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Ashley Hoffman has served as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education since 2010 and currently serves as the NAAEE Affiliate Chair and the part-time Executive Director of the Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA). The Affiliate Network represents the state, provincial and regional environmental education organizations of NAAEE. The SEEA is a collaboration of environmental education organizations in the eight southeast states (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN). Ashley Hoffman holds a B.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida and a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from North Park University School of Business and Nonprofit Administration. Prior to her work with KAEE, Ashley served as a Biologist for the Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Ashley is a Certified Professional Environmental Educator in Kentucky. She serves as the Kentucky State Coordinator for Project Learning Tree and is a certified member of the NAAEE Guidelines Trainers Bureau. In her free time, she enjoys traveling to new places and enjoying time in the outdoors with her husband and children.

I am a Life Science teacher in Virginia.  I love the outdoors and have an interest in sustainability.  

My name is Amanda (Mannie) Richardson and im working on receiving my wildlife educator certificate. I specialize in snakes and love providing education to those who are wanting to learn more and understand the native wildlife. 

Caroline (she/her) is the executive director and co-founder of Florida Community Innovation, a civic technology nonprofit; a PhD candidate at the University of Florida studying public engagement in climate change topics; an advisor at SciStarter, the world's largest citizen science organization; and a retired pageant queen.

Since 2006, Andy has dedicated his career to connecting youth and local communities with the natural world around them, promoting environmental stewardship and advocating for access and equity.