Plantings for the Piedmont Program Coordinator
lsherman@pecva.org
(540) 347-2334 ext. 7076

Linnea first joined the PEC team in March 2022 as the Headwater Stream Initiative Planting Coordinator, where she worked to organize and facilitate tree planting projects in riparian areas throughout the Potomac and Rappahannock watersheds. She then supported the Land Conservation Department in increasing the pace and scale of riparian buffer plantings and fulfilling annual monitoring requirements on PEC-held conservation easements and fee-owned properties. Linnea now serves as PEC’s Plantings for the Piedmont Coordinator and is responsible for administering PEC’s riparian and upland tree planting program and supports land management efforts at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook.

Before starting with PEC, Linnea pursued various volunteer and professional opportunities related to her interests in land management and biodiversity conservation. She volunteered and interned at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA. After graduate school, Linnea worked as an Appalachian Conservation Corps Individual Placement for the National Capital Area Invasive Plant Management Team (National Park Service).  Linnea then joined the Fairfax County Park Authority as an Ecological Technician in December 2021 where she supported the Park Authority’s Invasive Management Area program. She also currently works part-time as the Regional Trails Coordinator for the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, where she supports numerous projects throughout the Northern Virginia region. 

Linnea grew up in a small town in Shenandoah County. She holds an Associate of Science Degree from Lord Fairfax Community College and a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a Concentration in Peace and Justice from Roanoke College. Linnea also attended the University of Oxford for graduate school where she earned an M.Sc. in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management and completed a thesis exploring post-Brexit policy changes affecting biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes (https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12795).