Ronnie Vesnaver is passionate about the history and environment of waterways. That passion has steered her toward a career in education and conservation. After graduating from Colby College, Ronnie taught at the Pennington School in New Jersey. While there, Ronnie earned a masters in Environmental History at Rutgers University, focusing her research on coastal and ocean history. Ronnie spent summers working on the schooner, Mystic Whaler, and is an alum of the Williams-Mystic maritime studies program. In 2020, Ronnie moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to join the Gunston School where she taught humanities for, and later directed, the Chesapeake Watershed Semester, a place-based experiential semester program. In the summer of 2024 Ronnie started a new job as the Director of Regional Programs and Partnerships with the environmental non-profit Upstream Alliance. Ronnie has enjoyed that her career has allowed her to share the history and environments she loves with others. On the weekends you can catch Ronnie running, doing yoga, paddling, driving the Eastern Shore, or walking countless miles with her black lab, Archie. You can reach Ronnie at veronica@vesnaver.com.
