Behind the Parks

Katie Lofton Maintenance Technician, Scioto Audubon Metro Park Hometown and background I was born in Millersport, a small village about 40 minutes’ drive east of Columbus. It’s situated on the …Read More

Matt Thompson Part-time Ranger, Highbanks Hometown and background I come from North Greenbush, a town of just over 13,000 people in upstate New York. The western edge of the town …Read More

Shelby Watkins Assistant Park Manager, Quarry Trails Metro Park Hometown and background I come from Upper Sandusky, a small city in Wyandot County, almost exactly half way between Marion and …Read More

Carrie Keller Outreach Naturalist for Senior Programs Hometown and background I come from Reynoldsburg and went to school there, first at Herbert Mills Elementary and then graduating from Reynoldsburg High …Read More

Marcos Santamaria Park Technician, Blacklick Woods Metro Park Hometown and background I was born in Reynoldsburg and went to school here, first at Rose Hill Elementary, then to the Waggoner …Read More

Megan Fleischer Horticulturist, Inniswood Metro Gardens Hometown and background I’m from Perrysburg, which is about 12 miles southwest of Toledo in northwest Ohio and has a population of about 25,000. …Read More

Andrew Boose Metro Parks Aquatic Ecologist Hometown and background I was born in Sandusky, but I lived a little to the east of there, or “on the other side of …Read More

Scott Felker Three Creeks Naturalist Hometown and background I come from Rockwell City in Iowa. It’s a small town of about 2,300 people and it’s farm country. I went to …Read More

Amy Klamut Metro Parks Payroll Specialist Hometown and Background I’m from Mount Vernon, which is about an hour northeast of Columbus. It’s the county seat of Knox County and has …Read More

Erin Flannery Park Ranger, Scioto Grove Metro Park Hometown and background I come from Milan, in north Ohio. It’s a small village, with a population under 1,400, but it’s split …Read More

Stephanie West Senior Naturalist, Blendon Woods and Rocky Fork Metro Parks Hometown and background I come from University Heights, an eastside suburb of Cleveland. I graduated from Springfield’s Wittenberg University …Read More

Eric Reiner Maintenance Technician, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park Hometown and background I was born in Columbus, but I spent most of my early years living in Fairfield County. Our …Read More

Larry Logan Maintenance Technician, Blacklick Woods Golf Course Hometown and background I was born in Columbus, but my family moved to Daytona in Florida when I was two years old. …Read More

Paul Martineau Assistant Park Manager, Clear Creek Metro Park Hometown and background I was born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, but my family moved to Steubenville, Ohio when I was one …Read More

Jen Boniface Manager of Park Operations Hometown and background I’m from Barberton, which is about 8 miles southwest of Akron. The town was founded in 1891 by an industrialist named …Read More