Project Green Classrooms

Partners and Their Representatives

State Agencies:

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Josh Kurtz (co-Chair)

Maryland State Department of Education
Payton Hesse Kirsten Jackson, Environmental Literacy Specialist, Science (PGC co-coordinator)

Maryland Department of Agriculture
Karen Fedor, Senior Agriculture Marketing Specialist

Maryland Department of the Environment
Cindy Osorto, Climate Change Policy Analyst

Maryland Department of Health
Kristi Pier, Director, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

Maryland Department of Planning
Debbie Herr Cornwell, Resource Conservation Planner

Maryland Department of Transportation
Tina M. Quinichette

Maryland Higher Education Commission
Lyndsay D. Bates, Associate Director of Academic Program Review

Advisory Members:

Alice Ferguson Foundation

Audubon Maryland-DC

Karen Mullin, Director of Professional Learning
Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Emily Stransky, Program Manager
Chesapeake Bay Trust

Susanne Richards, Executive Director
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation

Laura Collard, Executive Director
Jemima Clark, Maryland Environmental Literacy Advisory Network Coordinator
Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

Maryland Recreation and Parks Association

Andrew Walker, Manager, Learning/ Innovation & Impact
National Aquarium

Shannon Sprague, Acting Deputy Director, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lindsey Walker, Senior Manager, Education and Community Conservation, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center,
National Wildlife Federation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Other Partners:

Howard County Public School System
Amy Reese, Coordinator, PreK-5 Elementary Science Programs
North American Association of Environmental Education
Sarah Bodor, Director of Policy & Affiliate Relations

​How to Participate

Project Green Classrooms

Partners and Their Representatives

State Agencies:

Advisory Members:

​​​Other Partners:

How to Participate

Other Partners: