Meet the 2025 Team!
South Hill Forest Products is a student-run business dedicated to providing high quality, all natural non-timber forest products to our customers.
Jason Hamilton, CFO
Professor, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Just watching the energy of all the students learn the skills, and then start making up their own things that they wanna make.”
Margot Saganich ‘25, TA
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The maple syrup boils — we’re gonna be there ‘til 3 am!”
Nandini Agarwal ‘25, TA
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The R&D, you have a lot of room to experiment with different products that you can make.”
Alex Ostriak ‘27
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The freedom to create whatever we want and share it.”
Alicia Menduni 25’
Major: Environmental Science and Public and Community Health
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Being able to get so much hands on experience and be creative.”
Asher Davis ‘25
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Getting better at wood carving.”
Ben Newsome 25’
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Looking forward to the sugar boils.”
Bryce Martin
26’
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Getting a unique oppotunity.”
Cameron Strong ‘26
Major: Television and Digital Media
Favorite thing about NTFP: “I’m really excited to carve.”
Carley Kaiser ‘25
Major: Business Management
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Learning how to wood burn.”
Carolyn Davis ‘25
Major: Architectural Studies
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Doing something new.”
Cosmo Damiani ‘25
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Making syrup.”
Ean Lantzy ‘26
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “All the hands-on work.”
Erin Eastwood ‘26
Major: Architectural Studies
Favorite thing about NTFP: “All the hands-on learning and getting to create stuff.”
Esther Hong ‘26
Major: Physical Therapy
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Trying something new.”
Jaida Menteer ‘26
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Collaborating with other people.”
Jamie Lanza ‘25
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Not just making products, but having the opportunity to learn management skills and leadership.”
Julia Freitor ‘25
Major: Integrative Marketing and Communications
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The sugar bush opening and sharing this wonderful, creative outlet that we have in the Natural Lands with the rest of the community.”
Joey Kwasnicki ‘25
Major: History and Religious Studies
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Living in the woods!”
Kamryn Mercer ‘26
Majors: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Getting to get my hands dirty, and everything else.”
Madelyn Salvante ‘25
Major: Speech-Language Pathology
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Getting to be creative with a bunch of really cool people.”
Mayu Joiner ‘25
Major: Environmental Studies
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The opportunity to learn so many new skills.”
Morgan Hampton ‘26
Major: Environmental Studies and Sociology
Favorite thing about NTFP: “All the people in it and the ability to learn things that are useful, for life.”
Nane Hakobyan ‘25
Major: Legal Studies
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Obviously learning a lot of new things, but most importantly the community.”
Nate Nizinsky ‘26
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The opportunity for new experiences.”
Olivia Wood ‘25
Major: Documentary Studies and Production
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The ability to get outside, where my other classes are inside.”
Payton Romance ‘26
Major: Art
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Carving with people and spending time in the lab with my friends.”
Phelan Waldron
‘27
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The community that comes with it.”
Samson Brodtman ‘26
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The fun and fresh community that we have here.”
Shay Mogge ‘27
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Getting to have fun while learning.”
Shyla Mishra ‘25
Major: Vocal Performance
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The sugarbush.”
Siddharth Desai ‘26
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite thing about NTFP: “The hands-on aspect of it.”
Sofi Gross ‘27
Major: Biology
Favorite thing about NTFP: “Being able to work with things I would’ve never been able to do before.”