ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Flat Rock Brook Nature Association has named longtime trustee and Englewood-area civic leader Scott Reddin its 25th president, succeeding Chelsea Gleis, who completed two years as president of the nonprofit nature preserve.
Reddin, one of Flat Rock Brook’s longest-serving board members, is executive director of the Southeast Senior Center in Englewood and has a long record of civic and nonprofit involvement in the area.
He served nine years on the Englewood City Council, including two years as council president, and was elected to the Englewood Cliffs Board of Education at age 24. He also has served with the Center for Food Action, Bergen Family Center and West Side Infant and Teen Parent Program, and is co-founder and current chair of the Dwight Morrow High School Alumni Educational Alliance.
Flat Rock Brook thanked Gleis for her tenure, crediting her with helping bring the Jones Road Phase 1 and Boardwalk Trail projects to completion for their fall 2025 grand openings, recruiting new trustees and donors, strengthening fundraising and the organization’s operating position, and helping establish its new Pristine Fund to maintain recent capital improvements.
Gleis also organized the nonprofit’s “American River” screening fundraiser earlier this year and served as an advocate for Flat Rock Brook throughout the Englewood community.
The president of Flat Rock Brook is an unpaid volunteer position.
Flat Rock Brook Nature Center encompasses 150 acres of natural habitat at 443 Van Nostrand Ave. in Englewood and provides environmental education programs for children and adults.