Press release by Central Pennsylvania Conservancy on 30 July 2025
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Peggy Fogarty has been selected as Executive Director of Central Pennsylvania Conservancy effective July 28, 2025.
Peggy Fogarty brings over two decades of leadership in nonprofit management, program development, and mission-driven strategy across Pennsylvania’s environmental and agricultural sectors. A passionate advocate for conservation, Peggy’s commitment to land stewardship is deeply rooted in her personal history. Her grandparents sold a large tract of land in the 1960s that became part of what is now the Appalachian Trail in Dauphin County. Their cabin beside the trail instilled in her a lifelong love for mountain views, birds, trees, wildflowers, and waterways that define our region.
Peggy has built a career guiding businesses and organizations that prioritize people, planet, and prosperity. Her experience spans organic farming, energy efficiency, and partnerships with conservation agencies. She has helped hundreds of agricultural entrepreneurs, from small meat processors to produce growers and shellfish farmers, navigate start-up and growth through strategic planning and capacity building.
She has successfully led and supported nonprofits in developing internal systems that strengthen effectiveness, improve accountability, and promote transparency to sustain mission-driven impact. Peggy has been instrumental in bringing organizational vision and missions to life by listening, empowering, and uniting people to achieve common goals. Her leadership style emphasizes participatory governance and cross-functional team building, qualities she believes are essential for scaling the mission and infrastructure of the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy.
She holds a Master of Science in Family & Consumer Sciences from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, Anthropology, and Art from Rutgers University.
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy is proud to welcome Peggy as its next Executive Director, confident in her ability to lead the organization into its next chapter of growth, collaboration, and conservation impact.
