Hearty Roots is thrilled to expand its board of directors by welcoming Lisa Katz, a longtime resident of Damariscotta, where she adventures alongside her husband and two sons.

Previously from Monterey, California, the Midcoast offered a true sense of coming home. For the last thirty years, Lisa has worked as a clinical social worker who supports children, families, and adults. She has a private counseling practice in Newcastle, and can be spotted in the wild at Lincoln Academy as a school social worker.

“Lisa comes to Hearty Roots at an exciting and crucial time. Her wealth of experience and expertise as a licensed clinical social worker in schools and private practice will continue to strengthen our therapeutic approach in local schools and in our community, and offer support to staff that will only further benefit the participants we are working with,” said Hannah Walsh, Therapeutic Adventure Mentor for Hearty Roots.

Katz has offered summer groups for participants needing the therapeutic nature of the outdoors, and supported youth on wilderness adventure trips like rock climbing, ropes course, backpacking, and rafting. “My experiences and the creative, infectiously positive energy at Hearty Roots informed my decision to want to be part of the organization,” Katz said.

When not working in the schools or at her practice – or supporting the very grateful team at Hearty Roots – Lisa can be found hiking local preserves with her husband, dog, and friends, or on the water whenever possible. Hearty Roots is thrilled to welcome Lisa and invites all readers to support children to “get off the grid and into their hearts.”

For more information on upcoming events, Hearty Roots year-round programming, summer offerings for youth, or sponsoring a child’s hearty adventure through scholarship, visit heartyroots.org. Lisa Katz and the entire team at Hearty Roots can’t wait to join you in Maine’s wild, where our journeys overlap.