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 John grew up in the outdoors, in Albany, NY at the foothills of the Adirondacks. It was here he found his love of the outdoors and started to understand the importance of preserving wild places. John’s “indoor” education and experience includes an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Business, and MBA, and a career in technology marketing and educational tech. John’s “outdoor” education has taken him on hiking, backpacking, and canoeing adventures from the Superstition Mountains in AZ, through the Boundary Waters in MI and WI, the Adirondacks, the Catskills, and his adopted home of NJ. These experiences have brought to life the powerful impact that a connection with the outdoors can have and John’s current passions revolve around helping others foster new or renewed connections with the wilderness. A volunteer member of the NYNJ Trail Conference, John serves as Chair for the NW NJ sector overseeing Trail Conference trail maintenance work from High Point to the Delaware Water Gap.
But home is where the heart is, and the South Mountain Reservation has become “home turf” for John since 2018. John started by joining the SMC on hikes, trail work days, forest regeneration days, FrogWatch USA, the Pollinator Meadow project, the Mayapple Trail Runs and of course the Family Campouts. John looks forward to helping grow the outreach programs within the SMC to share the experience of the reservation with more people, and to reduce Nature Deficit Disorder wherever possible.
Join us in welcoming John Bylancik as the
newest member of the SMC Board!
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