CHENANGO FORKS – The Boy Scouts of America Baden-Powell Council has hired Afton native Brittany Hulbert as the new Chenango District Executive.

Hulbert, 23, graduated from Maryland College in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts and Environmental Studies.

In the fall of 2009, she participated in a Chesapeake Bay Regional Studies program, which gave her the opportunity to study the Bay area and its environmental issues.

She has also participated in the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, volunteered for the Humane Society, was a member of numerous groups at Maryland College including Habitat for Humanity, and was a site manager for the Maryland wood duck initiative.