FMST Press Release - November 12, 2007

KATE DIXON TO JOIN FRIENDS OF MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA TRAIL AS FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (FMST) Board of Directors announced today that Kate Dixon will become the first executive director of the FMST effective January 2008.

“We are extremely pleased that Kate has agreed to bring her knowledge and experience with successful nonprofit organizations to support the FMST’s efforts of completing a dedicated hiking trail across North Carolina ,” said Jeff Brewer, FMST President. “She will be a tremendous asset to the growth of our organization and our future goals.”

Since 2003 Dixon has been director of Land for Tomorrow, a statewide organization supporting increased state funding for land conservation in North Carolina . From 1992 to 2003 she was director of Triangle Land Conservancy and helped build that organization into one of the most successful land trusts in North Carolina .

For more than 10 years, the FMST, an entirely volunteer nonprofit organization, and others have worked with federal, state and local agencies and private landowners to build a hiking trail from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey’s Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. Over half of the 940-mile corridor has been designated by the state and is open to hiking.

More Information - Jeff Brewer at 919-868-6274 or jdbrewer@bellsouth.net