Jesica Blake

Jesica Blake is the associate director and director of stewardship and community conservation for the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. She has been with the organization for 21 years. She holds a degree in environmental science and natural resource management from Northern Vermont University and graduate certificates in Forestry and Wildlife Conservation. Recently, she earned the Executive Leadership and Change Management certificates from Cornell University. Jesica oversees monitoring and enforcement of all conservation properties (both preserves and private lands) as well as preserve management for the Coastal Land Trust. Jesica works on community conservation partnerships and projects including cultural heritage and public access projects and is currently focused on work in the National Parks Service’s Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. Her favorite project is Reaves Chapel. She spends her free time outdoors on the beaches of NC Coast and on Lake Champlain in upstate NY.