Participant Biographies

Jill Rubio
President, Arizona Association for Environmental Education
350 N. Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
520-792-9591 ext. 24
520-792-8518 fax
jrubio@ag.arizona.edu

Jill Rubio is the Arizona State Coordinator for Project Learning Tree (PLT), where she has worked to rebuild the program in Arizona and is engaged in an ongoing effort to train educators around the state. She is currently the President of the Arizona Association for Environmental Education, and served in 2002 as the Vice President. Jill has represented Arizona and AAEE at the State Affiliates workshop at the NAAEE Conference for several years.

She also works with a statewide team of leaders from the Arizona environmental education community as the project manager for the Arizona EETAP States Grant. This is the first grant acquired by AAEE and helps fund environmental education capacity building in Arizona. This grant serves to pursue several specific projects, including the revamped AAEE newsletter, the SunCatcher, an interactive database of EE programs and events in Arizona, cooperative workshops, and standards correlations.

Susan Williams
Project Coordinator, Arizona EETAP
2613 E Elm St
Tucson, AZ 85716
520-795-0344 (home)
520-400-4117 (cell)
susanleewilliams@earthlink.net

My role with the Arizona Association for Environmental Education is EETAP Grant Coordinator. In this capacity I facilitate communication between members of the AAEE-EETAP team; perform administrative and research projects as assigned by the President and Board Members, and contribute ideas to planning and evaluation. I will serve as a principal organizer for the final EETAP report. Over a 13-year career as an Arizona teacher and administrator in education, I have developed a network of colleagues and resources that I am bringing to AAEE�s effort to achieve its strategic goals. Areas where I am skilled are: 1) fundraising; 2) developing budgets; 3) program development; and 4) research.

To me the greatest challenge ahead for AAEE to fully realize the goals set forth is to make the network of educators, interpreters, and administrators function on a deeper level. This means several things must happen: 1) the database must be easy to use and be content rich; 2) personal contacts with key people and agencies must be made to bring the news, so to speak, about the new capabilities of the organization; 3) public school teachers and their administrators must see AAEE as a key tool for facilitating the education of their students; 4) AAEE must form a liaison with the State Board of Education.

Kathy Lloyd
Resource Teacher, Cooper Environmental Science Campus
Tucson Unified School District
PO BOX 40400
Tucson, AZ 85717
520-743-7422 (w)
520-624-0093 (h)
cooperesc@aol.com

I was born and raised in Arizona but really didn�t appreciate my unique natural environment until I started teaching. Through some professional workshops involving teachers learning about the animals of the Sonoran Desert and their habitat, I became aware of how much I had been missing and through this previously untapped area of learning experiences how much my students were missing because my teaching lacked my own personal involvement and �zest� for environmental awareness.

Since my �turning on� to what is around me, I have actively sought acquiring knowledge about the area that I live in and became qualified to be hired in the position as the Resource Teacher at Cooper Environmental Science Campus with the Tucson Unified School District. I am lucky enough to be in a job situation that makes it possible for me to stimulate an entire age spectrum (from kindergarten to grandparents) to the beauty and richness of environmental awareness. I am also currently on the Board for the Arizona Association for Environmental Education which puts me in a better position to find out what is going on in the area of environmental education in our state and in the nation and to make other people aware of what is available for them.

Karen Schedler
EE Program Manager, Arizona Game and Fish
2221 W. Greenway Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85023
602-789-3238
602-789-3903 fax
kschedler@gf.state.az.us

For the past 28 years, I have worked in EE at The Phoenix Zoo (23 years, serving as the liaison between educators and the zoo�s education department) and at AZ Game and Fish (5 years, serving as the EE Program Manager). My current role incorporates not only the �usual� aspects of EE and interpretation but also facilitation, training (agency personnel and volunteers), networking with external groups whose mission is consistent with that of AGFD, helping forge new partnerships so we can �work smarter, not harder.�

Arizona�s EE community is currently rediscovering itself via renewed vigor from a diverse array of agencies, businesses, groups, and individuals. Simultaneously � like most other states � we are facing severe economic restrictions that intensify challenges created during the development of these new partnerships: many new dreams and visions created (or recreated) but hampered by shrinking capital (human or dollar). By building networks and partnerships, we are once again well on our way to creating a strong framework for EE that should withstand the most intense scrutiny. I view my role as helping those new dreams and visions take flight, with solid support and lifelines attached.

Michael Marzolla
4-H Youth Development Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension 4-H
305 Camino del Remedio
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
805-692-1730
805-692-1731 fax
ammarzolla@ucdavis.edu

Mr. Marzolla has served as a 4-H Youth Development Advisor, with University of California Cooperative Extension in Santa Barbara County since 1983. He has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of non-formal education. His current projects include the USDA funded Neighborhood GreenNet, and the Agua Pura Leadership Institute. He serves as the Chair of the EETAP funded diversity project for the Golden State Environmental Education Consortium (GSEEC), and he is currently the Chair of the CREEC Region 8 Steering Committee. In addition, he is the President and co-founder of the California Aquatic Science Education Consortium (CASEC). He is also a co-founder of the �Los Marineros� marine education program. Mr. Marzolla is the Vice President for the Santa Barbara based Center for the Study of the Environment. He also served on the board of the North American Association for Environmental Education as Chair of the Non-formal Commission, and locally as a member of the board for La Casa de la Raza. Marzolla holds a Masters in Education, specializing in non-formal education, from the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts. His undergraduate degree is in fine arts, from Humboldt State University, where he did course work and special projects in environmental planning and design.

His international work experience began in the Peace Corps in Guatemala, where he coordinated the country's school and community garden program, and served as a team member responsible for non-formal education for a nutrition education research project with INCAP As a consultant in Lesotho, Southern Africa, he lead the establishment of a non-formal education service center. His experience includes the development of the appropriate technology training program and manual for the Peace Corps. Before he began his work with the University of California, Marzolla directed a farm worker service center for eighteen Northern California counties.

Kerry Eastman Stendell
Program Manager, Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Recycling Board
777 Davis Street, Suite 100
San Leandro, CA 94577
510-614-1699
510-614-1698 fax
kstendell@stopwaste.org
www.stopwaste.org

Kerry is a Program Manager at the ACWMA, responsible for overseeing school education programs and a Master Composter Training course. Kerry has experience as both a classroom teacher and a non-formal educator in California and Wisconsin. She was the Program Manager for the River Parkway Trust, a non-profit land trust in Fresno, CA, and oversaw both the organization's public education programs and invasive weed management and restoration projects along the San Joaquin River.

Prior to moving back to California, Kerry earned an M.S. in EE from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. While a graduate assistant with NEEAP she developed, implemented and evaluated the Wisconsin Community Outreach Project for Environmental Education and the Wisconsin Community Outreach Leadership Clinic. The Project and Clinic were modeled after the EE 2000 project and National Leadership Clinics. Kerry has been a presenter at state (WI and CA) EE conferences and at the NAAEE conference. Kerry served as a Board member for the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education and has provided facilitation and strategic planning services to regional and state EE organizations in Wisconsin and Iowa. As a classroom teacher, Kerry taught middle school science and English as a Second Language for Adults. As a non-formal educator, Kerry worked as a Science Instructor for the Marine Science Institute, in Redwood City, leading hands-on lessons on the ecology of the SF Bay aboard a research vessel.

