Community Ambassador in Southwest Virginia

"Bland County's Appalachian Trail ambassador" is the headline on the article by Jeffrey Simmons of the SWVA Today staff out of someplace in Southwest Virginia (Bristol maybe? ... it's hard to tell from these web sites). The 17 January 2012 article highlights

Smyth County resident, Bland County beef cattle farm owner, horseback rider and general lover of the outdoors Diana Billips [who] has been named a community ambassador for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

Billips leads hikes throughout the year for Piedmont Appalachian Trial Hikers and maybe other clubs. She and her dog are pictured.