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Board of Directors

Arthur Gibson
(Chairman)

VP of Environment, Health and Safety
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Deerfield, IL
JL Armstrong
(Vice Chair)

National Manager, External Affairs
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Torrance, CA

Kenneth Strassner
(Treasurer)

Strassner Consulting, LLC
Roswell, GA

Diane W. Wood
(Secretary)

President
National Environmental Education Foundation
Washington, DC

S. Decker Anstrom
Former U.S. Ambassador
Retired Chairman, The Weather Channel Companies
Washington, DC

Raymond Ban
Consultant, Weather Industry and Government Partnerships
The Weather Channel
Atlanta, GA

 

Holly Cannon
Principal (Lawyer)
Beveridge and Diamond, P.C.
Washington, DC
Phillipe Cousteau
Co-Founder and CEO
EarthEcho International
Washington, DC

Manuel Diaz
Partner, Lydecker Diaz
Former Mayor of Miami
Miami, FL

Wonya Lucas
Former CEO, TV One
Washington, DC

Trish Silber
President
Aliniad Consulting Partners, Inc.
Potomac, MD


Bradley Smith, PhD
Special Assistant to the Provost and Emeritus Dean
Huxley College of the Environment
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

Megan Reilly Cayten
Co-Founder & CEO
Catrinka, LLC
New York, NY

Honorary Board Members

Edward P. Bass
President and C.E.O.
Fine Line, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
James R. Donnelley
Partner
Stet & Query Limited Partnership
Vice Chair R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Illinois

Gilbert Grosvenor
Chair
National Geographic Society
Washington, DC

Hon. Thomas Kean
THK Consulting
Far Hill, NJ

Fred Krupp
Executive Director
Environmental Defense
New York, NY
Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D.
President
Heinz Center
Former Chief Biodiversity Advisor for World Bank
Washington, DC


Francis P. Pandolfi
Former President/CEO
Times Mirror Magazines, Inc.
Stonington, CT

The Hon. William K. Reilly
Senior Advisor, TPG Capital LP, &
Former Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency
San Francisco, CA

Ex-Officio Board Members

Andrea Bedell-Loucks
Acting Director of Conservation Education
U.S. Forest Service
Washington, DC

David B. Caldwell
Director of the Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Silver Spring, MD

Susan Coady-Kemnitzer
Deputy Director
Engineering Education and Centers Division
National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA

Mary Coulombe
Chief, Natural Resource Management
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, DC

CAPT Charles L. Higgins, MSEH, REHS
Director, National Park Service Office of Public Health
Captain, US Public Health Service
Washington, DC


Louisa Koch, PhD
Director of Education
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Washington, DC

Stephanie Owens
Deputy Associate Administrator
Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

Dr. Christopher Portier
Director
National Center for Environmental Health and
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Ericka Reid, PhD
Director/Education Outreach and Diversity Specialist
Office of Science Education and Diversity
NIEHS
Research Triangle Park, NC

Robert Ridky, PhD
Department of Interior Representative
National Education Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior
Reston, VA

Liaisons

 
John Conger
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Installations & Environment
Department of Defense
Washington, DC
 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vacant
Atlanta, GA

Advisor

 
Henry Diamond, Esq.
Beveridge and Diamond
Washington, DC