LENOX, Mass. — The Lenox Library's 15th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series will continue on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. Jenny Hansell, President of Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC), will discuss "Who Is Nature For? The Future of Land Conservation and Trails in the Berkshires."

 

This program will be held via Zoom. Details may be found on the Library's website at https://lenoxlib.org or the Library's Facebook page.

 

Jenny Hansell joined BNRC as its third President in February 2018. Born in Boston and raised in Detroit, Hansell earned her BA from Yale and Masters in Public Administration from University of Connecticut. Before she moved to Massachusetts to join BNRC, she lived in Sharon, Conn. and for 17 years was Executive Director of the North East Community Center in Dutchess County, NY. She has worked as an Environmental Policy Analyst at the National Audubon Society and Associate Director of the Council on the Environment of New York City and held positions at Creative Art Works and Sesame Workshop, both in New York.

 

The Lenox Library's Distinguished Lecture Series is organized and hosted by Dr. Jeremy Yudkin. Dr. Yudkin is a resident of the Berkshires and professor of music at Boston University and Oxford University. Every summer at the Lenox Library he presents the pre-concert lectures for the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season.

 

All programs in the Distinguished Lecture Series are free and open to the public.