Susan Smith co-directs Longacre, a summer program for students ages 8-18, on a 200 acre organic farm outside of Newport, PA. They celebrate their 40th season this year. She has been a member of the American Chestnut Foundation since 2002 when the first pure American chestnuts were planted in what is now a 145 tree orchard. She also tends 4 restoration trees in a separate planting at Longacre Farm. Each summer 100 members of the Longacre community hear the compelling story of the American chestnut: its grandeur, its utility, its devastation, and potential resurgence. Susan’s husband Roger is a fine woodworker and prefers chestnut, which he has often found lying around in barns and outbuildings around their farm. Susan has a BA in English from Skidmore College and is a Master Gardener in Perry County. Susan has served on the board of PA-TACF since 2010 and can always be counted on to lend a helping hand.