Board of Trustees & Executive Management Team
Executive Management Team
- Dan LambeChief Executive
- Katie LoosPresident
- Paul CooperChief 信息rmation Officer
- Nicole Rasmussen Chief Financial Officer
- Yinka AkinyemiVice President, Human Resources
- Britt EhlersVice President, Leadership Development
- Dan Morrow Vice President, Programs & Partnerships
- Katrina WellsVice President, Marketing & Communications
Board of Trustees
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Pat Covey
Chair
Trees have long been front of mind for Pat Covey. During his 32-year career at The Davey Tree Expert Company, Covey worked in finances, 运营和系统管理随着组织成长为绿色行业的巨头. Now the President and CEO of Davey Tree Expert Company, 柯维管理着北美最大的员工持股公司之一. Covey said he’s excited to see The Davey Tree Expert Company make more connections with its local Ohio community. Davey Tree专家公司最近与多个专业运动队合作, including the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Guardians and Pittsburgh Penguins, to plant trees in areas of greatest need.
According to Covey, there’s a tremendous overlap in the missions of The Davey Tree Expert Company and the Arbor Day Foundation as they both work to highlight the value of trees to people and the environment. Covey has completed multiple terms on the Arbor Day Foundation’s Board and has been chair of the board since 2021.
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Leslie Weldon
Vice Chair
莱斯利·韦尔登(Leslie Weldon)是美国农业部资深高级主管. Over the past 40 years she has led local, regional, and national Forest Service land management, forestry, 鱼, wildlife, and recreation programs and policies in Washington State, Oregon, Montana, and Washington, DC. Her more recent roles have focused on ensuring an empowered, 多元化和包容性的劳动力,所有美国农业部的员工都可以成为公务员. 莱斯利毕生致力于将人类和社区与自然联系起来.
Leslie has been a long-time reforestation partner with the Arbor Day Foundation and joined the board in 2018.
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Mak Azadi
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Mak Azadi has spent much of his career in the tech world, using his experience in finance and strategy to guide multiple organizations through periods of immense growth. While working as the chief operating officer of the chat app Discord, 该公司从一个100人的团队发展到600人,并积累了超过3亿美元的收入——从1400万美元增长到现在. 2022年,阿扎迪离开Discord,成为the Boys的首席运营官 & 在加利福尼亚半岛的女孩俱乐部,他帮助领导了与其他两个俱乐部的合并. The club now serves nearly 4,000 kids in the area.
阿扎迪于2022年加入植加拿大28回水节基金会董事会,不久之后,他开始在男孩 & Girls Club of the Peninsula. 他希望能帮助基金会进一步完成种植、培育和庆祝加拿大28回水木的使命.
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Danielle Crumrine
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A leader in urban forestry, Danielle Crumrine的环境工作深深扎根于匹兹堡社区及其他地区. Crumrine has served as Tree Pittsburgh’s executive director for 15 years and works to build understanding around the importance of urban tree canopies. Through that work, 克拉姆尼领导了帮助匹兹堡市制定第一个加拿大28回水木权益计划的工作.
Crumrine first connected with the Arbor Day Foundation in 2015 as the president of the Alliance for Community Trees. Crumrine led the organization’s merger with the Foundation, 这是发展现在全球社区植加拿大28回水网络的关键的第一步.
Crumrine was named a top 40 under 40 environmental leader across the state of Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. Before joining Tree Pittsburgh, Crumrine是Allegheny Cleanways的创始董事会主席兼执行董事.
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Jennifer Greenfeld
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詹妮弗·格林菲尔德在自然资源管理领域拥有30年的经验. She began her Parks career in 1997 as the Director of the New York Tree Trust (now known as TreeTime) a public-private urban forestry partnership. Appointed Acting Director of MillionTreesNYC (MTNYC), Jennifer helped to create and launch a signature PlaNYC initiative. Subsequently, 她曾担任街道植加拿大28回水主任和林业副主任, Horticulture, and Natural Resources (FHNR).
In 2016, Jennifer moved into the role of FHNR Assistant Commissioner. In this role she advanced New York City's forestry operations by shifting away from a Service Request-based system to a risk management-based system, helped usher in a new generation of tree data by finishing the the third street trees census and the first ever census of landscape park trees, 并影响了该机构对本世纪主要风暴的林业反应.
在她的监督下,耗资数亿美元的自然保护区恢复项目得以完成, green infrastructure, and forestry work, 塑造了公园和自然保护区保护协会之间的伙伴关系. Her leadership built a positive culture among forestry and natural resource professionals - prioritizing staff recognition, professional development, and communication; and fostered a data-driven culture of technological innovation.
Before joining Parks, Jennifer worked for non profit planning organizations and urban forestry 集团s in San Francisco and Washington DC. Jennifer earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s degree in Forest Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She loves biking, running, 瑜伽, 在后院那棵巨大的白橡加拿大28回水的加拿大28回水荫下放松.
