The keynote speaker is author, mountaineer, adventurer, athlete, and Vermonter Jan Reynolds, author of the book The Glass Summit: One Woman’s Epic Journey Breaking Through.
Using her own anecdotes from expeditions around the world, Reynolds will share stories and inspiration on motivation, teamwork, and overcoming challenges.
Some sessions will be eligible for continuing education credits. Stayed tuned for updates.
Read more about Jan Reynolds
Jan Reynolds' favorite things are to escape to an extreme environment and hang with the locals to learn about their culture and point of view. A resident of Stowe, Vermont, Reynolds is a medal-winner in World Cup biathlon and holds several high-altitude skiing and mountain climbing records. Reynolds is a prize-winning photojournalist whose intrepid adventures have taken her to every continent to photograph and record vanishing cultures, preserving their unique heritage for future generations.
Jan has lectured at the National Geographic Society, IBM, the Sierra Club, and many explorers’ clubs, universities and schools around the world. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, the New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, and several ski and outdoor magazines. Her Vanishing Cultures series for children won the prestigious Parents’ Choice Award. Reynolds uses the series to teach children about sustainability and what it means for our world.
About the Conference
The Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program hosts a one-day conference held in honor of Arbor Day and all of the hardworking professionals and stewards that care for our community trees.
The Vermont Arbor Day Conference welcomes the stewards of Vermont's urban trees and community forests to enhance their technical skills, discuss relevant topics in urban forestry, and network with professionals and volunteers engaged in urban and community forestry.
