10/27/2026
The Parks & Trails Foundation welcomes Thao Weldy as our new Development Manager.
Thao grew up in Houston, Texas, and earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Her engineering projects took her around the world, including to Oslo, Norway, where she realized it was possible to live somewhere with incredible access to nature. She promptly requested, and was granted, a transfer to Oakland, Calif., where she embraced a lifestyle of biking, rock climbing, camping, and hiking.
In 2016, Thao transitioned to nonprofit work at a community center that provided the same services her parents accessed when they arrived in the U.S. as refugees, services that helped them eventually thrive. Read more about Thao here:
https://biparksfoundation.org/welcoming-thao-weldy/
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