The Governance Committee of the Board of Directors has recommended two candidates for election to the Hanover Conservancy Board of Directors, Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd and Linde McNamara.
Andi Lloyd
Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd is an ecologist and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She received her B.A. degree in Geography from Dartmouth College in 1989, an M.S. in Biology & Wildlife from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1992, and a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona in 1996. From 1996 to 2020, she was on the faculty of Middlebury College, where she taught classes on plant ecology, ecology and evolution, and climate change. While at Middlebury, she conducted research on the effects of climate change on forests in Alaska and Siberia. From 2012 to 2019, Andi also served as the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Middlebury. Andi left academia in 2020 to pursue pastoral ministry. In 2022, she received her M.Div. degree from Yale Divinity School, after which she was ordained in the United Church of Christ. From 2022 to 2025, she served as pastor of the Trinitarian Congregational Parish of Castine, Maine. In October 2025, she joined the staff of the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College as co-pastor. Andi is the author/co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on forests and climate change. Along with Rev. Dr. Andy Nagy-Benson, she is the author of Letters to the Ecotone: Ecology, Theology, and Climate Change (Resource Publications, 2022).
Linde McNamara
Linde McNamara is a real estate professional with more than 35 years of experience working in Hanover and the Upper Valley. Linde has been a longtime supporter of the Hanover Conservancy, serving as a member of our Community Engagement committee and acting as a key volunteer at Conservancy events and outings. She has resided in Hanover for more than four decades, and has played an active role in numerous community organizations, including the Ocean Alliance, the New Hampshire Conservation Law Foundation, the Upper Valley Humane Society, Youth-in-Action, and the Hanover Garden Club. Linde is an active outdoorswoman, and enjoys gardening, sailing, hiking, and skiing. She lives with her husband John in rural Hanover, near several properties protected by the Conservancy. Linde has held a long-standing interest in environmental and conservation issues, earning her bachelors degree from Colby Sawyer College, along with a masters degree in Marine Biology.
