People

Mary Ford is the Senior Director of Roots & Shoots, the youth action program of the Jane Goodall Institute. Mary has an undergraduate degree in environmental science and policy from Harvard University and a master's degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her career has focused on environmental education and citizen science. She has worked at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the World Wildlife Fund, the National Audubon Society and the National Geographic Society. She has taught preschool, middle school, and high school, and has done ecology research from Borneo to Siberia. Mary has served on the board of the North American Association for Environmental Education, the Education Operating Committee for Project Learning Tree, the Advisory Board of Toyota TogetherGreen, and the board and Education Working Group of the Citizen Science Association.

I am an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture at Mississippi State University. I have degrees in wildlife biology and education and have worked in outreach education through the MSU Extension Service for ~15 years. I teach undergraduate students in wildlife conservation and graduate classes in conservation education associated with the MSU online M.S. in Conservation Education. I am Secretary in the Mississippi Environmental Educators Allicance affiliate of NAAEE.

Hi, my name is Deb Schein. I live in Minneapolis. I am an editor for Soul to Soul; I do research and write on the relationship between spirituality and nature; and I am one of the founders of the Loose Parts Laboratory in MN - sponsored by the Reggio Inspired Network of MN.

Katie has been active in the field of environmental education for 20 years. As the executive director of the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, she leads environmental literacy planning and implementation efforts and is active both locally and nationally.

Hi, I'm Aidan. I'm a college student from Nebraska aiming to go into zoo work specializing in reptiles and amphibians.