People

Jeanine Ancelet is the principal and co-founder of Audience Focus. She directs audience research and evaluation projects and guides strategic and interpretive planning initiatives for leading museums and cultural organizations across the country.  In her spare time, you can find her in nature serving as a Maryland Master Naturalist and Audubon Habitat Advisor.

Maggie Allen is an Education Specialist at NOAA's Office of Education, contracted through TechGlobal. Beginning her role in the office as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, she now coordinates grant and partnership programs, such as a network of 27 aquariums, that work to build a more environmentally literate society. Maggie has a B.A. in Environmental Sociology from Whitman College and a Master's in Marine and Environmental Affairs from the University of Washington, where her thesis focused on how partnerships and policy contributed to a successful indigenous-led social movement against a fossil fuel export terminal in the Pacific Northwest. Maggie has worked as a social scientist for NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center, an AmeriCorps VISTA at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, and as an environmental educator in the Florida Keys.

 

Kia ora, Ko Sian Crowley toku ingoa. I’m Sian, an environmental educator, programme manager, and volunteer. Through place-based environmental education and nature connection, I’m on a mission to create intergenerational change in our relationship with the environment. Fueled by my childhood memories of nature connection, curiosity and experience, and opportunities I received as a student, I have a goal of improving environmental education across Aotearoa.

I take pride in being able to create and offer new opportunities to the community, whilst inspiring, and empowering other rangatahi along the way.

Taralynn has been a lifelong advocate of animals and the natural world and was inspired to pursue a career in conservation and education. After time in the field, she began teaching as an environmental educator at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York after completing a master's degree in Conservation Biology from Columbia University. There she helped create and implement academic programs based on ecological learning principles and delivered them to students across the New York City metropolitan area. Taralynn helped develop a schoolyard habitat program with the National Audubon Society where she worked with K-12 students to plan and build "living laboratories" or outdoor classrooms.

An avid traveler, Taralynn has combined her passion for protecting the planet and seeing new places. She spent three months living in the rainforests of Madagascar, studying endangered primates as a study abroad student and two months in Ecuador where she led groups of high school students through the amazing experience of creating wildlife habitat and monitoring plant growth in the famous Galapagos Islands. This led her to accept a position as a biology and environmental science teacher at BASIS International School Shenzhen, China. 

Taralynn joined Group for the East End, a regional environmental advocacy, education and conservation organization in 2019 where she works as outreach director. In this position, Taralynn manages a 51-acre preserve, bringing environmental education and nature-based opportunities to the public, from schools to scouts to adults seeking respite, the audience she serves is diverse. She manages habitat restoration projects at preserves throughout Southold Town by removing invasive plants and re-planting with native plants. 

I grew up in wild NY exploring acres of forest and farm. Years later I received a teaching credential and BA of Science in Phys. Ed from SUNY Cortland. My passion for play collided with outdoor education and later forest schooling. 5 years ago I co-founded EverWild's nature immersion program in LA.

I'm Keshav Narang, a senior at Stanford Online High School (Class of 2024) hailing from the dynamic Silicon Valley in the Bay Area, California.

Growing up in the Bay Area has profoundly influenced my interests and values. Observing the devastating impact of a prolonged drought, such as the vanishing creeks in local parks, the shifting patterns of migratory birds, and the withering of once lush grass, heightened my awareness of the urgent need for sustainability. This experience ignited my passion for environmental engineering and the role of technology in safeguarding our planet. I am dedicated to driving positive change and actively engaging with individuals affected by fossil fuel projects, with the aim of raising awareness and fostering a more sustainable future.

My primary objective is to contribute to global efforts in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve this, I am focused on connecting with and supporting an interconnected network of future voices and leaders through my nonprofit organization, GreenTeamPower. Additionally, I co-founded multiple startups and am the chief technical officer and co-inventor of a patent for ASK, a company that manufactures solar panels with integrated energy storage. By spearheading the integration of technical solutions with people-driven activism and government engagement, I collaborate to drive policy changes that genuinely benefit our planet and society.

I am both a home educator to my two children and homeschool group educator to many. I enjoy adventuring in the foothills of western North Carolina with my family and two dogs.