Meet Our Team
Parker Agelasto
Parker has an MBA from UVA’s Darden School of Business, a Master of Arts in Art History, also from UVA, and a BA from Bates College. He serves on the board of Virginia’s United Land Trusts.
Parker has been with CRLC since September 2015. He has developed collaborative relationships with elected officials and planning staffs across the region to better coordinate strategic land conservation. His experience with land conservation is also personal; his family owns a 200 acre property in Nelson County along the Rockfish River (a tributary of the James River) that is protected under a conservation easement.
Parker lives in the City of Richmond enjoying time with his two children.
Jane Myers
Jane Myers has been working for CRLC since 2009 and has helped develop CRLC’s land conservation program from its inception.
Jane has a MS in Forestry from Clemson University and a BA from Davidson College. Her interest in and love for the outdoors began when she spent her early 20s as an outdoor instructor for a wilderness school in north Georgia and as a summer camp staff director in the mountains of North Carolina before returning to school for her master’s degree.
She and her husband make their home on 14 acres in Hanover County where they enjoy gardening and time with three dogs.
Ashley Moulton
Ashley Moulton joined Capital Region Land Conservancy in March 2021. She brings 7 years of experience in ecological restoration and natural resource management in Virginia. She completed both her BS and MS in Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University with a focus on Plant Ecology and a minor in Urban and Regional Studies. Recently she completed a certificate in Ecological Restoration from the University of Minnesota.
Ashley has had a lifelong interest in plants and the natural areas they reside in.
Currently Ashley serves on the board of the Virginia Native Plant Society and owns her own local-ecotype Native Plant Nursery in the heart of the City of Richmond. In her free time, Ashley enjoys spending time with her partner and dog exploring natural areas either by foot, bike or canoe. Her favorite places to explore are wetlands, swamps, marshes, bogs, and seeps.
Gray Montrose
Associate Director of Land Conservation
Previously to joining CRLC, Gray Montrose served as the Assistant Director with the Virginia Coastal Policy Center and as a Virginia Assistant Attorney General working with agency clients in a variety of legal matters specializing in Clean Air Act law, land use and environmental protections. At the Attorney General’s Office, Gray created the role of outreach contact for tribal leaders and worked to address matters of importance to Virginia’s native peoples. Her background in easements and land use proved valuable as the department worked closely to manage conservation incentive programs for multiple state agencies.
In 2023, Gray was named the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation Volunteer of the Year for pro bono volunteer work and is a former Mental Health America Mental Health Champion. Additionally, her farm won a Golden Hammer Award from the Historic Richmond Foundation for efforts to preserve the historic farmhouse. Gray is also a small farmer, serving as an elected area representative on the local Farm Services Administration committee as a voice for small, beginning, and minority farmers.
Matt Szucs
Donor Relations Manager
Matt Szucs joined Capital Region Land Conservancy in August of 2024. Matt‘s relationship with the natural world started in middle school, when his bike gave him the freedom to explore the trails within the James River Park System. These early experiences as well as deep dives into environmental history and environmental political thought while studying at Wake Forest provided the framework for a deep appreciation and love of natural spaces and how they can impact us as individuals and as a community.
Currently, Matt serves as the volunteer coordinator for Reforest Richmond and leads James River High School’s Boys Soccer program as Varsity Head Coach. You can usually find Matt somewhere in Richmond enjoying time with his partner on bikes, trail runs, dog walks, or enjoying live music.
Christina Newton
Community Engagement Manager
Serving the nonprofit sector has been Christina Newton’s North Star, putting her talents to work in the areas of communications, programs, and events for the arts, humanities and cultural sectors. She’s worked with notable institutions as Virginia Association of Museums, WNRN public radio, Historic Germanna, and Richmond Symphony as well as consultant with Arts Council of Richmond (now CultureWorks). She’s no stranger to supporting the betterment of the Richmond Region as former founder and director of the nonprofit, Curated Culture, and its First Fridays Art Walk program.
Christina is a volunteer with performing arts presenter Jam, Inc. and has served on the VPM Community Advisory Board, Edgar Allan Poe Museum Board of Directors, and as founding chair of the Downtown Arts & Cultural Task Force. When not working, she can be found on a trail or at a concert, and spending time with her husband and cats.