Betsy A. Leonard
Member, Golden State Environmental Education Consortium
10110 Kibler Drive
San Diego, CA 92126-3532
858-271-6656
betsleon@pacbell.net

Betsy Leonard, M.A. in Education, has been active in the field for more than 15 years and is currently serving as an environmental education consultant, with a focus in resources, curriculum writing and professional development. After obtaining a California K-8 Teaching Credential, Betsy represented the United States in the first joint conference on education between the United States and Spain. For four years she organized and directed the Nature Challenge, a county-wide environmental knowledge and problem solving competition for 4^th grade � 12^th grade students. She coordinated the local logistics for an African Regional Group EE Project, sponsored by the US Information Agency. Betsy was the founder and served as President for four years of the Environmental Education Section of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). She also served on the National Board of Directors for NAI. Ms. Leonard coordinated the national NAAEE Curriculum and Resources Fair in 2000. She has represented California in two prior national Leadership Clinics, serving as local coordinator when NEEAP met in San Diego. Betsy obtained her Master�s Degree in Education, with a focus in environmental education from San Diego State University. She recently has been recognized by NAI as a Certified Interpretive Guide.

Sandi Funke
Coordinator, California EETAP
595 Verano Avenue
Sonoma, CA 95476
707-939-3869
funkewoman72@yahoo.com

Sandi Funke has worked in the field of environmental education for the past eight years in both non-formal and formal settings and at the organizational and state levels. In the non-formal setting, Sandi has worked both as an educator and as an independent consultant specializing in training and evaluation. Sandi worked as an instructor and naturalist at several San Francisco Bay Area parks. In her work as a consultant she conducts mixed-methods evaluation for the Yosemite National Institutes and the California Academy of Sciences. She also leads trainings and recently presented at the statewide conference of the Association for Environmental and Outdoor Educators in California.

Sandi has been the EETAP States Program coordinator for California this past year. She helped plan and implement efforts to bring EE to teacher educators and bilingual educators in California.

In the formal setting Sandi works as a part-time elementary school science teacher. Sandi�s interests lie in using community-based learning to teach EE, diversity in EE, and inquiry-based learning. Sandi has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Science, Technology and Society studies from Michigan State University. She earned her M. S. Ed. focusing on garden-based learning for English language learners, from California State University, Hayward.

Hilda Castillo
Director, Bilingual EE and Outreach
Headlands Institute
GGNRA/Building 1033
Sausalito, CA 94965
415-332-5776 x14
415-332-5784 fax
hcastillo@yni.org

Hilda Castillo,is the Director of Bilingual Education and Outreach, at the Headlands Institute. She holds a M. A. in Education from Sonoma State University, where she also worked as Academic Coordinator/Associate Director for the Upward Bound Program and Pre-College Programs. Ms. Castillo's professional experiences includes more than fifteen years experience in teaching, planning, developing, implementing, and coordinating educational programs in a variety of contexts, including her native Venezuela, other Latin America countries, and the United States.

Her work as an environmental education advocate has received the accolades of her colleagues and institutional leaders. In 2000, Hilda won an award for her achievements with the San Francisco Region National Parks Community Partners, National Parks Conservation Association. In 2002 she received the Environmental Justice Award from the Sierra Club, Marin County Chapter, and most recently, she was inducted to the Marin Women's Hall of Fame, Marin County.

Y. Armando Nieto
Board Member, Earth Share of California
914 Cheltenham Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-452-6108
805-682-4503 fax
yanieto@earthlink.net

I have been working with young people for over 30 years from peer counselor to tutor to teacher to work supervisor. My most extensive experience in this field has been with my employment in the California Conservation Corps, a state agency and a youth conservation corps in the Golden State. That experience, as is often the case when one learns and grows in an outdoor setting, has been nothing short of transformational. From my experience in the "C's", this social science major in college, became a conservationist, an ecologist, an environmentalist, and a proponent for experiential education, environmental justice and diversification of the environmental movement.

My work over the past 20 years has been leading crews in trail building, habitat restoration, tree planting, public education and community engagement, and disaster response activities; teaching classes in program orientation, conservation awareness, career development, leadership development, team building and a multitude of work-based skills to corpsmembers; coordinating public service resource conservation projects; establishing collaborations with state, federal, local and non-profit sponsors and managing our academic enrichment components of the CCC.

I also served as the President of the Association of Conservation Employees for five years within that time and sat on contract negotiation teams, meet and confer sessions and labor-management meetings. My intent in this forum was to continue to professionalize the job of youth leaders in the conservation field. My latest duties include overseeing, with a team of colleagues, the statewide implementation of over 35 million in Bond funds for parks and recreational areas in California.

From joining the Corps in 1981 as a staff crew supervisor, to my present position as an analyst overseeing statewide resource development projects, I became a strong advocate of the strategy of employing youth corps to develop a strong work ethic while promoting stewardship of the land and a commitment of service to communities. The combination of the enthusiasm of youth, inspiring leadership and engaging and meaningful work is a formula that works.

David Romain started as a primary school teacher. After B.A. in geography and M.A. in Economic Development, he worked for seven years as an Urban Planner in the Mid West and the San Francisco Bay Area. In the early 1980s, when the USA was awakening to the environmental limits of its lifestyle, the California Public Utilities Commission require d several programs to be administered by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E, and other such state utilities to offer their customers significant incentives to conserve energy.

During this time, David joined PG&E, providing residential and commercial customers with energy-saving equipment and counseling these customers on energy use practices that would conserve energy and reduce their bills. As this program tailed off in the late 1990s, he left to set up an education consultancy to encourage low income parents to engage more actively in the schools, so that they could better influence their neighborhood schools to serve their children more effectively.

As public education funding of such supportive services has declined in recent years, David has returned to the community college level to teach Physical Geography. There, he uses this medium to engage students in discussions and special studies in the contradictions between their, (our), lifestyle and the stewardship of the planet. In this way, they together explore practical ways to alter their lifestyle in keeping with what they are learning about the planet�s lifestyle.

Running Grass
Director, Three Circles Center
P.O. Box 1946
Sausalito, CA 94965
415-331-4540
415-331-6227
running-grass@threecircles.org

Mary Rice
Project Manager, IL EE Advancement Consortium
1111 East Schaumburg Road
Schaumburg, IL 60194
847-985-2100
847-985-9692 fax
marice@parkfun.com
mrice@iols.net

Mary Rice is the Environmental Education Program Coordinator and Naturalist at Schaumburg Park District�s Spring Valley. Prior to this, she worked as a naturalist guide and educator at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL, and as an elementary classroom teacher in IL, NJ, WI, and NY. She holds a BA in history with a teaching minor from Edgewood College, Madison, WI, a M.S.Ed. in outdoor teacher education from Northern Illinois University, and is currently working on her dissertation to complete a D.Min. in Spirituality from the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, CA.

