I’m writing this blog a bit sheepishly considering I was introduced as a co-blogger months ago and I have yet to even introduce myself.

I’m Harper, Director of Communications and Development at Hill Country Conservancy.  I like long walks in the Hill Country, Dwight Yoakam, nights in front of the fire place, and sushi. And many other things, but that’s beside the point.

Last March, Andrea and George asked me to come on board and I said yes immediately.  I had no idea what I was signing up for, but I loved the mission of HCC and I knew I wanted to work for George. After only a few weeks, I realized I was working with the best team on the planet. Seriously.

The team at HCC is the most cohesive, positive, productive, encouraging, hardworking, and loyal group I’ve been lucky enough to work with. Everyone in the office is here because they are absolutely in love with the Hill Country and believe that conserving it is important. Everyone is fully on board to help out, get dirty, make a difference, laugh at me being an idiot, or go on one of George’s adventures at a moments notice. It’s a wonderful mix of people and I’m positive HCC would not be what it is without them. And our leader, George Cofer, built this machine over ten years ago and he’s still here, passionate about the mission, and pushing us, encouraging us, and bringing us cookies. I think that speaks volumes about this organization.

So, after many conversations about what makes HCC successful, we realized our staff is one of our greatest assets. Why on earth are we not highlighting them every chance we get?

DJ Paco!

There are so many things you probably didn’t know about our staff.  For instance, Cheyenne’s a Master Naturalist, Frank is a DJ by night, Andrea’s an amazing cook, Emma LOVES cats, and Ann has been at HCC since the beginning! After many months of juggling 1,000 different projects, we finally got bios (I say that loosely) up on the website. You can read more about our staff members here. The more you get to know about us, the more you get to know HCC!

Cheyenne the Master Naturalist

Last night, George wished out loud that we will all be here in 25 years to celebrate the successes of HCC and make more wishes.  So, we all have plans on December 16, 2035. I hope his wish comes true, I hope we are all still here and I hope we’ve tripled in size with more dynamic, passionate, complex hippies who will make HCC even better!

And I swear on Dwight Yoakam that we’ll be better about blogging from here on out. Love!

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