Beth Obenshain: Leadership To Overcome Social & Political Polarization

Presentation by Beth Obenshain In this episode, Beth Obenshain speakes on leadership and change in an increasingly polarized social and political environment, as she offers her perspective as a business leader, journalist, and Montgomery County native. Beth Obenshain is a former editor for the Roanoke Times and founder of New River Land Trust, an organization that works to conserve farmland, forests, open spaces, and historic places in the New River region of Southwest Virginia. Since 2002, it has helped to protect over 56,000 acres of land in the region and over 26 miles of New River frontage. Beth is a native of Blacksburg and Montgomery County. Presented in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia State University, Sustain Floyd, IPG, ASPECT, The New River Valley Community Foundation, Department of Religion and Culture, Outreach and International Affairs, SPIA, and CSECP.