Christa started her conservation career at the Nashua River Watershed Association, and in 2002 joined Sudbury Valley Trustees, where she ended her tenure in 2022 as the Director of Land Protection. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan, and lives in Concord, MA with her husband and two children. Christa serves on the board of Gaining Ground, a Concord-based nonprofit that grows and donates food for hunger relief.