KELT Staff & Board of Directors

Andrew Morgan

Land & Stewardship Director

amorgan@kennebecestuary.org

Andrew joined KELT in 2023 and is excited about protecting land in one of the state’s most ecologically important regions. Prior to his role at KELT, Andrew spent four years stewarding and acquiring properties for the Pound Ridge Land Conservancy in New York. He has also served in stewardship roles for The Nature Conservancy in Maine and New Hampshire. During his academic years, he was a research assistant for the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions, and the School of Forest Resources. He holds a B.S. in Parks, Recreation and Tourism and an M.S. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine. Andrew, his wife Alison and their four children pursue a homesteading lifestyle in Topsham. When not working at KELT or on the homestead, Andrew can still be found outside exploring by canoe or foot, usually accompanied by a few kids and his dog.

Emily Pistell

Community Engagement Manager

epistell@kennebecestuary.org

Emily is joining the KELT team from a decade spent in the field  as an experiential classroom educator and as an outdoor expedition instructor with Outward Bound on the Boston Harbor Islands. Her love of connecting communities to their local environments began with studying environmental justice at Tufts University, and turned into an adventurous career leading student groups outdoors in New York City, Boston, midcoast Maine, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and on a particularly wild year on expeditions in Australia. As a resident of Bath, you will find Emily exploring the trails and coastline with her young daughter in a backpack or a canoe. She is thrilled to share the rich beauty of the Kennebec Estuary with the community she now calls home.

Dillon Mulhern

Preserves Manager

dmulhern@kennebecestuary.org

Born and raised in Durham, New Hampshire, Dillon moved to the midcoast in April 2020. After graduating in December 2020 from the University of New Hampshire he began to volunteer at his local land trust, and went on to be a stewardship intern at Coastal Mountains Land Trust. Dillon began his work with estuaries while studying at UNH, where he helped conduct Habitat Restoration research at the Jackson Estuary Laboratory, where he found his passion for the preservation of natural communities and salt marshes. That experience, and his passion for the outdoors, led him to Kennebec Estuary Land Trust. He is excited to continue to work to protect and steward natural habitats as KELT’s Preserve Manager.

Emily Stinneford

Communications & Operations Coordinator

estinneford@kennebecestuary.org

Born and raised in Maine, Emily looks forward to telling the diverse stories of KELT and this unique region, expressing the expansive work of this organization. Emily is a recent graduate from American University where she received her B.A. in Anthropology, and was the 2024 Summer Programs Steward. The common thread throughout her academic and professional career has been connecting environmental work with broader public engagement. She is passionate about the importance of cultural and social shifts in partnership with environmental stewardship, research, and management. She believes in the importance of the dissemination of knowledge, involving the community, and, as written in KELT’s mission statement, instilling an appreciation for our natural world. In her free time, you’ll find her hiking, running, tending to her garden, or up for any adventure as long as it's outside!

Contract Services:

Tenley Wurglitz,
Land Protection & Stewardship
twurglitz@kennebecestuary.org