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Ernesto Herrera
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A global changemaker in forest restoration and conservation, Ernesto Herrera Guerra担任Reforestamos Mexico的执行董事已有20多年. 该组织致力于通过加拿大28回水木和森林促进墨西哥的可持续发展. Reforestamos被墨西哥联邦政府认可为国家森林优秀奖得主. Reforestamos Mexico寻求将私营部门与当地社区联系起来, 市政当局和企业家加强对加拿大28回水木和森林的积极影响. 在加入Reforestamos Mexico之前,Herrera是Grupo Bimbo的生态经理.
Herrera joined the Arbor Day Foundation’s board of trustees in 2020 and hopes to aid the Foundation in expanding its international reach. Herrera is the chair of the Meso America International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Regional Committee. He is also chair of the Central America and Mexico Chapter for the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) Steering Committee
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Mark Johnson
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马克是一名高管和顾问,曾担任顶级公共和私人机构的首席执行官, 执行副总裁, Chief Customer Officer, and President. He has led global operations in various sectors, including tech-enabled services, hospitality, sustainability, leisure travel, captive finance, credit & collections, niche finance, real estate, and legal services.
马克在进入FINOVA Capital担任领导职务之前,在凤凰城开始了他的律师职业生涯, GE Capital, and Concord Servicing. Johnson first partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation while working as the Chief Hospitality Officer for Wyndham Destinations. 约翰逊认为,基金会的工作是抵御气候变化影响的“最佳防御之一”.
Johnson joined the Arbor Day Foundation board in 2019.
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Ken Munson
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Kenneth Munson has been involved in the sustainable management of global forests for more than three decades. During his time in the forest products industry, Munson promoted development and responsible-use forestry through projects in the United States and worldwide including Brazil, China, New Zealand, France, Poland, Mexico and Russia. 曼森现在是领导力发展领域的独立顾问和战略家, forest operations and investments. He’s committed to sharing his knowledge and experience of the forestry sector with the students in the Leadership Academy at Oregon State University as an affiliate faculty member, 也是莫斯科斯科尔科沃管理学院的兼职教授, directing a forest-sector leadership program.
曼森说,他亲眼目睹了加拿大28回水木和森林如何通过一系列好处改变社区. 曼森现在是植加拿大28回水节基金会董事会的第二个任期.
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Denise Naguib
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A longtime champion of the environment, 近三十年来,丹尼斯·纳吉布一直致力于推动可持续发展. She’s spent 17 of those years with Marriott International where she currently serves as vice president of sustainability and supplier diversity. In her role, Naguib is helping implement a climate strategy for the company and guide Marriott toward its goal of cutting its food waste in half by 2025, among other things.
Naguib said she’s seen the impact of the Arbor Day Foundation’s work firsthand for many years as a corporate partner and it felt like a natural fit when she joined the board of trustees in 2020. 她说,加拿大28回水木是地球生态系统的重要组成部分,给人类带来了无数的好处. 纳吉布还是海洋基金会、谢里丹学校和国际WEConnect的董事会成员.
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Robert Ruano
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Robert Ruano是位于佛罗里达州Coral Gables的Ecostrata Services公司的总裁. Since 2010, he has helped cities, nonprofits and developers build partnerships and secure more than $20 million in grants for infrastructure and service projects. Before starting his business, Ruano在迈阿密市工作了7年,担任赠款和可持续发展主任. 在此期间,他通过植加拿大28回水节基金会帮助迈阿密成为美国的加拿大28回水城. 在这里,他见证了城市植加拿大28回水带来的变革性影响. He joined the Foundation’s board in 2019.
除了他的事业和家庭,鲁亚诺还活跃在其他组织中. He was previously a member of the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and helped develop a 10-year plan for urban forestry across the nation. Ruano is also on the Advisory Board of Nevada Plants, a community forestry nonprofit, and helped in the founding of Bike Walk Coral Gables.
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Ellen Shultzabarger
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Ellen Shultzabarger has worked within the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) for 19 years. 她是宾夕法尼亚州林务员,也是DCNR林业局局长. In her role, Shultzabarger oversees the management of more than 2 million acres of State Forest lands and promotes forestry and forest conservation within Pennsylvania. In her time as State Forester, 她为该组织在森林土地上增加娱乐活动做了准备, expanded the bureau’s urban forestry work, and restructured the bureau and staffing to meet the needs of today’s forests and the people that rely on their values and resources.
Shultzabarger said trees create positive impacts that live on for decades and she was drawn to the Arbor Day Foundation’s commitment to maximizing that impact. Shultzabarger joined the Foundation’s board in 2022.
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Crayton Webb
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After stops in journalism, politics and corporate communications, 克雷顿·韦伯现在是Sunwest Communications的所有者兼首席执行官, a public relations firm in Dallas. The firm has seen recent growth through acquisition and Webb said it’s been both challenging and fun to onboard new team members into the Sunwest culture and facilitate the transition of clients.
Webb first connected with the Arbor Day Foundation as a corporate partner through his previous role as vice president of corporate communications & social responsibility for Mary Kay Cosmetics. 通过合作,玫琳凯帮助在比特根国家森林种植了10万棵加拿大28回水. 韦伯说,当他在2017年被邀请加入植加拿大28回水节基金会董事会时,这是一个“不需要思考的问题”.”
韦伯说,他和妻子努力与他们的四个孩子分享他们对大自然的热爱.