Mary is past chair of the Illinois Environmental Education Advancement Consortium (IEEAC), a group working to build capacity within the state. She helped design the Tools for Non-formal Educators workshop that brings the content and challenges facing formal educators to those working in non-formal settings, thus enabling non-formals to better understand and work within the milieu of formal education. She has presented the module on pedagogy in IL, MN, WI, WA, GA, CA, TX, HI, and WV. She is co-author of the Tools Train the Trainer Manual, a Certified Interpreter Trainer, and a Projects Facilitator and Mentor.

Tony Janisch
EE Supervisor, Forest Preserve District of Will County
20851 S. Briarwood Lane
Mokena, IL 60448
708-479-2255
708-479-3876 fax
tjanisch@fpdwc.org

Hi! I'm Tony. I currently work for the Forest Preserve District of Will County, in Will County, Illinois. Here, I work as the Environmental Education Supervisor. Part of my duties is to oversee the educational programs at four facilities and directly manage the Environmental Learning Center. This center focuses in three area, Youth Group camping & education, School Group environmental education and Teacher professional development. My role on the CORE2 Project is that of the Northeast Region Coordinator. This region is made up of 9 counties in and around the Chicago land Area.

Now that the professional mumbo-jumbo is out of the way... I have two quotes that work as my guiding force and are the bases for my environmental education philosophy. "Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, and "You can only have a new society if you change the education of the younger generation." - Marylin Feurgeson. I originally got into this field to work at and direct youth summer camps. But if there is no wilderness or natural areas left, summer camps aren't going to be much fun. Helping kids, and adults, learn about and to make wise choices about our environment is important. Ah! Who am I kidding? Who wants to get a cheeseburger and beer?

Judy Miller
Environmental Program Manger, Urbana Park District / Anita Purves Nature Center
1505 N. Broadway
Urbana, IL 61801
217-384-4062
217-384-1052 fax
jkmiller@urbanaparks.org
www.urbanaparks.org

Judy Miller has worked for the Urbana Park District since 1983. As Environmental Program Manager, she administers the environmental programs, the Anita Purves Nature Center and the management of four natural areas. She coordinated a nature center expansion project; exhibit project, 80+ acre prairie recreation project, and a forest management and master plan. Currently she is managing the design of a natural areas boardwalk and exhibit project.

Judy received a Master's of Science Education from Northern Illinois University in 1983 while working at the Lorado Taft Outdoor Education Field Campus. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Biology and General Science, minor in Environmental Studies and a Secondary Teaching Certification from Hiram College, Hiram Ohio in 1981.

Judy has been a Regional Director, Secretary and is President of the Environmental Education Association of Illinois. She is a facilitator for all of the Project curricula and participated in rewriting Project Learning Tree and the review for the Association of Nature Center Administrator's The Nature Center Handbook and Director's Guide to Best Practices. She participated in an Illinois State Environmental Education Leadership Clinic and the Train-the-Trainer Tools Workshop for Non-formal Inservice Providers. She has coordinated three Environmental Education state conferences.

Angela Smith
Director, Douglas-Hart Nature Center
2204 DeWitt Avenue East
Mattoon, IL 61938
217-235-4644
217-234-3969 fax
dhnature@advant.com
www.dhnature.org

Angela Smith has worked as Director of the Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon, Illinois since 1993. She is responsible for all administrative aspects of the center, manages the environmental education program, and develops and implements the natural resource management plan for the center�s 67 acres.

Angela received a bachelor�s degree in Environmental Biology with a minor in Botany from Eastern Illinois University in 1992. She has served four years as Regional Director for the Environmental Education Association of Illinois and is currently President-elect. Angela was a member of the steering committee and public relations chair for the 2003 Midwest Environmental Education Conference.

Angela serves on the Illinois Projects Advisory Committee and is a facilitator for Project WILD, WILD Aquatic, Learning Tree, and WET. She assists in the coordination of Illinois� statewide Environmental Education structure and served as team leader for her region. Angela�s interests include promoting native landscaping, conducting bat and mussel surveys, and gardening.

Cheryl Thompsen
EE Coordinator, Northern Illinois University
PO Box 299
Oregon, IL 61061
815-732-2111
815-732-4242 fax
cthompsen@niu.edu

I have been in the field of Environmental Education for the past 12 years. I worked for the University of Georgia at Rock Eagle 4-H Center for 8 years, first as an educator, later as the Environmental Education Coordinator.

I am currently the Environmental Education Coordinator at Northern Illinois University's Lorado Taft Field Campus, where I have been employed for the past four years. I am responsible for all aspects of the Environmental Education Program, including recruitment, staffing, training, and teaching.

In college, I had no idea that this was a career path to pursue. I was fresh out of college with a biology degree in my hands and no future direction. An astute advisor pointed my in this direction and I have never looked back. I have focused my career on residential education and love the opportunity to remove outside distractions and immerse students in the natural world. It has always been my hope that allowing students to explore and be immersed in an environment will give them a greater appreciation for that environment, and will translate into responsible stewardship later in life.

Mark York
Southern Region Team Member
167 West Davis St, PO Box 401
Equality, IL 62934
618-276-4642
618-272-4101 fax
myork@shawneelink.net

I have 27 years of teaching experience in the public schools and an MS degree in Education with a specialization in mathematics/science. I am currently teaching both of those subjects at the fifth grade level in Gallatin County School, a rural district which rests partially within the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.

Approximately one third of my classroom time is devoted to science and, of that time, about one half is spent on �Environmental Education.� In addition to teaching, I have been involved in other activities that fall within the parameters of �EE�. I have written and administered a couple of grants for our school: one on �recycling� funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and one on �ecology� funded by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. I have served as our district�s liaison with the Illinois State Museum on three outreach projects: Wetland Ecology, Archeology and Geology. I have also served as an in-service provider to my colleagues for a project created by Southern Illinois University on the investigation of environmental issues.

I work closely with our local Soil and Water Conservation District, which has a long-standing tradition of providing environmental education to our students. It was this connection, which led to my involvement in the CORE2 project and my attendance at this conference

Karen Zuckerman
Past President, EE Association of Illinois
903 West Moss Avenue
Peoria, IL 61606
309-674-5135
309-697-1334 fax
kzuckerm@insightbb.com

Karen Zuckerman is the past president of the Environmental Education Association of Illinois. She served as president during the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 terms. She has also served the board as membership chair and regional director. An educator, Karen teaches science, reading, and visual art to 5-8 graders at Hollis Consolidated Grade School in Peoria County, Illinois. Her students find themselves outdoors and involved in studying and sustaining local ecosystems through habitat development and field studies.

