Director of Programs
Hank Osborn is an avid outdoor educator and advocate. In 2013 he joined the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as East Hudson Program Coordinator and is now the Director of Programs. Hank has a long history and a deep passion for the outdoors. He began maintaining trails as a boy in Garrison, NY and later, as an adult, chaired the Garrison School Forest Committee; was a member of the Philipstown Greenway Committee, and became a Hudson Highlands Land Trust hike leader. Hank has taught geology, environmental science and ecology at the high school level and served as associate professor of physical education and rowing coach at Columbia University and Dartmouth College. Hank graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Sociology and Geology and finished his graduate work at Dartmouth College with a focus in environmental studies. He has completed two National Outdoor Leadership School courses and served on the boards of numerous non-profits and community organizations including as President of the Friends of Fahnestock and Hudson Highlands State Parks and as a member of the Beacon Greenway Committee. Hank is currently a member of the LaGrange Conservation Advisory Committee, leads the Agency Workgroup of the New York Outdoor Recreation Coalition, and the Topfield Center Advisory Council. He lives in the Mid-Hudson Valley where he and his wife enjoy exploring the trails with their children.