People

Ciarra Greene is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe. Nez Perce culture and traditions emphasize environmental stewardship and drives Ciarra’s academic, professional, and personal endeavors. She has her BS in Chemistry from Northern Arizona University and is pursuing her MS in STEM Education.

Jackie leads the strategic direction of PLT’s PreK-12 environmental education materials, as well as other influential adaptations and partnerships. As a part of this work, she represents PLT at various education and conservation conferences and events across the country.

Over 30 years experience in Northern Ireland's eNGO sector with varied roles including Education Officer and Operations Manager with The Conservation Volunteers, CEO at Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, and currently Senior Conservation Officer at Buglife. Prior to that I worked in academia in forestry and agricultural zoology. 

Voluntary roles include serving as an advisor to the Global Environmental Educaiton Partnership, as a Board Director and Vice President with the Foundation for Environmental Education, and as a Board Trustee with Northern Ireland Environment Link. I also have a ringing (banding) licence for my time spent on Copeland Bird Observatory.

I am the Director/Curator of the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL. I am passionate about EE and advocate for nature play, work to build environmental literacy, and promote awareness and knowledge of the natural world.

I have been working in the environmental education field for 6 years. I have a particular interest in mycology and herpetology.

Ms. Krishna K. Roy is a conservationist and social activist.  She has worked in the nonprofit sector for three decades as a grantmaker, consultant and in senior management positions specializing in capacity building, strategic planning, development, marketing, event planning, and public relations.  She was a Branch Chief at the US Fish and Wildlife Service and held positions at Island Press, San Diego Zoo, The Nature Conservancy, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation among other assignments.

From 2010-2015, Ms. Roy was the U.S.G. representative to the Ramsar Wetlands of Importance Convention and co-chaired the reform of its Scientific and Technical Committee that was approved by 170 countries. She was instrumental in the adoption of a migratory bird conservation plan at the Convention of Migratory Species Conference of Parties.  She has raised more than $85 million and developed groundbreaking environmental media and marketing partnerships with Discovery Communications, Black Entertainment Television, Telemundo, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Exxon, among others.

In 1984, Ms. Roy worked on the Oscar-nominated film The Garden of Eden, on the importance of saving biodiversity that won numerous other film awards. She won a Telly in 2000 for co-producing a documentary entitled Killing our Oceans. 

Ms. Roy has a B.A. (Honors) in Political Science from Jadavpur University in India and an M.A in Comparative History and Television Production and Direction from the University of Michigan. She serves on several nonprofit boards.

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