Lori Keenan McGuinness is a retired attorney with more than 25 years of experience in law and as a nonprofit executive. In addition to Virginia LCV, she also has participated as a member of the following boards: Goose Creek Association (Fauquier co-chair), Middleburg Tennis Association, Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation, and SAVI Inc.
Lori’s commitment to conservation stems from her belief that it’s fundamental to our existence and enjoyment of life.
As a board member, she enjoys having the opportunity to make an impact on state-wide conservation efforts to preserve the natural beauty and environment of Virginia.
Dick Raines is president of CARFAX, a leading Internet consumer information business that tracks the history of cars. He has held that position since 1993. Prior to CARFAX, he managed various information services companies. Dick holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard College.
Dick is active in a number of conservation groups. In addition to his service with the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, he is on the board of NatureServe. He has also been involved in international development and co-founded a rural drinking water nonprofit called Agua del Pueblo based in Guatemala, Central America.
Dick lives in Arlington with his wife Nancy. They spend a lot of time outdoors at their farm in Rappahannock County. They have three sons. Dick enjoys any excuse to be outdoors – birding, hiking, fishing, canoeing, walking his dog or riding his tractor.
Sam Bleicher serves as an adjunct professor with the Georgetown Law School and is a former member of the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board.
This is the only planet we have, and Sam believes strongly that climate change, mineral and energy extraction, and agricultural land use threaten to make it uninhabitable for the population we have and expect. We need to create ecologically sustainable economic and social systems in which we and our descendants can not merely survive, but thrive.
As a Virginia LCV board member, Bleicher enjoys working to achieve our mutual goals with others who are committed to the same cause.
Steve Dahllof, now a resident of Fauquier County, spent 27 years with Ogilvy PR living in the
United States, Europe and Asia, working with international clients on public affairs, branding
and social marketing programs.
During his tenure at Ogilvy, one of the world’s largest marketing and communications agencies, he ran the Washington, DC, office and later was global lead of strategy before moving to Hong Kong to become CEO of Asia for the firm.
Steve’s non-profit experience includes working with March of Dimes, Save Our Children and The World Economic Forum on water and sustainability issues, among others. In addition, he has developed public education programs for The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
He was named "Creative All Star" by the industry.
Prior to joining Ogilvy, Steve was editor, then publisher, of Restaurants USA, a trade publication of the restaurant industry and authored over 40 articles on restaurant marketing. As a writer, photographer and graphic designer, his work has been featured in a variety of national publications including USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times and Photography Today.
Steve holds a Bachelor's degree in international communications and cross-cultural analysis
from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs where he later served on the Board of Advisors.
Phil Hernandez is the Senior Policy Fellow & Counsel at The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, where he advocates for policy changes to advance racial and economic justice in Virginia, including through a stronger minimum wage, criminal justice reform, and a more accessible unemployment insurance system.
Previously, Phil served in President Obama’s White House Office of Energy & Climate Change. In that role, he was part of a team that helped to deliver historic new investments in clean energy technologies, ambitious new fuel economy standards, and the first-ever national standards to reduce toxic mercury pollution from power plants.
In 2019, Phil ran to represent the 100th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, a campaign in which he emphasized the opportunity the Tidewater region has to emerge as a national center of excellence on the issue of sea level rise and coastal resiliency.
Phil was a Gates Millennium Scholar, the first in his family to graduate from college, and holds a B.A. from the College of William & Mary and a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley. Phil is an active member of the Virginia State Bar.
A Northern Virginia resident, Dana Krauskopf splits time between her suburban home and Central America, where she is founder and owner of Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort in Belize.
Conservation has been a part of her life and lifestyle since childhood. Having lived in several different states and countries, she has seen firsthand the negative affects of poor environmental policies both on humans and nature. As an owner of an eco resort she is keenly concerned about the health of our oceans and forests. Ensuring these habitats are healthy and sustainable is critical to human health, national security, food safety and air and water quality.
As a board member, Dana has become more aware of the sustainability challenges and opportunities here in Virginia. She considers working with our legislators and partners to help educate and shape sound environmental policies an exciting challenge. Furthermore, she is stimulated by the wealth of knowledge and dedication of the other board members and Virginia LCV employees.
Chris Miller currently serves as CEO/President of the Piedmont Environmental Council, which works with the citizens of a nine-county region to conserve land, create high-quality communities, strengthen rural economies, celebrate historic resources, protect air and water quality, build smart transportation networks, promote sustainable energy choices, restore wildlife habitat and improve people’s access to nature.
He believes sustainable use of land and natural resources is at the base of all environmental policy and the future of the world. Chris enjoys his role as a Virginia LCV board member because it keeps him in touch with the current politics of Virginia.