Karen has trained science educators to develop scientific literacy as a Projects facilitator (Project Wild, Wild Aquatic, Project Learning Tree, Project Wet) and as director of two scientific literacy staff development grants for the Sun Foundation for the Arts and Sciences 1990-1993 and1994-1996. She was part of the writing team of the Illinois State Standards for Education.

Syd Hime
EE Coordinator, Missouri Department of Conservation
PO Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-751-4115 x3370
573-751-8757 fax
himes@mdc.state.mo.us

Syd Hime is the Environmental Education Coordinator at the Missouri Department of Conservation. She has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of natural resources and environmental education. Current responsibilities include administering the Department�s Outdoor Classroom Grant program, producing an educator�s newsletter, implementing professional development programs, administering an Environmental Education Certification Program and assisting with curriculum development. As the EETAP States Program administrator for Missouri, Syd has been instrumental in organizing a Community Leadership Clinic and developing an EE Resource Database. Prior to working in Missouri Syd enjoyed a career as a park ranger and naturalist in Iowa and time in Nebraska implementing environmental education programs for a Natural Resource District. She has a strong interest in helping schools integrate environmental education through outdoor classrooms and place-based learning and is also interested in working with communities to accomplish environmental action through education.

Jennifer Gilbert
Board Member, Missouri EE Association
Bridging the Gap
PO Box 10220
Kansas City, MO 64171
816-561-1087
816-561-1091 fax
jennifer@bridgingthegap.org

Jennifer Gilbert works as the School Projects Coordinator at Bridging The Gap, a non-profit environmental education and action organization in Kansas City, Missouri. She manages the Leadership in Environmental Action Projects (LEAP) program in Kansas City and works to help area students and teachers implement hands-on projects to reduce solid waste at their schools. She also works on the Choose Environmental Excellence Schools program, which includes producing a bi-monthly newsletter for educators, coordinating an annual awards program and serving as a resource for area educators interested in helping their students improve the local environment.

Jennifer serves as a Board Member At-Large for the Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA), and she enjoys being part of this organization working toward strengthening the field of environmental education and helping with MEEA�s vision of developing a more environmentally literate citizenry in Missouri.

Jennifer�s earned a M.Ed. in Science Education with an Environmental Education specialization from Western Washington University. During her studies she focused on the effective combination of environmental education and community service-learning. She has worked as an outdoor educator in New York, as a membership coordinator for a natural area preserve in Philadelphia and has volunteered for various environmental education efforts.

Irene Unger
President-Elect, Missouri Environmental Education Association
PO Box 504
West Plains, MO 65775
417-255-7293 (w)
417-256-2620 (h)
417-255-7927 fax
ireneunger@wp.smsu.edu

After receiving an M.S. degree in Research Biology at St. Louis University, I accepted the position of Instructor of Biology at SMSU-West Plains in 1995. At SMSU-West Plains, I teach introductory biology courses to a very diverse group of students (biology majors and non-majors, traditional and non-tradition students). In both my professional and community volunteer work, I�ve sought to expand awareness of environmental issues in a variety of settings. Efforts include facilitation of sixteen Project Wet, Wild and PLT workshops, co-founding and sponsoring the campus environmental organization and co-chairing the multi-agency team that leads the annual Water Festival for over 400 area youth. Recently I was promoted to Assistant Professor and currently lead a special assignment to create a landscaping plan for our campus. A primary goal of this emerging plan is to showcase gardens that highlight the utility and beauty of native Missouri plants.

Margaret Lampe
Comm Involvement Coordinator, Team Sweep Model Citizens Program
5125 Vermont Ave
St. Louis, MO 63109
314-832-7378
314-776-2910 fax
ecowiz74@hotmail.com

Maggie Lampe is employed by Operation SafeStreet, Inc., a not-for-profit organization in the City of St. Louis, as the Team Sweep Model Citizens program Community Improvement Coordinator. There she assists approximately 220 youth and adult volunteers in organizing environmentally focused action projects in their neighborhoods. Litter removal, gardening, and recycling initiatives are just a few of the activities Team Sweep volunteers engage in regularly. Maggie also facilitates Reduce, Reuse, Recycle workshops and locates field trips related to environmental issues for the volunteers. Neighborhood assessments, program development, evaluation and research to identify best practices for community-based environmental projects are a regular part of her work.

Currently, Maggie is integrating place-based environmental education into the Team Sweep program and is eager to learn about other community groups using this approach, particularly those in low-income, minority areas. In addition, she is interested in studying the importance of reinforcing EE throughout various aspects of a persons life; from the formal classroom to community-based programs, public education at zoos and aquariums, trips to nature centers, and even EE in the home.

Charles McClaugherty
Director, Huston-Brumbaugh Nature Center
Mt. Union College
1972 Clark Ave
Alliance, OH 44601
330-823-3655
330-823-8531 fax
mcclauca@muc.edu

I grew up in the southern Appalachians (Virginia) nestled by the mountains of the Jefferson National Forest and near the banks of the New River. I was in love with �the woods� by the time I was 10 and still make pilgrimages to the mountains of my youth where indeed my roots run deep. My second most favorite place on the planet is Costa Rica, where I take students every other year for a field class in tropical biology.

I am the president of the Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO), whose members are remarkably dedicated, talented and overworked. I make my living working for Mount Union College, a 4-year church related college in Alliance, Ohio. Part of my job is to direct an endowed Nature Center that offers programs for school groups, the general public and supports education at the College. In my community I am involved in my church as a teacher and promoter of missions, and I serve as chair of our local shade tree commission. My favorite people are my wife, Martha, and two daughters, Helen (21) and Anna (18).

Jeannette Henson
2nd vice-president, Ohio Alliance of Black School Educators
8520 Morningdew Drive
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
614-861-5517 cell
419-656-6708
jeanettehenson@sbcglobal.net

Bachelor of Science in elementary education from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH; Masters of Education in educational administration also from BGSU with superintendent certification .

Gloria Noland
President, Ohio Alliance of Black School Educators
1605 W. 37^th St
Lorain, OH 44053
440-277-7271
gnolan@lorainschools.org

Linda Pettit
Environmental Education Coordinator
Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District
1660 Gateway Cir Ste 2
Grove City, OH 43123
614-804-9450 ext. 15
614-801-9456 fax
linda-pettit@oh.nacdnet.org

Linda Pettit comes to the EETAP Leadership Clinic in the role as the Region 1 Director for EECO, the Environmental Education Council of Ohio. In the role of Regional Director Linda is responsible for promoting environmental education through 6 counties in Central Ohio. The current focus through the EETAP grant is urban/minority education. Region 1 has taken this focus to the after care facilities in Columbus and has put together an environmental activity booklet and provides training sessions for after care providers to help promote environmental education in these facilities.

