Leigh Ann Cienek

Conservation Planner

Joined TLC staff August 2007

Main Responsibilities

• Conservation planning for TLC’s priority areas
• Collaboration with state agencies and local governments
• Developing long-term conservation plans for TLC’s priority areas, such as Mark’s Creek and the Deep River
• Determine how future land acquisitions can connect to other community assets such as schools, community facilities, greenways and parks
• Develop maps and other tools using GIS and modeling

Background

I received a bachelors degree in Environmental Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002, and a masters in Planning from the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007. I taught English in Kyoto, Japan for a year before traveling to Thailand, Eastern Europe and Ireland with Willing Workers of Organic Farms.

Link to TLC News article, Global Travels Inform Local Conservation

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