Natural News for November
Before all the leaves drop to the forest floor, the Team for Healthy Parks spends …
Gwen Tilton
Chair
Who We Are
Meet the Board
John V. Hayes
Vice Chair
Earl F. Jones
Secretary
Faith Crump
Treasurer
Mary Grissom
President & CEO
Additional Members
Catrina Ankenbrand
Summer Auerbach
Jerry Brown
Cindy Carcione
Andrea Cook
Wende Cosby
Aretha Fuqua
Michael Gross
Caroline Heine
Tom Jessee
Holli Highfield Lewis
Andrew Mays
Conor O’Driscoll
Scott Osborne
Michael Pitt
Anuj Rastogi
Oliver Roe
Jon Salomon
Diane Scardino
Charles W. Schnatter
Honorary Members
LouAnn Atlas
G. Garvin Brown IV
Allen Bush
William E. Juckett
Charles (Mac) McClure III
Creighton E. Mershon, Sr.
Norman V. Noltemeyer
Bill Samuels, Jr.
Kennedy Simpson
In Memoriam
Edwin H. Perry
Douglas D. Stegner
Meet the Staff
Danielle Archer
Senior Director of Development and Marketing
Alex Boeckman
Natural Areas Technician
Mary Jo Davis
Director of Finance and Human Resources
Katie DiAngelus
Natural Areas Technician
Kathy Ezzell
Donor Relations Manager
Rachel Firkins
Director of Donor Engagement and Strategy
Mary Anne Fox
Horticulture Specialist
Lauren Hendrickson
Natural Areas Manager
Jesse Hendrix-Inman
Director of Communications
Jason Hindenach
Project Director
Matthew London
Landscape Specialist
Avery O'Brien
Seasonal Field Crew Technician
Matt Spalding
Director of Stewardship
Major Waltman
Special Projects
Sarah Wolff
Director of Advocacy and Programs
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