Linda is also the Environmental Education Coordinator for the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District. In this role she provides programs to school classes and youth groups in Franklin County, as well as educator in-service training and activities for countywide events. Linda recently developed a soil tunnel, which is a 10� x 10� tent with walls painted to look like underground. She also does stream quality monitoring field trips for students and programs on the importance of soil, importance of trees, water quality and water conservation. She is a facilitator for Project WET, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, Food, Land and People, Leopold Education Project, and the new Healthy Water, Healthy People.

In both roles Linda enthusiastically shares her knowledge about our environment with the hopes that others will learn to appreciate nature and make informed decisions about their yard and community.

Suzanne Spradling
Project Manager, OK Consortium for Environmental Education
1921 Huntington Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
405-848-6420
sshawsprad@aol.com

Personal Biography: Suzanne Shaw Spradling, Ph.D. Environmental Science; Associate Dean of Education � St. Gregory�s University, Shawnee; OK Project Manager � EETAP States� Program; Oklahoma Consortium for Environmental Education; State Coordinator for NSTA Building a Presence for Science Program; Board member � Oklahoma Science Teachers Association; Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education- Board Member, Past President; Former Director of OSU Center for Environmental Education; 18 years - Middle and High School Science/Environmental Science teacher

EE experience: Facilitator � Project WILD, WET, PLT, LEP, Oklahoma Spirit; Workshop presenter since 1989 at state, regional and national conferences; Conference Chair for OKAEE (state EE association) 2000 conference; Initiated first environmental summit for high school students in Oklahoma; WWF Biodiveristy Leadership Workshop participant; PLT writing workshop, writer for revision of K-8 Activity Guide; EE Certification Workshop - Galveston Texas; Contributed reviews for Green Teacher and Clearing journals. Research interests: Authentic Assessment, Inquiry-based Learning, Efficacy of Reflective Journaling in the Learning Process, Environmental Ethics, Using the Environment as a Context for Learning

Personal interests: Hiking, fly fishing, reading (mystery, nature writing), journaling, orienteering, nature photography

My involvement in EE began 30 years ago as a teacher when I integrated national EE curriculum supplement activities into my middle and high school science classes. Environmental Education is a life-long process for me. I continue to be interested and involved in the process of the seamless integration of environmental education throughout the K-16 curriculum. EE is a component of the methods courses that I currently teach. The Environment has always been a context for learning in my classroom and in my life.

Mary L. Coley
Reporting Manager, Oklahoma Coalition for Environmental Education
1701 W. Utica Street
Broken Arrow, OK 74011
918-451-4638
MMcint2415@aol.com

A native Oklahoman, Coley has a Masters degree in Environmental Science with an Education emphasis from Oklahoma State University, where she was employed by the Center for Environmental Education. She served as President of the Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education in 1997, and is currently a board member. She is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Oklahoma Coalition for Environmental Education.

Mary is the author of The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma's environmental education materials, Oklahoma Spirit Project or Spirit of the Last Great Places, which focuses on Oklahoma's eco-regions and endangered species. She has taught workshops and presented professional development seminars in environmental education across Oklahoma at universities and school districts since 1994, and has also written a discovery notebook, Developing a Sense of Place

For seven years, Coley served as director of Education and Outreach for The Oklahoma Chapter of The Nature Conservancy in Tulsa. Currently, Mary is the coordinator of Tulsa's WET in the City program. Mary lives on an acreage in southwest Tulsa with her husband, Daryl and their three dogs. They have five adult children; the youngest is a sophomore at Oklahoma University.

Patricia Kelly
Executive Director, Opportunities Industrialization Center of Oklahoma
400 North Walnut
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-235-2651
405-235-2653 fax
pmkelly@theshop.net

Susie Shields
Communications Coordinator, OK Consortium for Environmental Education
PO Box 1677
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677
405-702-5166
405-702-5101 fax
susie.shields@deq.state.ok.us

As a 15-year veteran of classroom teaching, I am now the environmental educator (EE) for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. I have also worked as a curriculum coordinator for the Oklahoma State Department of Education and as Canadian County's recycling coordinator. My job allows a lot of flexibility, but primarily I write and disseminate educational materials for teachers and the general public, oversee EE grants and serve on a variety of boards and committees. My favorite DEQ task is coordinating a statewide "Use Less Stuff" Campaign and my most worthy contribution to Oklahoma's overall EE efforts is serving as editor of the EnvironMentor EE newsletter, which I have done for nearly seven years. I have also served as state President of Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB), Sierra Club and Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education (OKAEE) and currently serve on the boards of these and other groups, including the Oklahoma Sustainability Network (OSN), Oklahoma Consortium for EE and Eco-Motion mobile EE program. I am primarily interested in educating both youth and adults to make lifestyle changes needed for a sustainable future by utilizing such tools as the ecological footprint.

Eric Chandler
Executive Director, Utah Society for Environmental Education
350 S. 400 E. Suite G4
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-328-1549
801-595-1555 fax
echandler@usee.org

Eric Chandler is the Executive Director for the Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE). He came into EE through classroom teaching that eventually led him to get a Director of Recreation degree in Experiential Education at Indiana University. Eric has worked in public, private, alternative, preparatory, BIA, charter and schools. Before coming to USEE, Eric was the Director of Education at the Canyonlands Field Institute in Moab, UT. As the Director he led the Graduate Residency in Environmental Education and led curriculum development for CFI�s other field programs. Eric is drawn to EE due to its experiential approach.

Adrienne Cachelin has been working in the field of environmental education for the past fourteen years. Currently, she is the Director of Environmental Education at Red Butte Garden and teaches science education courses in conjunction with the Teaching and Learning department at the University of Utah. She is chair of Utah Society for Environmental Education's Program Advisory Committee as well as a member of their board. She is very interested in getting students involved in the process of science and equally interested in encouraging teachers to embrace a variety of teaching methods that respect the way people learn. Adrienne grew up in the Philadelphia area, did her undergraduate work at the University of Vermont and recently completed her Masters degree in outdoor education at the University of Utah.

Jon Orris
Program Manager, Bioregional Outdoor Education Project
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
PO Box 1029
Monticello, UT 84535
435-587-2156
435-587-2193 fax
jorris@fourcornersschool.org

Jon Orris is the Program Manager of the Bioregional Outdoor Education Project (BOEP) which is a program of the Four Corners School of Outdoor Education. Jon holds a B.S. in Recreation and Parks with an emphasis in Environmental Interpretation from Penn State University and is currently completing an M.A. in Elementary Education with teaching certification emphasizing Place-based Education. In addition Jon was one of the first group of Utah Environmental Educators to be certified and is on the certification development team. Jon has been in the Environmental Education field for 18 years working with a variety of programs in the Northeast, and California. Jon found his place on the Colorado Plateau 10 years ago where he developed and implemented a national standards based, student focused, residential outdoor science school program based in Moab, Utah. Four and a half years ago he came to the Four Corners School to create and implement the BOEP program which is a teacher-training program that helps teachers incorporate an environmental education program into their elementary schools on the Colorado Plateau. This program works with both public and BIA schools in the four states of the Colorado Plateau. Jon and the BOEP program have been awarded the 2001 Governor of Utah�s medal for Science and Technology (in the science education category), 2001 North American Association for Environmental Education award for Outstanding Service to Environmental Education (regional level), and in 2002 by the Salt Lake Olympic Committee with their Spirit of the Land Environmental Education Award. He is also a frequent presenter on integrating Place-based education into elementary public schools and other environmental education topics.

