Our Team
Staff & Consultants
Erin Allaman (she/her)
Manager of Learning & Evaluation
Christian Alvarado (he/him)
Manager of Peer Learning
David Beard (he/him)
Director of Policy & Government Affairs
Avery Cleary (she/her)
Conference Manager
Priya Cook (she/her)
Director, Green Schoolyards and Communities
Devin Cowens (she/her)
Events Manager
Jaime Ehrenberg (she/her)
Sr. Vice President, Development and Partnerships
Cathy Jordan (she/her)
Consulting Director of Research
Ed Kegle (he/him)
COO
Marley Kehew (she/her)
Content Strategy Coordinator
Tehlyr Kellogg (they/them)
Executive Manager
Brenda Kessler (she/her)
Project Manager
Naomi LaRonde-King, (she/her)
Development Manager
Rachel Lewis (she/her)
Operations Manager
Monica Lopez Magee (she/her)
Sr. Vice President, Programs, Research & Policy
Kelly McManus (she/her)
Creative Director
Sarah Milligan-Toffler (she/her)
President & CEO
Laura Mylan (she/her)
CSO, External Relations
Kristy Omelianuk (she/her)
Network Engagement Manager
Alejandra Pallais (she/her)
Communications Strategist
Tanya Pappa (she/her)
Manager of Cities and Youth Engagement
Jamie Pérez (she/her)
Membership & Communications Coordinator
Sania Qureshi (she/her)
Project Coordinator
Mikaela J. Randolph (she/her)
Technical Assistance Consultant
Amelia Rhodeland (she/her)
Content Production Manager
Deliesha Stewart (she/her)
Accountant
Ruth Wilson (she/her)
Research Library Curator
Jaime Winans-Solis (she/her)
Research Library Curator
Board of Directors
Officers
Jesús Aguirre
Board Chair
Hanaa Hamdi, PhD
Vice Chair
Hussein Mohsen
Treasurer
Hannah Quimby
Secretary
Dr. Daniele Lyman-Torres
Governance Chair
Kim Moore Bailey
Past Board Chair
Members
Mickey Fearn
Member
Phil Ginsburg
Member
Nancy Herron
Member
Kim Larson
Member
Lisa Moore
Member
Founders’ Council
Richard Louv
Council Chair
Cheryl Charles
Council Co-Chair
Dr. Gail C. Christopher
Dr. Marti Erickson
Howard Frumkin
M.D., Dr.P.H.
Martin LeBlanc
Fran P. Mainella
Stephan D. Nygren
David Orr
Amy Pertschuk
Stephen J. Pont, MD, MPH, FAAP
Laura Turner Seydel
Jesse Sixkiller
Mike Pertschuk
Advisors & Ambassadors
Scientific Advisory Council
Nicole Ardoin, PhD Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Louise Turner Chawla, PhD Professor Emerita, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado
Ming Kuo, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Stephen J. Pont, MD, MPH, FAAP Medical Director, Office of Science and Population Health, Texas Department of State Health Services
Nancy Wells, PhD Professor, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
Scientific Advisory Council Emeritus
Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Marianne Krasny, PhD PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIC ECOLOGY LAB, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Green Schoolyards: Research and Metrics Advisors
Myron Floyd Professor and Department Head, North Carolina State University, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Lois Brink Chief Strategist, The Big Sandbox and Professor, University of Colorado Denver, Department of Landscape Architecture
William Sullivan Professor and Department Head, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dana Gerstein Director of Regulatory Affairs, National Dairy Council
Robin Moore Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director, Natural Learning Initiative, North Carolina State University
Nilda Cosco Associate Research Professor, Director of Programs, Natural Learning Initiative, North Carolina State University
Rachel Pringle Vice President of Growth & Strategic Partnerships, Education Outside
Kathryn Stevenson Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Green Schoolyards: Resource Curation Advisors
Cam Collyer Executive Director, Programs, Evergreen
Nette Compton Deputy Director of Parks for People, Trust for Public Land
Sharon Danks Founder and Executive Director, Green Schoolyards America
Rich Dolesh Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, National Recreation and Parks Association
Andrea Falken Director, U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
John Fisher Outreach Director, Life Lab, University of California, Santa Cruz
Justin Hegarty Executive Director, Green Schools Consortium of Milwaukee/ Reflo
Anisa Hemming Director, Center for Green Schools, US Green Building Council
Rusty Keeler Founder, Earth Play
Meg Kelly Senior Manager, Healthy Schools Campaign
Mary Alice Lee Director, Trust for Public Land – PlaNYC
Kirk Meyer Co-Founder (retired), Boston Schoolyard Initiative
Vicki Moore Founder and Board Member, Living Classroom
Alison Pernell Project Manager, Local Government Commission
Rachel Pringle Chief Strategy Officer, Education Outside
Lori Robertson Director of Conservation, National Recreation and Parks Association
David Rouse Managing Director of Research and Advisory Services, American Planning Association
Kevin Schabow Natural Resource Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Jennifer Seydel Executive Director, Green Schools National Network
Shannon Sprague Environmental Literacy & Partnerships Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Jeff Vincent Director of Public Infrastructure Initiatives, Center for Cities + Schools, University of California-Berkeley
Jenny Wiedower K-12 Manager, Center for Green Schools, US Green Building Council
Join Our Team
We are striving to build a diverse team that reflects the wide range of races, ethnicities, religions, gender identities, cultures and lived experiences of the international children and nature movement. We are committed to values of equity and inclusion in the way we work with each other, with our partners, and in the communities we serve.
Open Positions
There are no open positions at this time. Please check back later.