President
Organizational Staff
Jen is the founder and President of Aurora Lights since 1998. Jen received her B.A. in English with Honors from the University of Virginia and her Masters in Forestry from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Jen worked as a...
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CFO and historian
Organizational Staff
Danielle is the CFO and historian for Aurora Lights. She has a BS in Biology as well as an Executive MBA in Project Management. Danielle is working part time for the production of the second MTR CD and full time as the financial coordinator. A...
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Website Coordinator
Organizational Staff
Charles recieved his B.A. in Journalism from the University of South Florida. Charles started out creating a new multi-media section of the website to focus on the area around the Edwight mine and Marsh Fork Elementary School. After much excellent...
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Project Staff
Ivan Stiefel, 2008 Brower Youth Award recipient and former literature teacher at World Class Kayak Academy, is in the process of informing high school teachers and college professors in West Virginia about the Journey Up Coal River website to see if...
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Technical director
Jeff Bosley is the technical director for our second MTR benefit CD, Still Moving Mountains: The Journey Home. Jeff and Jen worked closely together since 2002 to produce the first Moving Mountains CD and have collaborated on community concerts as...
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Volunteer
Nick received his B.S. from Salem International University in 2005 and participated in the summer trip to Ecuador. For the current benefit CD and website project, Nick will be working to “ground truth” specific places in the Coal River Valley so...
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