Board Nominees Classes 2025, 2026

WPC Board of Directors Nominees for Election to the Class of 2025 Alfred Barbour Al Barbour has been CEO and president of Concast Metal Products Company since 1985. Concast is the leading domestic producer of continuous-cast copper alloys. Concast has been active in the field of environmentally friendly alloys for... Read More

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TAKE ACTION: Speak Up for Parks and Conservation!

Pittsburgh, Pa. – June 10, 2022 – Pennsylvania has a tremendous opportunity to make a game-changing investment in public lands and clean water. But your help is needed to make it happen! For more than two decades, the Growing Greener Program has been one of Pennsylvania’s most important and dependable... Read More

Board of Directors Class of 2025

WPC Board of Directors Nominees for Re-election to the Class of 2025 Debra Dermody Debra is an attorney with Reed Smith of Pittsburgh. She began her practice at Reed Smith in 1987, following completion of her federal appellate clerkship. Debra has focused her civil litigation practice in the area of... Read More

Board of Directors Class of 2024

WPC Board of Directors Nominees for Re-election to the Class of 2024 David E. Barensfeld David Barensfeld is board chair of Ellwood Group, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of specialty metal ingots, forgings and castings for capital equipment. His education includes an M.S.I.A. from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie... Read More

Directors for Re-election to the Class of 2023

Directors for Re-election to the Class of 2023 Barbara Bott Barbara Bott graduated from Bucknell University with a B.S. in secondary education, with a field concentration in biology. She taught high school biology in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for almost seven years. She earned a master’s equivalency by way of... Read More

Land Stewardship

Land Conservation Land Stewardship The Conservancy’s land stewardship program is responsible for monitoring, managing and maintaining a system of 45 properties that total more than 13,000 acres across western and central Pennsylvania. These properties are owned by the Conservancy and open to the public for recreation. In addition, the Conservancy... Read More

Fallingwater Opens for 53rd Tour Season

Mill Run, Pa. — March 9, 2017 – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater will open for the 2017 season on Saturday, March 11. Since opening for its first tour in 1964, Fallingwater has welcomed more than 5.5 million visitors from around the world. Fallingwater will also host a variety of educational... Read More

Fallingwater Opens for 52nd Tour Season

Mill Run, Pa. — March 10 – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater will officially open on Saturday, March 12 for its 52nd tour season. Since opening for its first tour in 1964, Fallingwater has welcomed more than 4.5 million visitors from around the world. Advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged due... Read More