Aimee Collins, Openlands Lakeshore Preserve Site Manager

As the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve Site Manager, Aimee Collins works to ensure that day-to-day operations there run smoothly. Prior to joining Openlands, Aimee worked as the central coordinator for the Friends of Hackmatack, a citizen group helping to promote the establishment of the proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge. She has a diverse background in the environmental field, including collecting biological data and igniting prescribed fires in the mountains of northern California, coordinating a successful open space referendum campaign, writing grants for park development and open space preservation, and managing volunteers at the grassroots level.

• B.A., Social Psychology, National Louis University, Elgin, IL
• B.A., Environmental Studies and Human Development, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