The Montgomery County Open Space Board is comprised of five members appointed by the Montgomery County Commissioners. The board meets monthly to review open space grant applications and make recommendations to the County Commissioners for open space acquisition and preservation. Brief profiles on our open space board members are provided below:
Open space board Chairman Elkins Wetherill is a former Montgomery County Commissioner, author of a field guide to native grasses, and resident of Plymouth Township.
Vice Chair Phoebe Driscoll is a member of a variety of environmental boards including the Nature Conservancy. She has placed a permanent conservation easement on her 66-acre farm in Lower Gwynedd Township.
John Moyer is president of Moyer and Son, Inc. in Souderton and lives in the Unami Hills area of Salford Township. He previously served as chairman of the county’s Schuylkill River greenway study committee.
Robert Thomas is a retired claims investigator, security manager, and state police officer who lives in New Hanover Township. He is a member of the township planning commission and also serves as chairman of the township open space committee.
Paul Meyer, a resident of Springfield Township, is director of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania and former chairman of the Springfield Township Planning Commission.
