Tom FitzGerald (“Fitz”) was Director of the Kentucky Resources Council from 1984 until October 1, 2021. KRC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization providing free legal, strategic and policy assistance to individuals, organizations and communities concerning environmental quality, resource extraction, energy, and utility issues. Fitz received his Juris Doctor from the UK College of Law in 1980 (Order of the Coif ) and was a Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow with the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky from 1980-1982. He is an alumni of Roger Williams College (now University), Bristol, Rhode Island with a B.A. in American Studies with distinction. Fitz has been a lowly Adjunct Professor of Energy and Environmental Law at the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville since 1986, and has published a number of articles.

He received the Environmental Quality Commission Lifetime Achievement Award; the Henry R. Heyburn Public Service Award from the UK College of Law, the Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission Biological Diversity Award, the inaugural Professional Achievement Award from the University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association, the 14th Heinz Award in the Environment Category, and the Brennan-Haly Award from the University of Louisville Department of Political Science. He has been a fixture in the halls of the Kentucky General Assembly since 1978.

Liz Mosler is KRC's staff attorney and works in all aspects of the organization's litigation and policy advocacy programs to ensure the protection of Kentucky's natural resources and communities. She has over a decade of experience working in energy and environmental law and policy in the non-profit sector, private practice, and with state and federal government officials. Prior to stepping into her current role, Liz served as the director of energy and environmental policy for a national non-profit organization where she helped state government officials from across the country develop innovative environmental and energy policy solutions and strong working relationships. Liz alos owned her own law firm for several yeasr where she worked to protect and secure settlements for Kentucky landowners and communicaties adversely affected by extractive industries. In addition, Liz also worked as a consultant and project manajr on multi-million dollar, high-profile federal government projects to develop policies and regulations to reduce the environment impacts of coal mining in Appalachia. 

Sam is a Grawemeyer Scholar at the University of Louisville, and alumnus of WKU’s Gatton Academy. He is pursuing a degree in Environmental Analysis (B.S.) and self-designed major in Environmental Mitigation (B.A.) which combines engineering, biology, sustainability, and political science focused in pre-law. At UofL he has worked with the ENVIROME Institute to develop cumulative methods for stream sampling, and founded the Commonwealth Policy Coalition Think-Tank to translate university research into policy solutions for the state legislature. There he has studied economic incentives for managing bourbon stillage waste and developing renewable biogas in Kentucky. Sam plans to get a master’s degree in public policy and attend law school, to support sustainable relations between the environment and people who live in it.

Before coming to KRC, Donna worked as the Assistant Treasurer at the University of Kentucky where one of her roles was administration of gifts and endowments. Before UK, she worked as the Commissioner of Finance for the City of Lexington and as an economist for the Legislative Research Commission. While her professional background is in public finance and economics, she has a long personal history of environmental action, advocacy, and support. Donna received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Kentucky in Agricultural Economics, specializing in Environmental and Public Policy Economics. Donna will assist the Director with the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major gift fundraising from individuals and family foundations.

Amy is KRC's Communications Associate supports a number of projects to help share KRC's mission of protecting Kentucky's natural and built environments.

Before coming to KRC, Amy worked as the Director of Communications at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Administrator at St. Joseph Montessori Children's Center, and the Executive Director of Burnamwood Camp and Conference Center. For the past 10 years, she has been heavily involved in the work of non-profits with a specific focus on strategic organization and external communications.

Amy is graduate of the University of Kentucky, having studied secondary education and political science. Additionally, Amy also studied education at the graduate school at Georgetown College.