Danny Lapin has been hired by the Otsego County Conservation Association as the organization’s environmental planner. He earned his bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of California, Riverside, and his master’s degree in environmental policy from the Bard College Center for Environmental Policy. Lapin’s career has included environmental-planning positions in the Sierra Nevada region of California and a groundwater management post in Southern California. He has experience in the academic sector and at the state, regional, and community levels. In addition to his new role at OCCA, Lapin will continue to serve as a researcher at Bard College.