Our Board
Dorothy Bickling - Ms. Bickling owns a local financial planning business and is active in several Lowell-based community groups.
Brian Chapman - Mr. Chapman is company President of Mill City Environmental Corp., a waste management and remediation firm.
Christine Cole (Treasurer) - Ms. Cole is the Executive Director of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy at Harvard University 's Kennedy School of Government. She is also currently Chair of the board of the Lowell House, a substance abuse prevention center. Ms. Cole formerly served as a community liaison to the Lowell Police Department, as Chief of Staff for the Massachusetts Exececutive Office of Public Safety; and as Director of Business and Technology for the Springfield Police Department.
Stephen Conant - Mr. Conant holds a Master’s degree from Tufts University in Urban and Environmental Policy. He has been Chair of the Lowell Conservation Commission, Principal Planner for the MA Department of Environmental Management’s Lowell Heritage State Park, and planning director for the Lowell Department of Planning and Development. A native of Lowell, Steve is currently employed as a Senior Vice President with Anbaric Transmission and New England Independent Transmission Company, an independent electric transmission company that builds transmission projects to facilitate the development of renewable energy resources like wind.
Matthew C. Donahue - Mr. Donahue is a native of Lowell, a former Chairman of the Lowell Conservation Commission, formerly a City Councilor, and is an attorney with the Lowell firm of Eno, Boulay, Martin, and Donahue and specializes in environmental law.
Lauris Donovan - Ms. Donovan is an active neighborhood member of the Pawtucketville Citizens Council and works for Curriculum Associates, Inc., an educational publisher.
Sheila Kirschbaum (Clerk) - Ms. Kirschbaum is the School Liaison/Professional Development Coordinator for the Tsongas Industrial History Center in Lowell and provides a strong interpretive background to the Trust’s board.
Henri Marchand (Past President) - Mr. Marchand, a life-long resident of Lowell, is Assistant to the City Manager of Lowell. Prior to this position, he worked in public relations at UMass Lowell and as assistant director of the Lowell Plan, Inc., where he worked on economic and community development projects. He is a board member of the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union. Mr. Marchand also served on the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Pawtucketville Master Plan. Address: 91 Crawford St., Lowell.
William Martin, Esq. - Mr. Martin, a native of Lowell, is currently a City Councilor, and is an attorney with the Lowell Law firm, Eno, Boulay, Martin, and Donahue where he specializes in land use and real estate law.
Dr. Mark Romanowsky (President) - Dr. Romanowsky practices family medicine in his hometown of Lowell and chairs our Land Protection Committee.
