People

Judy Braus brings to her role as NAAEE Executive Director a wealth of experience in the environmental education profession, with a focus on conservation education, diversity and inclusion, and using the power of education to help create healthier communities that empower local communities, stakeholders, and individuals to help restore and protect the environment. She comes to NAAEE from the National Audubon Society, where she was the Senior Vice President of Education and Centers, overseeing an extensive nationwide network of nature centers and educators. Prior to that, she led the education programs at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the U.S. Peace Corps, and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).

 

 

I am a recent graduate from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Arts in Environment and Sustainability, with a concentration in natural sciences and a minor in biology. I am beginning work on my Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability at UNCG online in the fall, and I am excited to expand my educational career!

Focus on community-based education about the environment, and changing behaviors related to natural resources. Served as Executive Director of NAAEE, 2001-03; NAAEE President, 2001; Board of Directors: 1991-1993, 1994-1996; Committees: Membership (chair), Publicity, Conference, Research.

Kaycee Rogers is a CLASS program coordinator at CESA 2 in Wisconsin. CLASS is a teacher certification pathway approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction that caters to working adults through its flexible and innovative format. Specifically, I work with teacher candidates and teachers who are adding additional licensure areas in ESL, Elementary Ed, and Spanish. I also co-coordinate the clinical program to support and coach teachers in their classrooms. I am a teacher educator, former elementary and middle school teacher, and current doctoral candidate studying rural multilingual education. I was also a camp counselor. I am a conservation and nature enthusiast!

Madeline is an international programs coordinator at NAAEE, supporting the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP), youth leadership programs, and other global initiatives.

I contribute to participatory R+D and continuous improvemement process focused on environmental stewardship, justice, and advocacy learning opportunities.

Tania Marien is a podcast host and environmental correspondent. Her projects draw on her experiences working as an independent environmental education professional, first as the full-time editor, educator, and bookseller at ArtPlantae and now as a podcast producer, writer, researcher, and network builder. Her current project explores how freelance environmental professionals contribute to environmental literacy. She believes that independent professionals are overlooked and that their professionalism and contributions to lifelong learning need to be recognized. Documenting their work is important because it fills the knowledge gap about how people learn about science and the environment outside of the classroom.

Tania is a contributor to The Carbon Almanac (Penguin Random House, 2022) and Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions (Springer Nature, 2024).

Program Manager at Earth Force

Bekkah Lampe has worked in informal science education settings around the country. She joined the NOAA Office of Education in 2018, where she manages the NOAA Outreach Center and the NOAA Education's online resource collections.

Massachusetts-based nonprofit dedicated to hands-on, minds-on, inquiry-based science education