Jeanne Braha is Executive Director of the Rock Creek Conservancy, based in Bethesda. Jeanne holds a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a concentration in Environmental Studies from Bryn Mawr College. She joined the Conservancy in 2018 after several years serving as Director of Foundation Relations for the Student Conservation Association. She has appeared several times on Carla Satinsky’s cable television show, “Montgomery Week in Review.” The Conservancy sponsors the annual Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup, which our club has participated in for nearly a decade.

Brian, brother of club member Melissa Richards, spoke to us on Zoom from the US Naval Air Station in Sicily! The USO is a private foundation chartered by the US Congress that supports military service members. For more information on what Brian’s outfit does, see USO – Fast Facts, attached below.