Project Green Classrooms

Partners and Their Representatives

State Agencies:

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (co-Chair)

Maryland State Department of Education
Mohammed Choudhury, State Superintendent of Schools (co-Chair)
Kirsten Jackson, Environmental Literacy Specialist, Science (PGC co-coordinator)

Maryland Department of Agriculture
Steve Connelly, Assistant Secretary for Office of Marketing, Animal Industries and Consumer Services
Karen Fedor, Senior Agriculture Marketing Specialist

Maryland Department of the Environment
Ben Grumbles, Secretary
Mark Shaffer, Communications Director

Maryland Department of Health
Clifford Mitchell, Director, Environmental Health Bureau

Maryland Department of Planning
Robert S. McCord, Secretary
Debbie Herr Cornwell, Resource Conservation Planner

Maryland Department of Transportation
Philip Wilson, Environmental Analyist

Maryland Higher Education Commission

Advisory Members:

Emily Leedy, Project Coordinator
Alice Ferguson Foundation

Mark Scallion, Center Director
Audubon Maryland-DC

Karen Mullin, Director of Professional Learning
Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Tara Drennan, Program Specialist
Chesapeake Bay Trust

George Mayo, Executive Director
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation

Laura Collard, Executive Director
Katrina Jones, Maryland Port Administration, MAEOE Board of Trustees Executive Committee
Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

Chuck Montrie, Executive Director
Maryland Recreation and Parks Association

Joe Harber, Director of Education Programs
National Aquarium

Shannon Sprague, Environmental Literacy Manager, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Holly Gallagher, Regional Education Manager, Mid-Atlantic
National Wildlife Federation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Committees and Working Groups are assisted by many additional partners, such as the following:

Howard County Public School System
Amy Reese, Coordinator, PreK-5 Elementary Science Programs
Montgomery County Public Schools
Laurie Jenkins, Supervisor, Pre-K-12 Outdoor Environmental Education Programs
Montgomery County Department of Parks, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Stephanie Oberle, Director, Brookside Gardens
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:

Committees and Working Groups are assisted by many additional partners, such as the following: