Mary Anne Hitt

Mary Anne Hitt is the executive director of Appalachian Voices. She is also currently a fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program. Her previous experience includes working as executive director of both the Ecology Center, based in Missoula, Montana, and the Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project, based in Asheville, North Carolina. She received her master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Montana and her bachelor’s degree in environmental science and policy from the University of Tennessee. She grew up in east Tennessee, just outside Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.