He is interested and focused on a variety of agricultural and conservation based initiatives and opportunities in Berks County and Pennsylvania. He is currently serving as secretary of the Adopt An Acre’s Board of Directors.

Helping to organize groups to assist the community is nothing new for Craig who helped to start Reading/Berks Habitat for Humanity.  An employee of Met Ed since 1984, Craig has supporting farmland preservation in Berks County in various ways for many years.  He is looking forward to helping the County reach its goal of 200,000 acres of open space/preserved farmland. Craig is the current vice president of the Board.

Ebling is currently pursuing an advanced degree in speech therapy as a graduate student at West Chester University, along with working as a substitute teacher.  She enjoys volunteering her time for causes she believes in.  The American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days and the Child Abuse Prevention Task Force at Little Swatara Church of the Brethren are two groups that benefit from Tara’s involvement.  Farming remains an important part of Tara’s life.  She hopes to one day take over the operation of her family’s preserved farms.

Christopher J. Hartman - A resident of Bern Township, Chris is an attorney who concentrates his practice in municipal, real estate, zoning and land use, estate planning and administration, and business law. Mr. Hartman is the Solicitor for several area municipalities, including some of Berks County's largest farming/agricultural townships (Centre Township Zoning Hearing Board, and Jefferson, Lower Heidelberg, North Heidelberg, Penn, and Tulpehocken Townships).

Chris was born in Reading, and received his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1987. Following his graduation from law school, Chris served as an attorney in the Washington D.C. area, as well as serving as Deputy Legislative Counsel for the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia. He returned to the United States, and the Reading area in 1992. Since 1998, he has served with the firm of Hartman, Hartman, Howe & Allerton, P.C.

Mr. Hartman is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and the Federated States of Micronesia. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and Berks County Bar Associations. Chris has previously served as Chairman of the Agricultural Law Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association from 2000 to 2002. He was Chairman of the Senior Citizen Booklet Committee of the Berks County Bar Association in 2000 and 2001 and in 1997 he chaired the Municipal Law Section of the Berks County Bar Association.

Victoria Kintzer (Board President) - Born in Reading, Kintzer has been a member of the Berks County Agricultural Preservation Board since it's inception in 1987.  She has held the office of vice chairman for many years, and continues to serve in that leadership position.  Victoria has supported local charities since the 1980s, first serving on the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters.  She continues to support agencies such as the Olivets/PAL, Berks Aids Network and PA Breast Cancer Coalition.  She is excited to finalize the formation of Adopt An Acre Inc. for the purpose of educating the private and public sectors about the importance of protecting farmland from development.  She is serving as president of the Board of Directors.  

Kintzer, who began her involvement in land preservation with little agricultural experience, has become a strong leader and advocate for this effort.  “I hope with the creation of Adopt An Acre Inc., we can expand our preservation success story far beyond our county boundaries and lend a hand to others who want to launch similar efforts to keep farmland in production for future generations,” Kintzer said.  She has worked for Verizon and the Communications Workers of America since 1980.

Sheila Miller – Miller is a former state legislator who retired from the House of Representative in 2006 after serving seven terms.  She was vice chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and chaired the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. 

Miller is a third generation beef producer.  She and her husband Mike raise registered Hereford cattle on their Tulpehocken Township farms.  She was appointed to the Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board in 1988 and served for eighteen years, retiring in 2006 to assist in launching the Adopt An Acre Inc. organization.  Miller assisted the organization in securing state funding and office space at Wernersville State Hospital.

In addition, Eric teaches other fire and rescue programs throughout Berks County and surrounding areas.  He resides in Tulpehocken Township, and is the vice-president and an active firefighter/EMT with the Keystone Fire Company of Rehrersburg.  He is employed full-time in public safety communications by the Borough of Wyomissing.  He serves as the Adopt-an-Acre webmaster.

Adopt An Acre Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been created to support and supplement the existing efforts of a multitude of agencies that are protecting land from development pressures.  Conservation easements are the tool through which government, conservancies, and land trusts preserve these vital acres from being converted into the final cash crop of houses or industrial sites.