Barbara Ross, WCAS Trustee and Development Chair, was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Delaware River Greenway Partnership at the organization's annual meeting on November 15, 2002. She replaces Pat Sziber who stepped down from the board because of a job-related meeting conflict. Barbara also represents D&R Canal Watch, an advocacy group of which she is President. The mission of DRGP, which includes about 150 public and private organizations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is to promote the public and private stewardship of a regional greenway as a continuous corridor of natural, historic, scenic and recreational resources along the Delaware River and its tributaries.

Barbara also has completed her two terms as president of the Garden State Audubon Council, which includes representatives of the NJ chapters of National Audubon plus the independent New Jersey Audubon Society. Barbara's successor is David Hall, president of Bergen County Audubon Society.