Team

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

540-761-9847

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