(Commissioner Liaison appointee)
Term to expire:  05/24/28      

Kerry Kirk Pflugh is the Executive Director for the New Jersey School of Conservation.  She is responsible for overseeing the operations, management and implementation of the educational programs, services and activities at the NJSOC as set forth in the mission statement, and strategic plan under the auspices of the Board of Trustees.  The NJSOC has been providing students and teachers with environmental education experiences and training for more than 75 years. The NJSOC is internationally recognized as a leader in providing educational programs in the four curriculum areas using unique methods of experiential learning and learning through discovery. 

Ms. Pflugh was responsible for spearheading the successful effort to save and reopen the historic environmental education field center and is now working to restore the former CCC campus. Working with the environmental and educational community and champions in the state legislature, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation in 2022 assigning the Friends of NJSOC legal responsibility for the management of the historic environmental education center. In 2023, the Friends signed a 20-year lease to operate the site.

Previously, Ms. Pflugh had a 35-year career as a social scientist in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection focusing on strategic communication planning to ensure citizen participation in environmental management decision-making, and where she served as the Director for Local Government Assistance at the New Jersey for six of those years.

Ms. Pflugh is also the chair of the Warren County Environmental Advisory Committee, charged with advising the Warren County Commissioners on environmental matters in the county.  She serves as a trustee on the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, Hackensack Riverkeeper and New Jersey League of Conservation Voters.

Clairanne Arcaro
Term to expire:  05/24/28

Clairanne Arcaro has lived in Allamuchy since 2004. In 2019 she was appointed to the Allamuchy Environmental Commission, serving until 2023. She also was chair of the Allamuchy Green Team from 2019 until 2024. She does extensive work with the outdoor program at Allamuchy's Mountain Villa School and is a member of the newly formed Warren County Pollinator Protectors. In these roles, she has spearheaded a number of projects in an effort to create a culture of sustainability in Allamuchy including a reclamation of the Alphano Road retention basin, refurbishment of the community garden, and guiding the community toward National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Community Habitat and Sustainable Jersey certification. She also led the Commissioners' Challenge team to make Warren County the first county in New Jersey certified with NWF as a community habitat. She is the recipient of the 2022 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award – Community Sustainability, and became a Rutgers Environmental Steward in 2024.  

Michael Byrnes
Term to expire: 05/24/28  

Sasha M. Fernandes
Term to expire: 05/24/28 

Audra Frank
Term to expire:  05/24/28

Josephine Noone
Term to expire:  05/24/28

A 28-year resident of Washington Borough, Josephine Noone served on the Washington Borough Council from 2015 to 2022, during which time she was the Council Liaison to the Washington Business Improvement District (WBID) and the Washington Borough Green Team. A strong proponent of sustainable development and ecotourism in Warren County, she manages the Washington Borough Farmers’ Market in cooperation with the WBID and Green Team. She coordinated our Green Team’s successful efforts to earn Washington Borough Sustainable Jersey’s Bronze Certification in 2019 and 2022.

Matt Polsky
Term to expire:  05/24/28

Matt Polsky, from White Township, is a sustainability change-agent with extensive sustainability experience working for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where he was the Sustainability Team Leader; for two local governments, where he helped them receive Sustainable Jersey certification; for environmental groups, where he helped one preserve 700 acres of open space; business; and as an adjunct professor, teaching 31 courses. He focuses on helping groups and key individuals understand sustainability more deeply, providing interdisciplinary perspectives, resources, and facilitating cross-sectoral communication.