Francis Rapa, Regional Manager, Delaware Bayshore

Fran is responsible for New Jersey Conservation Foundation's land preservation and policy efforts in New Jersey’s southernmost counties to preserve waterways, forests and farms. A lifelong South Jersey resident, Fran has over 17 years of experience in government policy and communications, including seven years with the staff of the NJ State Legislature. Before coming to New Jersey Conservation Foundation, he served as Communications Officer for the NJ Pinelands Commission. Fran was also Deputy Communications Director at the NJ Department of the Treasury, and before that, served as Chief of Education and Outreach at the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Active in his community, Fran serves on the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Joint Environmental Commission, having served three years as Chairman. He sits on the Woodstown Planning Board, is Chairman of the Woodstown Open Space Advisory Committee, and is a past Trustee of the Pilesgrove-Woodstown Recreation Association. He also serves on the Board of the South Jersey Land and Water Trust. Fran graduated from Haddon Heights High School and earned his Bachelors degree in Law and Justice Studies from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University).

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