George Ahl spent the majority of his career with M3 Capital Partners, which focuses on creating and scaling specialized real estate companies globally. He previously served on the boards of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA); the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; the Madison Square Park Conservancy; and on the Visiting Committee for the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA). George was also on the Director’s Council for The Wooster Group, and remains on their Advisory Board. While maintaining a home in the Hudson Valley, George, a Life Member of the Mohonk Mountain Preserve was a volunteer trailkeeper, as well as a trail builder. A graduate of Williams College, George splits his time between Chilmark and Williamstown, MA.
Janet Baker is a trusted business advisor to iconic branded businesses and has served as an operations focused C-suite executive reporting to the Board of Directors. She is Assistant General Counsel with S&P Global, Inc. Janet is an experienced corporate and commercial attorney with expertise in information privacy and cybersecurity. She was a 2022 Fellow of the Economic Club of New York. She is a thought leader and won 2nd Place in the 2022 Inaugural Economic Club of New York’s Innovation and Social Impact Challenge. Her White Paper was entitled, Unleashing the Power of Climate Markets Will Drive Privacy ESG Risks: Is Your Board Seeing the Iceberg? She began her legal career in private practice in the corporate, finance, and securities departments of Dickstein Shapiro and Verner Liipfert (now DLA Piper).
Previously, Janet served as Executive Director of The Links, Inc., an international non-governmental organization (NGO), and is a member of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., a national organization for Black parents and children. Janet has received a Special Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Justice. Janet is a resident of Washington, D.C., and summer resident of Oak Bluffs, where she is a member of the Cottagers, Inc. Janet’s Oak Bluffs family roots extend for nearly 30 years. She appeared on Voice of America, “Next Steps with Chris Meeks” and was S&P’s 2021 Juneteenth Day Speaker discussing her father’s, LTC (Ret.) William Baker, book. The Brownsville Redemption: Theodore Roosevelt’s Wrongful Disgrace of the All-Black 25th Infantry in Brownsville, Texas, 1906.
Susan Crampton is a resident of Vineyard Haven and is a certified public accountant. She served on the Board of Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation for 10 years, from 2012 to 2022, and chaired our Accreditation and Audit Committees. Susan led the effort for Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation to adopt the Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices and led our first effort to attain accreditation with the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. Susan has been involved in Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation for decades, as her late husband, Steve, was President of Sheriff’s Meadow from 2006 to 2008 and served on the Board for years prior. Susan serves on the Board of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, and in 2021 she was awarded the Excellence in Leadership Award from the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. A graduate of Middlebury College, Susan spent much of her life in Vermont, where she and Steve raised their family and were active in their professions and in the community. Susan was the first woman to serve as the
Secretary of Transportation in Vermont.
Chris Miller, of Edgartown, is the president and founder of Millers Professionals Group. Millers Professionals is a group of three companies, specializing in construction, landscaping, and pools. His company employs 80 people and is one of the largest such companies on Martha’s Vineyard. Chris founded the company in 2002 and his business has steadily grown. In 2023, Chris received a “40 under 40” recognition from the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce. A year-round resident, Chris came to the island from Brazil, and is very involved in the community, including local churches, schools, and sports organizations. He serves on the Board of the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard. Chris is active with his children’s sports and is a regular presence on the soccer field sidelines during busy workweek afternoons. Chris loves the outdoors and understands all the effort that goes into good stewardship of conservation properties.