Ms. Schumm is the award-winning author of two books on natural areas and plant history and four books on history. She has been lecturing and presenting professional papers on environmental topics nationally and internationally since 1997. Nancy is the Environmental Services Division Chief for the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland and has over 24 years of experience in wetland permitting, regulatory permits, erosion and sediment control inspections and stormwater design. She is Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic IECA, on the board of the International Erosion Control Association, a technical advisor for Envirocert-International and the Vice-Chair of the Wetland Workgroup for the Chesapeake Bay Program.