Forest Society of Maine announces Beichner as next president/CEO

PISCATAQUIS OBSERVER • October 17, 2024

The Forest Society of Maine, America’s seventh-largest non-governmental conservation organization based on acres conserved, has selected Christopher Beichner as its next president/CEO. Beichner, starting in December, will succeed Karin Tilberg who is retiring after 14 years at FSM. Beichner comes to FSM after having served 12 years as the president and CEO of Allegheny Land Trust serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region. He has 24 years of experience as a nonprofit executive and regional planner. He grew up helping his father run a sawmill.