his wife, Ashley, own Cocoa Kayaks, a local business that provides kayak trips on the beautiful Swatara Water Trail. Mike has been an outfitter and outdoor adventure expert for many years. He is vice-president of the Swatara Creek Watershed Association, a Conservancy partner that also recognizes the need to protect the Swatara Greenway for recreation, wildlife, and water quality.

Jennifer Fetter

Jennifer Fetter is a conservation professional and environmental educator, currently serving as Director of Penn State Extension's Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training. Her personal and professional lives overlap significantly, as she deeply enjoys extending her knowledge of natural systems to others.

In her free time, Jennifer can be found in her gardens, walking her dog, or simply standing in the sun outside her East Hanover Township home. Before living in Dauphin County, she crisscrossed Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Erie but never lived outside the state. Jennifer graduated from Villanova University, earning her BS and MS in Biology there.

Anita Pritchett

Anita has held a number of roles with the Conservancy. Most recently, she has served as our Interim Executive Director. She’s been particularly focused on strategic planning, from her efforts as Program Coordinator on our 2017-2021 strategic plan, to leading us through our Strategic Conservation Plan update in 2019, to her Board member work on our current strategic plan.

Prior to her family’s move to Hershey, Anita was a senior policy analyst for NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program. Additional non-profit experience comes from her time starting a biodiversity program at the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions. She has an MS in Zoology from the University of Hawaii and is currently working on an MS in Emergency Management. She enjoys watching her 3 kids play sports, going hiking and paddleboarding, volunteering with Scouts, and documenting all of the above with her camera.

Hilary Peery Vesell

Hilary joined the Manada Conservancy’s Board of Directors in December 2021, having already served on our Outreach/Fundraising and Preservation Committees for several years. She is passionate about preserving our natural world for the many benefits to both people and wildlife.

Hilary has a BA in psychology and MA in clinical psychology both from Columbia University. She received her law degree from the University of Miami, School of Law. Hilary is a trial attorney focusing on family law matters and civil litigation. She is in private practice in Hershey, where she was born and raised. In her free time, Hilary enjoys reading, horseback riding, and otherwise spending time outdoors in nature.

Paul Roundy

Paul Roundy comes to our Board with a broad-based technology background, having been the Chief Information officer, manager or director for companies in Buffalo, Harrisburg, Chicago and Colorado before his early retirement in 2017. He is an Army Veteran and has received the Army Commendation Medal.

Paul's experience in leadership, business, and technology benefitted Manada Conservancy even before he joined the Board in 2024. Both Paul and his partner, Leslie, have volunteered for the Conservancy over the years. Paul has participated in many property monitoring trips and has gotten to know our projects both through his presence on the Land Protection Committee and his on-the-ground experience.

Paul is also a world traveler and recently spent time volunteering for the National Park Service in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.

Chad Saylor

Chad Saylor, CEO of Keystone Municipal Solutions, brings a wealth of expertise to our board on many fronts. As a former Dauphin County chief of staff and commissioner, he broadens our partnerships with local towns and townships. Chad is also president of the Friends of Detweiler Park— a helpful overlap as we try to make some of our own preserves accessible and managed well.

Michelle Wohlfarth

Michelle Wohlfarth is returning to our Board after serving during 2005, and we are delighted to welcome her back. She shared her expertise on the relationship between plants, nutrition, and health when she owned Healthy Living Kitchen years ago and catered several member events for the Conservancy. Michelle has numerous landscaping and horticulture certifications, has served on many boards, and was president of the The Hershey Gardens Advisory Board.

Jennifer Dunlap, Land Protection Director

Formerly our Executive Director, Jen returns to Manada Conservancy as Land Protection Director. She brings a wealth of knowledge about our projects and partnerships, and is thrilled to be directing her attention to land protection in this new role.

In Jen's words: "As Land Protection Director, I am fortunate to be able to focus my time on working to protect the creeks and woodlands I grew up with. I am grateful to have had these spaces to explore throughout my life and want future generations to have them too."

In her free time, Jen enjoys kayaking the Swatara Creek with her husband and spending as much time as possible outdoors introducing their daughter to nature.

Christine Silvis, Director of Finance and Operations

Chris joined the Manada Conservancy staff in 2013. As Finance Manager, she keeps records in good order, pays bills, and assists with budget and accounting work. She first learned about Manada Conservancy through the Native Plant Sale and has been slowly transforming her yard into a suburban oasis for wildlife. Now that her children are older, Chris is able to engage her passion for environmental education and preservation.

Chris has a BS in biology from Allegheny College and a MS in molecular physiology from Penn State College of Medicine. She is involved with the Friends of the Hershey Public Library, where she once worked in the Children’s Department. Besides taking care of a busy household, Chris’ hobbies include camping, hiking, bird watching and travel.

Shawn Jacobs, Stewardship Director

Shawn became part of the Conservancy team in June 2023. As our Stewardship Director, Shawn helps to manage, support, and grow efforts to create a corridor of restored and protected land along the Swatara Creek through landowner outreach and restorative buffer projects.

Shawn spent 12 years in the Navy before working as a manager in the telecommunications field for the last 22 years. He is a PA Master Naturalist, PennState Extension Master Watershed Steward, and a certified Level 1 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional.

In his free time, Shawn enjoys outdoor activities that cover all four seasons. He and his partner Stephanie have three cats.