People
Jamie Hockstra
Kirsten Barbera she/her
Michelle McNair
Aaryan Doshi
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.
Eileen Garcia-Sanchez
Rachel Stringham
Nina Hamilton she/her
Nina joined NAAEE with a background focused on community-based conservation and social inclusion, from working with mangrove-dependent communities in Madagascar to coordinating a global advisory group to promote women's land rights. After a childhood spent living in Asia and Latin America, Nina is particularly passionate about working across cultures to combine her interests in the environment, sustainable development, and social equity. Nina has a Master's in Environmental Management from Duke University. Through her Master's project, she worked closely with a community-based wildlife management and environmental education project in Gabon, where she conducted community mapping in 10 rural communities to better understand their priorities and concerns related to their natural resources.
Ariel Lumpkins
Ariel joined the NAAEE team in September of 2021 as a Senior Administrative Assistant. Prior to this role, she has over 15 years of administrative experience in a laboratory and office setting. She is originally from the suburbs of Illinois and moved to Washington DC in 2009, where she attended Howard University. She received her B.A. in Psychology at the College of Arts and Sciences with a minor focus in Administration of Justice. She aspires to travel the world to learn and experience cultures outside her own. Should Italy be next?
Julia Bellia
Amy Cassagnol
Middle School Science MCPS MD
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Michael Wignall
Karan Wood
David Chase
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.
Kristina Meek
I'm a part-time environmental educator and full-time communications professional.
Lesley Newman
Cara Russell
Maria Stevens
Heidi Plumb she/her
Anna Barr she/her
Brianna Diaz she/her
Rosanne Silverman
Robert Ayotte
Senior Park Aide (Interpretation) for the CA State Parks. Currently working at the Salton Sea SRA Visitor Center.