Abbey Hayward

LWV News:

The League of Women Voters (LWV) next community event, Lunch with a Leader, is noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 18 at the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Church on Sage.

The meeting is open to the public.

Department of Public Utilities, Water and Energy Conservation Coordinator  Abbey Hayward is the guest speaker. Hayward develops education and outreach programming focused on reducing customer consumption and utility resource waste through behavioral and technological adaptations. 

Hayward graduated from Bowling Green State University with a dual degree in Environmental Science and Geology with a focus in Watershed Management. During her senior year, her honors thesis was to evaluate living a zero-waste lifestyle for nearly a year. Hayward worked at Soil and Water Conservation Districts across Ohio implementing watershed action plans for Grand Lake St. Marys and Captina Creek. She ended her time in Ohio as executive director of the Captina Creek Land Conservancy.

In the fall of 2019, Hayward and her partner sold their house and cars, packed up their stuff and traveled the country in a 1983 Vanagon for a while. Since rejoining society and settling in the Land of Enchantment, they have started a family and enjoy time outdoors and touring the playgrounds of the county.