Team

Tee Clarkson, Executive Director

Tee is a passionate outdoorsman and conservationist, the President of Broad Water, and the Managing Director of Atoka Conservation Exchange. For twenty years he has run summer youth outdoor programs in Virginia introducing thousands of children to the wonders of Virginia’s wild places. Tee is on the board of Virginia Forever, The Richmond Foundation and The Center for Natural Capital. A St. Christopher’s School alumnae, a 1996 graduate of the University of Georgia, he lives in Richmond, VA with his wife and two children

tee@broadwaterinnovations.org

804-687-1869

Megan Byrne, Project Director

megan@broadwaterinnovations.org

630-470-4724

Ben Garden, Stewardship Manager

Ben is a lifelong outdoorsman and an enthusiastic advocate for the preservation of wild spaces. A native of Roanoke, VA, he spent 12 years as a teacher in Virginia’s public school system. Ben owns and operates Virginia Outside- Roanoke, fostering a passion for the outdoors in young people across the Roanoke region and serves on the board of the Roanoke Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Ben is also a conservation manager for First Earth 2030. Ben is a 2008 graduate of Presbyterian College and also holds a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and two children.

ben@broadwaterinnovations.org

6540-761-9847

Woodie Walker, Education Director

Woodie has more than two decades of experience conserving Virginia’s natural resources. He served with government agencies, AmeriCorps, the Fredericksburg-based NGO Friends of the Rappahannock, and the Rappahannock Tribe. Woodie is a 2022 graduate of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute, and a Virginia Master Naturalist. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran, was a finalist for the 2004 River Network River Hero Award, and in 2001 co-founded the Blackwater-Nottoway Riverkeeper Program.

woodie@broadwaterinnovations.org

540-287-6163

Caty Parham, Land Steward and GIS Assistant

Caty is an adventurous outdoorswoman whose experiences in outdoor recreation have led her to a career in conservation. She is a Richmond native who has traveled across the U.S. to pursue conservation work such as terrestrial surveying, trail stewardship and is now applying these field skills and GIS experience for Broadwater. Caty is a graduate of Appalachian State University where she studied Geography with a GIS concentration and a Spanish minor. The natural world is her greatest source of inspiration, and she wants to protect lands and waters for future generations to come.

Nicola McGoff, Ecologist

Nicola is the primary project manager for Wild Ginger Field Services.

Board Members

Aaron Revere

Aaron Revere has over twenty years’ experience in property acquisitions, due diligence, design, entitlement and development as a general manager and director for regional and national firms. He is experienced with all types of mitigation and ecological restoration for environmental permits, enforcement and compliance requirements throughout Virginia. Since 2008, he has acquired, entitled and developed 17 mitigation banks (>250,000 linear feet stream, and >800 acres wetlands) and numerous nutrient banks in Virginia. Today, Aaron engages clients and a variety of Real Estate projects throughout Virginia via New Bay LLC where he is sole owner, and Stockbridge OPCO LLC where he has 2 partners. Aaron has worked with numerous resource agencies, landowners, municipalities, and private and public clients in the implementation of ecosystem services projects. Aaron served on the Virginia DEQ stakeholder panel to develop the initial Nutrient Trading program. Aaron holds a M.B.A from the Darden School of Business, a M.A. in Environmental Planning from the School of Architecture, and a B.A. in Environmental Science, all from the University of Virginia. He is a LEED accredited professional with four LEED certified projects to his credit. Aaron also serves on the Board of the Capital Region Land Conservancy in Richmond, VA.

James Parker

James Parker is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner with Clearwater Ventures LLC which provides its clients and customers with ecosystem services and offset solutions. James has worked within the ecosystem services industry since 2008 and gained broad expertise developing and operating ecological offset projects throughout the U.S including: stream and wetland mitigation, habitat and endangered species conservation, natural resource damage assessment, and water quality-nutrient reduction projects. James is a founding member of the Virginia Mitigation Banking Association and a past board member and president of the Ecological Restoration Business Association. James holds a BA from James Madison University and a MBA from the UVA Darden School of Business. He resides in Richmond, VA with his wife, 2 children, and several pets.

Darin Strickland

Growing up in Waynesboro, VA Darin watched the power of conservation management with the restoration of the South River. He has managed and consulted on numerous quail restoration projects. He is the Outdoor Operations Manager of Little George Rod and Gun in Buckingham, VA.

Kerry Hutcherson

Kerry Hutcherson is a real estate, land use, and conservation attorney who serves clients statewide on a variety of transactions involving one of our most precious resources: land. Upon receiving his law degree from the University of Richmond and a master’s degree in land use planning from Virginia Commonwealth University, Kerry began his legal career as staff counsel for Virginia’s leader in land conservation, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, in 2007. Since 2015, he has been in private practice at the firm of Rudy, Coyner & Associates. Kerry and his wife, two boys, and fourteen chickens live in rural Hanover County.

Kyle Hart

Kyle Hart grew up near Farmville, VA where he spent his free time hunting, fishing, and roaming the woods with his parents, younger brother, and their English Setter. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 2016, and has spent the past 4 years working for several conservation nonprofits. He currently lives in Washington DC where he works as the Mid Atlantic Field Representative for the National Parks Conservation Association.