Lonnie Childs is President of the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center
Lonnie Childs enjoyed a 30-year career as a manufacturing and supply chain executive capped by a stint leading his own management consulting firm. In 2001, he retired to the Fredericksburg area to pursue his interests in history, natural history, and land conservation.
In the ensuing years, he has been involved with multiple non-profit organizations including serving on the Board of Directors of the Gillespie County Historical Society and serving as State President of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), where he received the Benny Simpson Fellows Award for service to the society. He also served on the Steering Committee for the Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP). He was a graduate of the 2004 Hill Country Master Naturalist class and taught the “Early Texas Naturalist” curriculum for several years. He currently serves as President and Newsletter Editor of the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center.
He has authored numerous articles on natural history subjects and has been a frequent presenter. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.