Heather Scheel
Deputy Director, Utah Society for Environmental Education
350 S. 400 E. Suite G4
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-328-1549
801-595-1555 fax
hscheel@usee.org

Heather Scheel is the Deputy Director for the Utah Society for Environmental Education. After receiving a BA in Near Eastern Studies, Heather worked seasonally as a river guide and ski bum for six years. Wanting to do something more, she was looking for a career that would keep her outside and provide a professional challenge while fulfilling her need to take care of the environment. She eventually heard about the field of environmental education. In 2000, she attended Canyonlands Field Institute�s Graduate Residency in Environmental Education. Before coming to USEE, Heather taught environmental education at several EE learning centers.

Lynne Ferguson
Director of EE, Washington Forest Protection Association
724 Columbia Street NW, Suite 250
Olympia, WA 98501
360-705-9282
360-350-4621 fax
lferguson@wfpa.org

Lynne Ferguson, a former classroom teacher, has worked as Director of Environmental Education for the Washington Forest Protection Association for over 20 years. She administers a statewide education program involving school districts, forest products companies, state departments of natural resources, teachers, facilitators/instructors and community groups. Her specific expertise involves design and implementation of integrated curriculums and training of teachers in relationship to the state standards or Essential Academic Learning Requirements. Lynne served on the Social Studies Committee for the Commission on Student Learning during the development of the new standards. Currently, she is a co-manager of the Environment and Education Assessment Project which received the Outstanding Product Award from the Washington Education Research Association in 2000.

Lynne is co-author of the following curriculum guides: Learning in Familiar Environments, Away with Waste, Forests of Washington: Ecosystems and People, and Forests of Washington: Forest History. She is a 20-year member of the Washington Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, a former chair of the State OSPI Environmental Education Council, and has received numerous state and national awards: including: Outstanding Educator from the Environmental Education Association of Washington, Outstanding Program from Project Learning Tree and Notable Service from the City of Seattle.

Margaret Tudor
EE Director, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way N.
Olympia, WA 98501
360-902-8309
360-902-8117 fax
tudormtt@dfw.wa.gov

Dr. Margaret Tudor started her career as a classroom science teacher. For ten years she has served as the Director of Environmental Education at the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. She manages workshops for teachers, trains facilitators and assists schools in setting up outdoor programs integrating outdoor learning with subject learning. Her specific expertise involves helping school districts integrate environmental education into their programs. She has extensive program evaluation and student learning change assessment experience. She was a consultant for Model Links and other groups to develop environmental education programs with assessment plans using action research.

Dr. Tudor has co-edited and written a book entitled �Environmental Problem-Solving: Theory, Practice and Possibilities in Environmental Education.� She received her Ph.D. in education from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1989. She is founder and education director of NatureMapping, a citizen/data school collection and monitoring wildlife program begun in Washington and now utilized in 10 other states.

Dr. Tudor is co-manager of the Environment and Education Assessment Project with Lynne Ferguson. She serves on numerous committees and actively seeks to �raise the bar� in environmental education to match and exceed school district standards.

Jonas Cox
Professor, Teacher Education Department
Gonzaga University
AD. Box 25
Spokane, WA 99258-0025
509-323-3505
jcox@soe.gonzaga.edu

I am a professor at Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington. I teach Learning Theories and Math and Science methods courses. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1997 and came to Gonzaga in the fall of 2001 after four years at George Fox University in Newberg Oregon. My research interests are in the development of logical and infra-logical thought in elementary school children as it relates to the construction of science and math content. Most of the research I conduct grows out of a Piagetian framework and I can often be found presenting at the Jean Piaget Society annual conference held the first week of June.

My current interest in environmental education is based in a need to develop new courses. Gonzaga is currently undergoing a shift in relative importance of math and science in the teacher preparation program. With new state outcomes we must increase the math and science content knowledge of our teacher candidates. We are designing new courses within the School of Education, which will fulfill some of the increased science and math content outcomes required by the state of Washington. Prior to this shift all content was taught by the School of Arts and Sciences. I hope to use environmental education as the framework for these new integrated courses.

Kathryn Kurtz-Smith
Education and Environment Assessment Project
Washington EE Consortium
5881 Chisana Way
Anchorage, AK 99507
907-344-5884
kathrynkurtzsmith@msn.com

As a biologist on the Y-K Delta in Alaska, Kathryn met environmental educators visiting the field camp and her passion for the natural world took a shift toward education. Environmental education work for diverse organizations including environmental and industry-based non profits, native village associations, an educational school district, state and federal agencies, and as a consultant, has given Kathryn a broad view of the field. She served on the board member of the Alaska Natural Resources and Outdoor Education Association and the Environmental Education Association of Washington. Kathryn has experience teaching, writing and editing curriculum, administrating and marketing programs, and facilitating professional development opportunities. She has presented results from the Education and Environment Assessment Project (EEAP) at National and State EE conferences. Currently she is consulting; enhancing EE programming with assessment and evaluation tools, implementing research-based inquiry programs at a K-12 school and completing research for the EEAP. She lives in Alaska with her partner Kelly and three children ages 8, 10 & 12. As a family they are busy rafting, sea-kayaking, nordic skiing, birding, and backpacking the wilds of Alaska. She is currently a Masters student working on Assessment and Evaluation in Environmental Education at the Alaska Pacific University

Barbara MacGregor
1111 Washington St
PO Box 47003
Olympia, WA 98504-7003
360-902-1323
barbara.macgregor@wadnr.gov

Barbara is the environmental education specialist for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The agency�s education program is part of the Communications Division.

Barbara earned a Masters of Science degree from Western Washington University. For six years she was the sole proprietor of an environmental education consulting business, with a primary focus on developing and writing curriculum materials. She has been with DNR for seven years.

DNR is a major partner in an integrated education program called �Students in the Watershed.� High school students work and study on state-managed lands in cooperation with agency professionals, such as foresters and biologists. Students engage in monitoring, research and restoration projects. Each spring, the high school students develop and implement a day of learning and exploration in the forest with more than 200 fourth-graders.

Barbara�s goal is to replicate this program in other areas of the state, to expand the number of partners involved, and to solidly tie the program to state education requirements.

Tom Moore
8603 E Columbia Park Dr
Spokane, WA 99212
509-340-1028
509-893-9165 fax
tmoore@wvsd.wednet.edu

Heath Packard
Field Director, Audubon Washington
PO Box 462
Olympia, WA 98507-0462
360-786-8020 x205
hpackard@audubon.org

Heath serves as a lobbyist, grassroots organizer, coalition builder and community educator at the Washington state office of the National Audubon Society. He works with policy staff to inform Audubon chapters, activists and citizens about conservation and Environmental Education issues. Heath is working to increase and coordinate the environmental education and conservation advocacy efforts of Audubon in Washington.

Audubon Washington is committed to developing 20 Audubon Nature Centers across the state by the year 2020. Heath manages Audubon Washington�s statewide Environmental Education Advocacy Program. Through legislative action and outreach, networking and organizing, public outreach and education, and coordination with public and private partners, Audubon works towards increasing Washington State�s support and institutional commitments to EE statewide. Working with a diverse coalition of EE stakeholders, Audubon recently helped to pass the Natural Science, Wildlife and Environmental Education Partnership Fund Act.

Heath volunteers as a Board Member with the Black Hills Audubon Society (BHAS) and is active with this chapter�s Conservation Committee. Heath is engaged in BHAS�s efforts to develop its Environmental Education programs and partnerships in the South Puget Sound area. BHAS aims to develop an Audubon Center near Olympia Washington by 2010.

Lisa LaRocque
Director, Project del Rio
275 North Downtown Mall
Las Cruces, NM 88001
505-522-7511
505-522-0775 fax
pdrus@zianet.com

For the past 13 years, I have been working in Project del Rio, a US-Mexico environmental education program. Alma Galvan and I serve as co-directors. Our goal is to build citizens� capacity to actively and effectively address environmental and community issues in a sustainable manner. We have been working with teachers and students on real world watershed investigations and are now shifting to community based groups with a focus on new models for inclusive public participation. We have also been working with the Chaparral Community Development Association for the past year facilitating their community planning activities.

I received both my master�s and bachelor�s degree from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources. I have always been drawn to cross cultural issues and have worked in Western Samoa, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru. I live on the border in Las Cruces, NM in an adobe house in the desert with my husband and two young daughters.

Alma Galvan
Mexico Director, Project del Rio
275 North Downtown Mall
Las Cruces, NM 88001
505-522-7511
505-522-0775 fax
pdrmex@prodigy.net.mx

I have lived and worked along the US-Mexico border all my life and am currently in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico as co-director of Project del Rio with Lisa LaRocque. Project del Rio is a bi-national environmental education program focusing on the problem solving and critical thinking skills needed to address watershed issues. I have a BS in educational psychology and working towards my masters in Public Health. I have been designing, implementing and assessing bi-national programs in environmental, public health and community organizing for the past 17 years.

I am very interested in building community capacity and cross-cultural understanding. I am currently helping to pilot EETAP�s diversity cases. In my free time, I work with the Raramure Foundation to help support indigenous populations that live in my city.

I am a recent graduate of New Mexico State University. I am just about to receive my degree in Environmental and Occupational Health once I complete my field experience this summer. As of March I have been interning with Project del Rio to learn more about working with the Chaparral Community Development Association. My responsibilities include assisting in the facilitation exercises with community leaders of Chaparral, NM. I have been learning the importance of group dynamics, communication, planning and consensus building techniques. I also hope to help Chaparral research the pros and cons of waste water treatment facilities and possibly develop an outreach youth group to see what changes they would like to see in their community.

I also received a second bachelor�s degree in Spanish, as well as a minor in Human Nutrition and Food Science. I completed my Spanish degree in Cuernavaca, Mexico where I had great experience with a Mexican family for four weeks. Although I have been exposed to Spanish all my life, I feel the ability of speaking fluently is necessary if I want to really interact with the diverse communities along the border. After this internship, I plan on entering the Peace Corps.

I was born in 1932 in Durango, Mexico and grew up in Guadalajara, Jalisco. I came to the US in 1950 and found a job as a housekeeper. I got married and had four children --three girls and a boy-- and attended the local community college to study English as a second language and horticulture. I love to garden.

I became a citizen in 1970 and moved to Chaparral. I was elected president of the Health Council and brought the AVANCE program that works of families and creating better lives. In 1999, I was actively involved in a protest and lawsuit against the Rhino landfill company that tried to come to Chaparral without considering the needs of the people and the environment. In 2001, we managed to stop them and I remain active in local politics and community organizations.

I was born in El Paso, TX and attended St Patrick�s grade school, Loretto Academy and El Paso High School. I married at a very young age and after 13 years at the age of 28 became a single parent with eight children. I attended college and worked at Andress high school as a campus patrol officer. I pioneered the position and had to create rules as I went along. I was exposed to problem teens on drugs and those who were failing. In December of 1971 I married Mr. Gene Little and inherited five more children. We moved to Chaparral in 1975 and became foster parents for hardcore teens. Later I worked at Gadsden High School with problem students. I also worked with Gene at their sand and gravel business. I became very active with the Republican Party and has been a presiding judge at elections for the last 20 years in Chaparral. I formed a League of non-partisan women voters and have enjoyed bringing candidates to Chaparral since the 1980�s. I am the current president for the second term of the Chaparral Community Development Association and hope to develop the town of Chaparral to its full potential. I am also very active running a local newspaper, The Chaparral Beacon, for its third year.

I grew up in Wales, Great Britain and Albuquerque, NM. Even as a young boy, I had a strong interest in nature. After starting my studies toward a medical degree, I decided to switch to agriculture. I have a masters degree in Horticulture from NMSU. I was in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and Ecuador for 2� years teaching agricultural techniques. After this I instructed other Peace Corp Volunteers in agriculture. Since 1990 I have resided in Chaparral, NM where I wrote two books, write articles for agricultural magazines, report for and run a local bilingual newspaper and farm garlic. I also am an active volunteer and help the community as a member of various organizations in the town.

Constance N. Johnson
Team Leader, Oklahoma Demonstration Community Project
3301 E. Forest Park Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73121-2225
405-521-5776 day
405-427-3456 evening
405-427-2255 fax
johnsonc@lsb.state.ok.us

Constance Johnson is a Senior Legislative Analyst for the Oklahoma State Senate where she has worked for 22 years. As a legislative analyst, she focuses on issues related to children and families including, health and health insurance, Medicaid, long-term care, mental health and substance abuse. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a child advocate, Connie is active in her community, where she has served as PTA president, precinct chair of her ward, chair of a citizen�s action group for educational issues and as a credit union board member. She is a frequent presenter on the legislative process.

While president of her local PTA, Connie coordinated a session to educate residents of her town, Forest Park, Oklahoma, about well water contamination and safety. Forest Park is a small town within the City of OKC SMSA. This undertaking led to discovery of an additional environmental issue related to an open lagoon behind the Town�s only school, Pleasant Hill Elementary. The Town and school are also located in close proximity to the Mosley Road Landfill in Northeast Oklahoma City. The potential impact of pollution on the Town�s air and water represents an additional area of need for environmental awareness and education. Her involvement as project manager for the Oklahoma City Demonstration Community Project will enable her continued focus on environmental issues that affect the health and well being of OKC residents. Connie is the mother of three children, a 23 year old son and 14 and 12 year old daughters.

