Jacquelyn Bonomo

Conyngham, PA
Elected 2022. First term ends 2026.

Jacqui brings to the Sanctuary decades of national environmental leadership, personal activism and conservation efforts. She recently retired as president and CEO of PennFuture, the state’s largest environmental advocacy organization, and served previously as executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, as VP for conservation programs for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, and in various leadership positions with National Wildlife Federation, working with 24 states and territories from Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. locations. She has also previously served as executive director and vice president of the Maryland and D.C. state program of the National Audubon Society. 

While Bonomo has worked throughout the country and traveled the world, she never strayed far from her roots. She is devoted to her extended family in Hazleton. A former whitewater guide, she still enjoys paddling, hiking, and biking, bird watching, and fly fishing as well as learning Italian.