Meet Our STAFF
DAVID PERRY, Executive Director
Dave, a Blacksburg native, has been with the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy since 2006, when he was hired as the land trust’s project manager. He became assistant director in 2011 and executive director in 2012. Dave is currently secretary of Virginia's United Land Trusts (VaULT), chairman of the Roanoke County Pipeline Advisory Committee, president-nominee of the Rotary Club of Roanoke, and chair of the environment committee of the Roanoke Kiwanis Club.
Dave has a master’s degree in park and resource management from Slippery Rock University and a bachelor’s degree in geography from James Madison University. Prior to coming to the land trust, he was employed with the Wicomico County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism in Salisbury, MD and as a district executive with the East Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Kinston, NC. He, his wife and two sons live in southwest Roanoke. Email Dave at dperry@blueridgelandconservancy.org.
Dave, a Blacksburg native, has been with the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy since 2006, when he was hired as the land trust’s project manager. He became assistant director in 2011 and executive director in 2012. Dave is currently secretary of Virginia's United Land Trusts (VaULT), chairman of the Roanoke County Pipeline Advisory Committee, president-nominee of the Rotary Club of Roanoke, and chair of the environment committee of the Roanoke Kiwanis Club.
Dave has a master’s degree in park and resource management from Slippery Rock University and a bachelor’s degree in geography from James Madison University. Prior to coming to the land trust, he was employed with the Wicomico County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism in Salisbury, MD and as a district executive with the East Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Kinston, NC. He, his wife and two sons live in southwest Roanoke. Email Dave at dperry@blueridgelandconservancy.org.
MEAGAN CUPKA, Assistant Director
Meagan, a Roanoke native, started with the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy in 2009 as an intern while working on her Environmental Studies degree from Hollins University. She joined the land conservancy's staff in October, 2013.
She lives in Roanoke and enjoys trail riding horses on the weekend.
Email Meagan at mcupka@blueridgelandconservancy.org
Meagan, a Roanoke native, started with the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy in 2009 as an intern while working on her Environmental Studies degree from Hollins University. She joined the land conservancy's staff in October, 2013.
She lives in Roanoke and enjoys trail riding horses on the weekend.
Email Meagan at mcupka@blueridgelandconservancy.org
Tina Badger, Office Manager
Grace Boardwine, Outdoor Educator
Meet Our Board of Trustees
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advisory council
Lucy R. Ellett
Liza T. Field
Talfourd H. Kemper
Robert B. Lambeth, Jr.
Liza T. Field
Talfourd H. Kemper
Robert B. Lambeth, Jr.