Jean Perin, a Middleburg resident, works as an interior designer.
She became involved with conservation efforts because she believes it is crucial to use our natural resources wisely, to support and promote sustainable farming practices, and protect our natural resources and historical heritage for future generations.
As a board member, Jean enjoys interacting with Virginia LCV who she calls a leading source in Richmond of effective and knowledgeable advice and education for candidates, elected officials and the public on a variety of issues, ranging from fiscally responsible land use policies that enable current and future Virginians to benefit from clean air, clean water, sustainable farming practices and good land use planning for our cities and countryside.
George Ohrstrom graduated from the University of Virginia in 1978 with a degree in English. The unemployment rate was high and with a gift for woodworking he apprenticed with a cabinetmaker. George started Opequon Woodworks in 1983 after moving to Clarke County; high-end kitchens, libraries, and furniture were his specialty.
In 1990 a large road project threatened his farm, and he started working with a small local watershed protection group.
The protection of natural resources became his passion and second career. By 2000, he had given up woodworking and was fully involved with Clarke County and many natural resources–protection nonprofit organizations.
In addition to being a Virginia LCV board member, George serves as a member of the board and the executive committee of the Piedmont Environmental Council; chair of the Clarke County Planning Commission; vice-chair of the Clarke County Easement Authority, the Berryville Area Development Authority; and president of the Friends of the Shenandoah River.
An avid fly-fisherman, George’s concern for water quality led him to found The Downstream Project to promote natural resource conservation through visual arts and the Web. Downstream’s inaugural documentary, “Shenandoah, Voices of the River,” premiered at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville in 2008. More recently, Downstream produced a beautiful video celebrating The Piedmont Environmental Council’s 40th anniversary and a short documentary for The Chesapeake Bay Foundation highlighting the innovative “Farmers to the Bay” initiative.
Rebecca R. Rubin is the founder, president, and CEO of Marstel-Day, an international environmental consultancy established in 2002 to provide expertise to public and private sector organizations in the interrelated areas of climate, habitat, open space, water, resilient infrastructure/public-private partnerships and investment strategies, energy, land use and other natural resource conservation issues.
Prior to founding Marstel-Day, she served as director of the Army’s Environmental Policy Institute, after leading a variety of environmental studies and analyses at the not-for-profit Institute for Defense Analyses.
She was named by President Obama as a White House Champion of Change for Community Resilience and received the 2018 B’nai B’rith Humanitarian Award for her work in environmental resiliency, as did Congressman Eliot Engel and Ambassador Richard Schifter in their respective fields.
She serves on the board of The Nature Conservancy of Virginia and also as a General Board member of Virginia Forever, which advocates for increased funding for water quality improvements and land conservation across the Commonwealth.
She is the immediate past board chair (2015-2019) of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, which works to protect the 850+ million acres of America’s wildlife heritage in the Refuge System and also previously served (2014-2018) on Virginia’s State Air Pollution Control Board by appointment of the Governor.
Her articles have appeared in Roll Call, The Washington Post, Virginia Mercury, Jane’s Defence Weekly, Freelance Star, LiveBetter magazine, and other newspapers and periodicals. She has been interviewed by leading environmental publications and websites, including Environmental Business International and CleanTechnica.com.
She launched Marstel-Day’s Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign and hosts its Vital Voices of the Environment interview series featuring environmental thought leaders. She is a participant in and co-author of National Academy of Sciences studies, including the 2017 Review of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.
Ms. Rubin and her company have earned numerous other distinctions, including being named eight times to both the INC 500/5000 list and HOTFIRM list, and earning the Alliance for Workplace Excellence EcoLeadership Award for the past eight consecutive years. Other distinctions include the Rappahannock Sierra Club’s Living Green award, the Environmental Business Journal’s Gold Medal award, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ Tayloe Murphy Resilience Award, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Fantastic 50, the Association of Defense Communities’ Private Sector Leader of the Year, and the American Planning Association’s Outstanding Federal Planning Program Award (twice).
Ms. Rubin has a BA in history from Harvard College and an MA in international security from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Carey Whitehead lives in the City of Fredericksburg. She serves as Senior Counsel in the Office of General at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), where she works on the Housing and Community Investment Team. Prior to joining FHFA, Carey served at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development providing legal services to support Federal housing and community development grant and loan guarantee programs, with a particular focus on disaster resilience, climate adaptation, and long-term disaster recovery. She detailed at the Council on Environmental Quality as Deputy Associate Director for Climate Equity. Before law school, Carey served as Executive Director of the Virginia Conservation Network and Assistant Director of Development and Communications for the Piedmont Environmental Council. Carey holds a J.D. from the Lewis and Clark Law School and a B.A. from the College of William & Mary.
