October 2021 - Parks & Recreation - 10

WE ARE PARKS AND RECREATION
NRPA Welcomes New ChairElect,
Three Members to
2021-2022 Board of Directors
E
ach year, during the NRPA Annual Conference, NRPA officially
welcomes its incoming class of board members. The
NRPA Board of Directors reflects our membership, which
includes professional and advocate leaders in the park and
recreation movement; park and recreation agencies and organizations
representing the public, private, voluntary, commercial and industrial
sectors; firms supplying park and recreation products and services; and
individuals and civic groups interested in the park, recreation, conservation,
health and equity fields.
Welcoming Carolyn
McKnight-Fredd, CPRP,
as Chair-Elect
NRPA proudly welcomes Carolyn
McKnight-Fredd, CPRP, as chairelect
of the 2021-2022 NRPA Board
of Directors. McKnight-Fredd has
served as an NRPA board member
since 2017 and has volunteered in
Carolyn
McKnightFredd
numerous
additional
leadership
roles
for NRPA, including CAPRA
accreditation
commissioner,
committee chair for the NRPA
Baltimore Maryland Conference
Education
Program, Directors
School instructor, and chair of
the National Recreation and Park
Ethnic Minority Society, among
others.
In the November 2021 issue, we
will be sharing more information
about McKnight-Fredd, as well as
additional news about the 2021-2022
Board of Directors and its Executive
Committee.
Three Members Join
the Board
Rebecca Armstrong
Co-founder and CEO, North
Portland, Oregon
With a career in agency and design
management spanning 30
years, Rebecca Armstrong has
seen trends come and go. But to
her, two key marketing
Rebecca Armstrong
with her partners at North to
build an advertising powerhouse
known for the craft of strategic
thinking,
its insistence on close
collaboration with clients and
its uniquely differentiating and
effective creative product. In its
16 years, North has served Columbia
Sportswear, Hydro Flask,
Clif Bar, Peet's Coffee and Pacific
Foods, among many others.
Armstrong has served on boards
for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Portland
Advertising Federation and
Providence Cancer Institute. She
is a passionate advocate for access
to the outdoors for all, having been
the lucky beneficiary of its restorative
effects her whole life.
tenets
endure: tell the truth and make
the truth fascinating. She is most
proud of the work she has done
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Mollie Marsh-Heine
Senior Vice President of
Development, Earthjustice
Boulder, Colorado
Originally from Tennessee, Mollie
Marsh-Heine attended high school,
college and graduate school in Colorado.
She received her undergraduate
degree from the University of
Colorado in 1993, followed by a
master's in business administration
in 1999. Part of Marsh-Heine's college
experience included a year and
PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLYN MCKNIGHT-FREDD
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS HORNBECKER
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