Born and raised in Ohio, Kathy and her husband Paul have lived in the Kickapoo Valley for over 30 years. Her interest in the arts, including photography, music, has been a central part of that time. Kathy has done accounting and office management work her entire working life often in unusual and interesting contexts. Finding the artistic or more engaging aspects of any job has been the challenge of her working life. Managing the business office for the Ohio State film Library, taking construction progress photos from the top of a crane used for setting steel, helping the Hawkweed Group to write their Passive Solar design book, shooting photos for the Kickapoo Scout weekly paper or doing layout on posters and brochures for Community Conservation and Valley Stewardship Network–these have all served to make her life more interesting.
Kathy now works only part time in an office, paints watercolors at least weekly and volunteers as a board member and occasionally in the office at VSN. She served many years as the volunteer Program Manager for VSN, helping to establish the organization and working with many stakeholders to build VSN membership and support in the community. The VSN board of directors and staff are now a strong, functioning unit that works very hard to uphold the mission and vision of the organization, come what may.
As she nears retirement, Kathy often feels like she has too many memories of how things used to be around here. But, she finds it most heartening to see the growth of VSN and the wonderful energy of members now at the frontlines of natural resource education and protection for the region.
Kathy Fairchild – Biography
Kathy now works only part time in an office, paints watercolors at least weekly and volunteers as a board member and occasionally in the office at VSN. She served many years as the volunteer Program Manager for VSN, helping to establish the organization and working with many stakeholders to build VSN membership and support in the community. The VSN board of directors and staff are now a strong, functioning unit that works very hard to uphold the mission and vision of the organization, come what may.
As she nears retirement, Kathy often feels like she has too many memories of how things used to be around here. But, she finds it most heartening to see the growth of VSN and the wonderful energy of members now at the frontlines of natural resource education and protection for the region.