Overview

What inspired you to take on this leadership role? Ultimately it stems from my desire to want to help ASA fulfill its potential by continuing to build on the existing momentum that’s moving us [...]

For episode 21 of "Build Upon The Good (with Kean)" podcast, I interview Teri Ptacek, Executive Director of the Agricultural Stewardship Association (ASA). For decades, Teri has worked to protect and [...]

Our Next Executive Director Teri had been reminding us for the past several years that we couldn’t keep her forever. But that was hard to comprehend because after all, isn’t our goal to [...]

ASA was recently awarded a grant by the New York State Conservation Partnership Program to develop a new 5-year Land Conservation Plan to guide the organization's land conservation mission. While [...]

There is an important transition about to happen within our organization: Teri Ptacek, our passionate and fearless leader for the past 18 years, is retiring. Teri doesn’t like it when we [...]