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Staff
Bios
 Rich
Anderson, Assistant Director
Rich has been with Audubon since 1995 and has been the Assistant
Director of the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary
since 1999. Before coming to Audubon, Rich worked as
an environmental educator for New York State Parks and the
Department of Environmental Education. He is an avid
birder and naturalist who received his B.S. from the State
University of New York College of Environmental Science and
Forestry. At the Marsh, Rich does a little bit of everything,
from teaching school groups and leading canoe trips, to buildings
and grounds maintenance. His main responsibilities, however,
are overseeing the intern program, coordinating invasive plant
control efforts and managing the M.A.P.S. (Mapping Avian Productivity
and Survivorship) bird-banding research station.
 Eric
Lind, Center Director
Eric is responsible for all aspects of planning, developing,
operating and managing the Marsh. Prior to this position,
Eric was the Assistant Manager and Education Director at the
sanctuary, where he has worked since 1993. A life-long resident
of the Hudson River Valley, he has a deep personal connection
to the Hudson River and its wild inhabitants. Eric is an accomplished
wildlife photographer and his work frequently decorates Audubon
New York publications.
Connie Mayer, Development Director
Connie has been an environmental activist and naturalist for
three decades. She was active in the Sierra Club leadership
in college and, after being introduced to wolves at Berkeley
worked to protect them in the wild through legislation, education
and by introducing them to the general public in wildlife
programs. She has been with Audubon’s Constitution Marsh
for over 10 years, first as Program Director and now as Development
Director. She grew up along the Hudson River and is dedicated
to preserving the river and marsh as natural resources for
future generations.
 Mary
Charbonneau, Education Manager
Mary moved to the Hudson River Valley in 2007. She joined
the staff at Constitution Marsh in January 2008, and became
the Marsh’s Education Manager in July of the same year.
Mary has always loved animals and been interested in protecting
the environment. She began actively birdwatching in 2004,
and now participates regularly in several Citizen Science
projects focused on birds. Mary is a native of the Puget Sound
area in Washington State and still considers that area home.
She is also proud to be a U.S. Army veteran.
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