Farewell Dear Audubon Friends, In thinking about my imminent departure as Center Director, I have been reflecting on my time and journey with the National Audubon Society – nearly 12 years wrapped in various roles with the Grange Insurance Audubon Center as…Development Director, Stewardship Board Member and Center Director. My leave-taking is truly bittersweet. I am privileged and grateful for my Audubon tenure. Audubon is an amazing organization with amazing, talented and smart people among both National Audubon staff and on-the-ground volunteers who make so much of Audubon’s work happen. The birds, the mission, the science and advocacy, the people and their passion, this reclaimed land and the place of honor the Audubon Center holds within it…I could not have dreamed of nor asked for a better way to end my career. I call on each of you to reflect and remember where we started and how far we have come. Many held and carried this vision before I arrived. I am one person in a long-line, tending the Center vision, always with smart and talented people by my side. And now I am poised to pass the baton. I thank you for allowing me and joining me on this journey. I will carry this place and all of my Audubon friends and colleagues with me and in my heart. Christie Vargo