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.”


Patty McHugh

‘25, TA

Major: Environmental Science

Favorite thing about NTFP: “The community aspects it brings to Environmental Science. I think its not something we have at other schools and I really enjoy it.”

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.”