PALISADE — Roland Hill was voted the Interim President of the Long Lake Conservation Foundation (LLCF) during their quarterly Board Meeting on Monday, Sept. 21. In a corresponding vote, current President Bob Marcum was named interim vice president.The Foundation Board of Directors will vote during its July meeting on whether or not to remove the Interim tag and make the positions permanent.Hill, 61, a lifelong resident of Aitkin, had been the Vice President of the Foundation for the past four years, and has been a member ...
PALISADE — Roland Hill was voted the Interim President of the Long Lake Conservation Foundation (LLCF) during their quarterly Board Meeting on Monday, Sept. 21. In a corresponding vote, current President Bob Marcum was named interim vice president.
The Foundation Board of Directors will vote during its July meeting on whether or not to remove the Interim tag and make the positions permanent.
Hill, 61, a lifelong resident of Aitkin, had been the Vice President of the Foundation for the past four years, and has been a member of the Board since 2018. He is a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, the founding member of Indigenous Business Advisors, IBA Enterprises, a current member of the Aitkin School District School Board, and sits on a number of boards.
Hill said his goal is to increase the Foundation’s direct fundraising and grant writing efforts by leveraging the connections of the Board members.
“Long Lake has been sharing the wonders of nature with kids for decades,” Hill said. “It’s important for the Foundation to ask as many people as possible to pay it forward so future generations can do the same.”
Marcum has served as Foundation President for the last eight years and has been a Board Member since 2017. He was instrumental in establishing the Foundation’s Stewards program, and overseeing numerous fundraising efforts. Marcum was the first student ever enrolled at Long Lake in 1963, in part because his father James Marcum played a large role in the creation of the center.
“My dad had a vision for outdoor education focused on teaching wise use of natural resources that was decades ahead of its time,” Marcum said. “I look forward to continuing to tell Long Lake’s story, and honoring my father’s legacy by helping Roland guide the Foundation and the center into the future.”
The Long Lake Conservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise, receive, and appropriate funds with a goal to enhance environmental education at Long Lake Conservation Center. It raises and awards scholarships to deserving young people to attend outdoor school and summer camps at Long Lake. LLCF’s efforts include the Nature Rocks Concert for Conservation, the annual Walleye Fish Fry Fundraiser, selling walking tacos at the Aitkin County Fair, direct fundraising, and other fundraising events such as the Frozen 5k Fun Run.
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