Alvah Boyd
Chief Executive Officer, Northeast Home Ownership Consortium, Inc.
2020 NE 4^th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
405-235-1212
405-272-9886 fax
alvahskinbs@aol.com

Marsha Lyons
5500 N. Stonewall Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
405-424-0103
ladylyons@cox.net

Sharon L. Lien
Education Development Director
The Groundwater Foundation
5561 S. 48th Street, Suite 215
Lincoln, NE 68516
402.434.2740 Fax: 402.434.2742
sharon@groundwater.org

As past Executive Director of the Blue Planet Foundation and Public Affairs Specialist for the Orange County Water District (OCWD), Sharon has extensive experience in the development and implementation of environmental education programs. She is the Director of the OCWD Groundwater Guardian Program and the Children�s Water Education Festival. She has developed several multi-media and multi-cultural used oil recycling and household hazardous waste education and public outreach programs. She recently completed a guidebook on how to evaluate the effectiveness of used oil recycling programs in California. She has developed and implemented community-based environmental education programs in water conservation, groundwater protection and wellhead protection. These have included a year-long interactive water education program at the Discovery Science Center, hands-on education activities for community events, and the development of environmental education curriculum for auto shops. Sharon recently joined The Groundwater Foundation in Lincoln, Nebraska as their new Education Development Director. She will be assisting the Foundation in expanding their youth education programs including working on a groundwater-related event for Science Olympiad, correlating festival activities to education standards and developing hands-on activity kits for water and groundwater education.

Terresa Moritz
Board Member, OCWD Groundwater Guardian Team
Blue Planet Foundation
10500 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
949-644-3013
949-646-5204 fax
tmoritz@city.newport-beach.ca.us

A 19-year employee of the City of Newport Beach; 7 years in the Building Department, and 12 years in Utilities, with a Master's Degree in Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach, with honors. Responsible for encouraging water conservation in school-age children and water use efficiency among residents and businesses alike, this is a new approach for Newport Beach and we are hopeful that participation in local programs and events will harbor lifelong habits of environmental stewardship that helps preserve and conserve our natural resources, especially water. It is only recently that I have become more actively involved in the environmental side of education and so far I have found teaching the public, especially children, to be rewarding and professionally fulfilling.

As a City employee I have been actively involved in some efforts to improve awareness of Orange County�s volatile water situation, and some avenues that I have participated with are: the Orange County Water Association, Orange County Water District's (OCWD) Blue Planet Foundation as a Board Member, OCWD's Groundwater Guardian Team as a general member and Festival planning committee member, and most recently with the EETAP Grant for Community Partnerships. And my most important roles are that of wife, mother and friend.

Veronica Seyde
Senior Scientist, URS Corporation
2020 East First Street, Suite 400
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714-648-2858
714-433-7101 fax
veronica_seyde@urscorp.com

With URS Corporation, Veronica Seyde has provided technical support that has guided the investigations of Wellhead Protection Studies; Storm Water Management Programs; and Groundwater Assessment and Remediation efforts. Ms. Seyde has vast experience with writing literature reviews; designing Public Participation Plans; and conducting community surveys and interviews. She has developed, written and produced a variety of Fact Sheets and Public Notices. In addition Ms. Seyde has extensive experience in dealing and communicating with State and local regulatory agencies.

Rachael Herpel
Program Director, The Groundwater Foundation
PO Box 22558
Lincoln, NE 68542
402-434-2740
402-434-2742 fax
rachael@groundwater.org

The Groundwater Foundation is a non-profit organization that educates the public about the nature and value of groundwater. The Foundation specializes in offering programs and ideas for citizens everywhere to make a difference in keeping groundwater safe and plentiful. I began working for the Foundation in 1994 as a graduate student. I joined the staff fulltime in 1997 and currently serve as director of the Foundation�s community programs. Before joining the Foundation�s staff fulltime, I worked for the University of Nebraska Water Center, the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, the Nebraska Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service - Platte Watershed Program.

The type of environmental education I am interested in is the type that leads to concrete action within communities. It is environmental education based on sound science. It is environmental education combined with lessons on civic responsibility, mentoring (both on the giving and receiving end), and leadership. Last but not least, it�s the type of EE that includes all ages and sectors of the community (e.g. agriculture, business, development, etc.).

Clancy Dempsey
Project Coordinator, The Groundwater Foundation
PO Box 22558
Lincoln, NE 68542
402-434-2740
402-434-2742 fax
clancy@groundwater.org

The Groundwater Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about groundwater and related natural resources. My duties at The Groundwater Foundation include working with individuals, citizen groups, and communities on locally significant groundwater education and protection issues. This often includes organizing and conducting educational events such as workshops, public meetings, and festivals. The purpose of these events is to provide information, raise awareness, and involve citizens in environmental protection activities.

Prior to being employed with The Groundwater Foundation, I was an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska�Lincoln. Majoring in water science studies, I was able to conduct independent academic projects that focused on community based drinking water protection. Since completing my baccalaureate degree, I have undertaken graduate coursework to expand my knowledge of natural resources issues. I believe that environmental education is an especially important subject, although it is often undervalued by our society, as it is only through education that we can protect and effectively manage our natural resources.

Carla Mansfield
Youth Programs Assistant Director, The Groundwater Foundation
PO Box 22558
Lincoln, NE 68542
402-434-2740
402-434-2742 fax
carla@groundwater.org

At The Groundwater Foundation, I organize and implement events that educate our nation�s youth about the value of groundwater and its role in the environment. The purpose of programs like the Children�s Groundwater Festival, Groundwater University and the Awesome Aquifer Education Kit is to introduce children of all ages to groundwater concepts through hands-on activities and experiments.

We have learned that hands-on activities and experiments are extremely effective learning tools. For example, constructing mini aquifer models with simple materials like gravel and water allows participants to �see� groundwater which is normally hidden from view. In addition, important groundwater contamination lessons can be taught by polluting the aquifer with food coloring and observing as the contamination travels through the aquifer.

The Groundwater Foundation has developed a series of activity books, event planning guides, and training workshops to extend the reach of our knowledge in educating the public. Through these resources, we encourage communities, service groups, utilities, and others to host water festivals and summer camps to educate youth locally.

Jennifer Nelson
Program Manager, The Groundwater Foundation
PO Box 22558
Lincoln, NE 68542
402-434-2740
402-434-2742 fax
jennifer@groundwater.org

I have been employed with The Groundwater Foundation, a national non-profit organization with a mission to educate the public about the nature and value of groundwater, since 2000. While an undergraduate at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, I worked as a project intern and provided support to various Foundation educational programs. After graduating with a degree in Communication, I joined the staff full time in 2001 as a Program Manager. Currently, I work on several of the Foundation�s community-based education programs. I work with communities in Nebraska and throughout the country on local groundwater protection and provide training, materials, and other educational opportunities. I also assist with the Foundation�s youth education programs and recently became the editor of the Foundation�s quarterly publication, The Aquifer.