The Cloudsplitter Foundation recently announced that Julia Goren has been elected to its board of trustees.

The Cloudsplitter Foundation is a 38-year-old local grant-making not-for-profit whose mission is to improve the environment, economies and lives of the people of the greater Adirondacks through innovative and leveraged philanthropic programs.

Goren is the deputy executive director of the Adirondack Mountain Club, where she oversees the operation of the Heart Lake Program Center, leads ADK’s efforts to expand its educational reach and impact in the Adirondack Park and builds upon its work with partners across the region. Before returning to ADK in 2021 she spent three years with the Adirondack Council, where she served as a trustee and as their VISION Project director.

Goren holds an MS in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England. She also worked at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development as regional educator and was an interpreter at Wupatki National Monument in Arizona. For more information visit www.cloudsplitter.org.