People

Katie has been active in the field of environmental education for more than 20 years. She currently works as an environmental and outdoor learning consultant, partnering with the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) to strengthen environmental education networks and support national initiatives that build capacity across the field. Previously, Katie served for 17 years as Executive Director of the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE), where she led environmental literacy planning and implementation efforts and helped advance environmental education through statewide partnerships, policy, and collaboration. Her work continues to focus on building the people, partnerships, and systems needed to ensure everyone has access to high-quality environmental and outdoor learning opportunities.

I am a graduate student pursuing my masters in environmental education at Florida Atlantic University. I spent over 6 years in public health and emergency management before deciding I wanted to focus on my true passion, the environment. I am now gaining invaluble experience as I work splitting my time as a graduate teaching assistant at FAU Pine Jog Environemental Education Center and as an environmental educator at Friends of MacArthur Beach State park. 

Preethi Mony is a specialist in the field of environmental education, program evaluation and grants and has a wide range of experience from developing resource matierials, conducting programs with children and adults, as well as evaluating programs and grant reporting.

Growing up in the busy metropolis of Mumbai, she quickly recognized the importance of the social aspects of conservation in protecting the natural world. She has worked with organizations in India and the US to help with environmental education program planning and resource development. She has over 20 years of experience working with zoos and museums to evaluate programs and exhibits and recommend strategies to improve the overall visitor experience. Over the last 2 years, she has worked at a local community college to support grant work (federal, state, and private) as well as to inform data driven decision making in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space. She brings all of these experiences to her current role of EE Grant and Program Manager at NAAEE.

Preethi holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from The Ohio State University. She earned her M.S. in interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida, and a B.Sc. in Life Sciences from the University of Mumbai, India.

Laureanna brings energy-related activities to teachers across her home state through KEEP - Wisconsin's K-12 Energy Education program. She has a background in elementary and environmental education, and in her free time she writes picture books, hikes, plays board and card games, and dreams of places in the world that she'll visit next.

My first adventure in serious learning was Medical Sciences. After becoming a physician, I ventured into Pharmaceuticals and then went back to school to learn Machine Learning and Computer Science. In between and around all this, I traveled across four continents and learned a few international languages. Environmental Science has been on my mind for a very long time. Now it is at the top of my agenda, and I believe it will remain so for the rest of my life. 

Im a senior at Susquehanna University studying anthropology, environmental studies, and environmental education. I currently work at a behavioral health school as a teacher's aid. I gained interest in education through my mother's extensive experience in the field. 

I am an environmental educator based in Taipei, Taiwan, with a background in ecology and the humanities. My work focuses on connecting people with nature through environmental education, citizen science, and community participation. I am particularly interested in how education can help people move from curiosity and learning to meaningful participation and long-term environmental stewardship. I currently put these ideas into practice at Zhishan Cultural and Ecological Garden, where I work with children, families, volunteers, and communities in an urban environment.

Educator | Author | Publisher | Entrepreneur | Non-profit Leader | Systems Thinker 

Victoria is passionate about transformational change in schools. Serving as the environmental education and service-learning consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Victoria works with educators and organizations to increase capacity for equitable, authentic learning experiences through meaningful place-based education. She co-founded FIELD Edventures, a non-profit dedicated to taking learning outdoors and designed and led a project-based, environmental middle school.

My name is Virginia Illera Ramon. I come from Spain and I live now in North Carolina with my husband and our two daughters. I completed in Spain my studies in Environmental Biology and I have worked many years in a non-profit organization where we offered environmental education activities for children and for adults. The activities focused in plants and we used to work in a greenhouse, go in field trips to learn about different species or planting trees.