People

As a Drama Therapist, Naturalist, and Certified Interpretive Guide I use the creative arts and our natural environment to educate and connect with children, their families and teachers. Connection to our natural world is key to inspire people to be better stewards and protect and conserve the world that we rely on for physical and emotional survival. I am a UC California Naturalist, Xerces Society Ambassador, Climate Steward, incoming Deputy Director of the NAI with a passion for community science projects, especially in the field of pollinators and habitat restoration for Monarch Butterflies.

Jackson is an educator, environmentalist and avid outdoorsman. He previously worked as a Land Steward at the Jackson Hole Land Trust, where he conducted monitoring visits to conservation properties in Teton County, WY. Jackson holds a B.S in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration from Cal Poly, and a dual MS in Natural Science Education and Environment and Natural Resource Management from the University of Wyoming.

Carrie earned her B.A. in both Environmental Studies and Spanish, a dual major she explored hands-on while studying in the cloud forests of Ecuador. After attending Indiana University to complete her Masters in Public Affairs, with concentrations in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management, she took on the role of Environmental Educator with the City of Bloomington. Here she connected with community members of all ages, teaching about habitats, sustainability practices, and conservation efforts. 

As an established marketing professional and award-winning public speaker, Carrie brings a variety of skills to NAAEE. Hailing most recently from the private sector, she is versed in planning complex marketing strategies for such names as REI, Icelandair, NPR, and The Weather Channel. A thought-leader in her industry, Carrie has developed and delivered training and audits to hundreds of participants, and prides herself on empowering those around her to excellence. She enthusiastically joins the NAAEE team to combine her creative innovation with her passion for environmental justice and education. 

Carrie has spent her life in the Midwest and currently resides in the rolling hills of southern Indiana. Outside work, Carrie serves on the Bloomington Environmental Commission and takes every opportunity to go hiking with her wife and two rescue pups.

Hi! I’m Jimena, raised in Southern California with a love for nature and shaped by my family. I now call Alaska home, where I’m a part of a community seeking to build momentum for climate action. 

Previously, I’ve worked in fieldwork helping on avian research projects with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before working with the National Parks Service as a park ranger. At present, I’m a Digital Community Coordinator at NAAEE. When I’m not supporting our amazing eePRO community, you can find me reading, writing, doodling, or bicycling to the nearest coffee and tea place.

I am an environmental education researcher in the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University.

Blog: http://environmental.education

Website: http://alexkudryavtsev.org

NAAEE’s Director of Policy & Affiliate Relations, Sarah Bodor comes from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, where she held a number of program management and leadership positions throughout the organization. She worked closely with state education agencies in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia to develop and pilot standards-based curricula and provide teacher professional development. Her background also includes communications and fundraising. In 2008, she served as the writer of Maryland’s Children in Nature Plan, which resulted in passage of Maryland’s environmental high school graduation requirement.

I coordinate the Master Watershed Steward Program in Cumberland and Franklin counties through Penn State Extension. This program provides extensive training to volunteers who strengthen local capacity for managing and protecting watersheds, streams, and rivers across the state.

After teaching ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) for almost 30 years, I recently moved from Texas to North Carolina. One of my goals in doing this was to have more access to nature. As I type this in August of 2023, I am just beginning to work on the North Carolina Environmental Education Certification Program.

A focus on the environment, education, the arts, human service, social justice, and sustainability has been at the core of Dave’s professional life for more than forty years. For twenty-five of those years, he successfully led and managed a variety of nonprofit organizations within these fields at the local, regional, and national levels. For almost twenty years, Dave has worked as an independent organizational consultant, concentrating his work as Founder and Principal of DRC Consulting on various aspects of organizational development, including strategic planning, board, and staff training and development, process facilitation, program evaluation, and conflict resolution. Dave has also served as Adjunct Faculty at Antioch University, where he has taught and advised graduate students in the Environmental Studies, Education, and Management departments. He holds a B.S. in Natural and Human Resource Management from the University of Maine and an M.Ed. in Organizational Teaching and Learning Environments from Harvard University, as well as post-graduate certificates in Organizational Development, Leadership and Management, Nonprofit Administration, Human Resource Management, and Professional Coaching. Dave is a Lifetime Member of NAAEE and a past recipient of the organization’s President’s Award. He, his wife Amy, and their Black Lab Grendel, live in a 19th-century farmhouse on the coast of Downeast Maine.

Adrian has enjoyed a lifelong career in environmental education. Starting out as a park ranger, he has since served as Statewide Director of Education at Massachusetts Audubon, Director of Operations at the Center for Whole Communities, in Vermont, and as NAAEE's Senior Director for Technology Programs. As the founder of eeMatters, an environmental education and interpretive planning consulting group, Adrian led professional and community-based teams that developed strategic plans, master interpretive plans, exhibits, and technology-based communication tools for clients as varied as NAAEE, Maine Audubon, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Trustees of Reservations, Monadnock Media, Old Sturbridge Village, and New York Botanical Gardens.

Aaryan Doshi created Cirfin.org to bring awareness about circular economy and how fintech solutions can be leveraged to create incentives to facilitate a transition from linear economy to circular economy.

Micah Borkan is a senior in the Environmental Studies program at CU Boulder. He is a co-chair of the Environmental Board, a joint-board of CUSG working closely with the Environmental Center to promote the advancement of impactful student-led sustainability initiatives, policy, and projects on campus. Micah has also served on the Climate Action Plan (CAP) steering committee as the undergraduate student representative, and the Chancellor's University Sustainability Council alongside campus staff, faculty, and students. Originally from the Boston area, Micah came to CU Boulder with the ambition of preparing himself for a career in sustainability and environmental action and, grateful for his own opportunities to participate in this critical juncture of campus climate action, is a strong advocate for ensuring the students that come after him have more opportunities to contribute to advancing sustainability on campus and in the Boulder community. Micah's favorite experiences at CU have been conducting stakeholder engagement during the CAP process, working with students and staff to implement innovate sustainability projects on campus through the Environmental Board's Sustainable CU grant fund, and attending many of the amazing events put on by the Environmental Center and its campus partners. Micah has also served as an intern for a garden-based EE organization in Boulder called Garden to Table, a non-profit partner of Boulder Public Schools. Working with students from 1st to 5th grade, he helped lead lessons and provide garden education imbedded in the Boulder Public Schools' curriculum.