Angela Belli has been engaged in environmental education for more than 25 years. She developed and implemented an array of outreach programs in environmental science for Saint Vincent College and led the development of their 50-acre Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, where she currently serves as director.
Belli integrates her love of nature, science education, conservation, and service to others into the mission and outreach of both the reserve and Saint Vincent. She has impacted the lives of not only countless undergraduate students in education and science and takes pride in having connected all ages - from preschoolers through adults - to the natural world around them through various programs. Her extensive experience in conservation biology and education, having conducted research at Powdermill Nature Reserve’s Biological Field Station, assisted in watershed restoration projects, and developed environment and ecology curriculum and integration.
Previously, she worked as a community outreach assistant with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Pittsburgh Regional Office for the Pollution Prevention Program, and a regulatory compliance specialist for Fisher Scientific International, Inc.
Her guidance in landscape conservation and education relating to the nature reserve and the Monastery Run Improvement Project Mine Drainage Remediation wetlands at Saint Vincent College have been recognized by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Resource Council, and Westmoreland County Smartgrowth partnership. She was also recognized as the Outstanding Environmental Educator of the Year (2004) and the Keystone Award Winner (2025) by the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators in 2004 and received the Saint Vincent College Projectenmacher Award in 2015. Seton Hill University recognized Angela for her development of Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve and her work in the field of environmental science and education as the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Leader.
Education
MS, environmental science and management, Duquesne University BS, biology, Seton Hill University Certification, secondary biology education, Saint Vincent College
