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Emily Grace is a Ph.D. student in Social Studies Education at North Carolina State University, where she researches the intersections of civic education and environmental and sustainability education. Her area of focus includes teacher preparation and the importance of inquiry-based learning for teaching environmental civics. 

My name is Amanda Ingwell. I have been in education for over 11 years. This year I began teacing Early Childhood and 4K. I enjoy spending time with my family, being outdoors, and coahcing. I also volunteer as a local Advanced Emergenct Medical Technician.

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 Maine.

I'm a nature loving, active mom of 2 boys. I love to garden, hike and fish. I also raise chickens in my backyard and have received my Master Gardener Certifacation. I have taught 4-H camps, as well as cooking & gardening classes at the Fuquay-Varina community center. Currently, I am teaching at Agape camp.

I have taught Prek-1st grade for 20 years. The majority of that time I have been teaching kindergarten. I am from Buffalo, NY and am a Bills fan. I have 2 children; 12 & 14. I am married and live in Maryland.

We are a family-led company in the process of joining the New York State cannabis industry as social equity candidates. We aim to operate a processing plant to facilitate a supply chain amongst BIPOC-owned companies using sustainable technology. Our mission is to show that processing plants could operate in alignment with the decarbonization goals of the 2019 New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

I am a student at University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, majoring in wildlife ecology and minoring in captive wildlife as well as environmental ed. I grew up in eastern minnesota, volunteering at the local humane society, working with the watershed district and landscaping nursery. I love hiking, camping, and going on adventures.