After an extensive nationwide search, TreeFolks, Austin and Central Texas’ urban forestry nonprofit, announced Tom Spencer will be the next executive director beginning June 5.
TreeFolks have been working with Hays County since 2015, after the Memorial Day Weekend Flood, to replant trees and other vegetation along the banks of the Blanco River in an attempt to restore and protect the riparian areas and improve water quality in the river.
Spencer’s leadership in the environmental community spans over three decades. His background includes serving as CEO of Interfaith Action of Central Texas, executive director of I Live Here, I Give Here, producer of public affairs programming for KLRU-TV, and most recently as the program director of the Texas Living Waters Project. Others may know him as the television host of the Emmy Award Winning KLRU-TV program “Central Texas Gardener” or the KLBJ radio host of the “Wildflower Hour.”
