Board of Directors

CELF's Board of Directors is a diverse group of people with professional backgrounds in environmental and social sciences, education, marketing and finance, law and publishing. In addition to its Board of Directors and volunteer staff, CELF has two carefully selected advisory panels, The Teacher Alliance and the Professional Advisory Board, with members chosen because of their knowledge, expertise and experience. We strive to work together as systems thinkers to bring to education the kind of professional development and support necessary for creating critical thinkers and leaders for a sustainable future.

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Katie Ginsberg, CELF Founder and Executive Director, MS, Psychology; Chair of Education Sector, Westchester County Global Warming Task Force.

Patti Bressman, CELF Director of Programming; MBA, Partner, North American Home Equities, Inc.. Former: Financial Operations Manager, Electronic Date Systems; Controller-Health Management Systems; and Director, Home Funding Mortgage Bank.

Melanie Lester, CELF Director of Education; MS Neurological Impairment; Certified Teacher K-Adult; Advisory Board, The Gateway School. Former: Co-Director Learning Resource Center, Allen-Stevenson School (NYC Independent School).

Sarah Hodder, EXPO Program Coordinator; Co-Chair of Chappaqua Central School District Environmental Committee; Former: Producer, NBC News; Consultant for V-Day; Consultant for Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute; Reporter for Legal Times, American Lawyer Media

Chris Hall, MBA, Senior Vice-President, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.- Business Development Group; Advisor to Heliotronics.

Jon Jacobs, JD, Criminal Enforcement Counsel - Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C. .

Kim Larson, MA, Science, Technology and Public Policy; Board Member, Neighbors Link; Founding Member, Coalition for Better School Food; Former: Adjunct Professor at NYU; Fellow at the InterAmerican Foundation; Co-Director of ACT 79: Appropriate Community Technology Fair and Conference.

David Lowy, Principal and Managing Director, Daclow International; Former: Corporate Vice President, Environmental Affairs, the Altria family of companies.

Elisa Smalley, CSW, Children’s Book Author

Jan Volpe, EdD, Urban Educational and Administrative Policy; Superintendent of Schools, Red Hook Central School District 1 ASCD Education for Sustainability December 03/January 04 2 NEETF/ROPER Report “Understanding Environmental Literacy in America” 2004