Executive Director of the Endless Mountains Nature Center
 Rebecca S. Lesko
Executive Director & Founder
Rebecca Lesko, founder and naturalist of the Endless Mountains Nature Center has twenty years of experience educating people outdoors. She's the primary environmental education specialist at the Nature Center, providing indoor and outdoor programs for toddlers, school-aged children, families, and adults, on topics ranging from arthropods to wetlands.
 Ms. Lesko earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, after attending Keystone College for two years. At Keystone she studied fine arts and environmental studies. She has taught programs internationally and nationally for the National Wildlife Federation and the Pocono Environmental Education Center, and regionally for the Peace Valley Nature Center and the Tenafly Nature Center. Lesko has also presented workshops for classroom teachers about including environmental education in the curriculum and to pre-service teachers. In 2006 she was awarded a regional Jefferson Award for community service in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Ms. Lesko resides in Washington Township with her husband, Joe and their many furry and feathered friends. She enjoys birdwatching, botanizing, teaching children, socializing, and drawing.
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 Jackie Simmons
Office Manager
Jackie earned an Associate of Arts degree in Communications from Keystone College. Before starting a family she worked for several years at the College. Jackie possesses excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills as well as a working knowledge of several computer and database programs.
Jackie also works with preschool children who have special needs and focuses on helping parents. She loves of nature and the environment. The Simmons family enjoys camping and hiking, raising chickens, making homemade maple syrup and cheeses. Jackie lives in Tunkhannock with her husband, Mike and their two sons.
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