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Anine Booth Coordinator of Professional Development for Educators, Wildlife Conservation Society	Maya Camou Founder/Principal, M3D Consulting LLC Maya is an action-driven Executive, who is a catalyst -- a change agent, with over 18 years experience with fusion in Sustainability, Strategy, Policy, Design, Business, Management, Development, Communication and Collaboration. She is the Founder and Principal of the WBE Certified Sustainability Management and Policy consulting firm. She is a LEED AP BD+C with a Masters in Design Management. Maya is currently pursing a PhD.	Debby Lee Cohen Cafeteria Culture, Executive Director/Founder In 2009, Debby Lee decided to apply her design, teaching, and collaboration skills to achieve zero waste public school cafeterias and to eliminate the 860,000 styrene foam lunch trays used per day in NYC schools, a goal imminently to be achieved! In partnership with NYC public school communities, Cohen and team have been piloting and leading in-cafeteria and classroom curriculum to support Cafeteria Culture’s zero waste mission.
Thad Copeland Outreach Manager, Recycling Champions Program at GrowNYC Thad is the Manager of GrowNYC's Recycling Champions Program, a partnership with NYC Departments of Education and Sanitation, which works directly with educators, students, staff and parents to develop model recycling programs in 100 NYC Public Schools each year. Based on the experience of Recycling Champions, Thad will share best practices and setup tips to successfully implement a cafeteria recycling program in your school.	Richard Eiden Manager, NYC School Construction Authority Richard currently serves as the Manager of Sustainability Design Standards for the NYC School Construction Authority. He is responsible for their Green School Guide (GSG) program, in which he is responsible for creating prior to joining SCA. Richard is the past president of the NY chapter of ASHRAE. He teaches HVAC and BMS Controls. He is active in with USGBC and its Center for Green Schools.	Emily Fano Senior Manager, National Wildlife Federation's NYC Eco-Schools Emily develops, implements and manages K-12 educational programming in partnership with city, state, federal and non-profit partners. An author and passionate environmentalist devoted to the goal of zero waste schools, Ms. Fano co-authored and was a core team member of the District 3 composting pilot that became a model for NYC's school organics collection program in 2012. She is currently working on the "Greenpoint Eco-Schools"
Amie Hamlin Executive Director, Coalition of Helathy School Food Amie is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Healthy School Food (CHSF) since its founding in 2004. CHF assisted two NYC schools in adopting a vegetarian menu and teach their curriculum, Food Unearthed: Uncovering the Truth About Food in 4 NYC schools each week over 400 students.	Dave Johnston The Visionmaker NYC team at the Wildlife Conservation Society is an interdisciplinary team consisting of teacher educators, conservation biologists, web developers, and GIS analysts. We have developed a web-based modeling platform that allows users to modify NYC (both historic and contemporary) or create their own visions for the environmental future. Decisions are linked to environmental performance, allowing users to explicitly see the impact that their decisions make on the urban environment.	Matt Molina Educator, NYC H2O Matt is the Director and founder of NYC H2O as well as an education consultant. He is a native of NYC and studied engineering at the University of Virginia where he received his Bachelor and Masters Degrees. Matt started NYC H2O in 2009 after attending a teaching workshop about the NYC water system in the Catskills. He recognized the opportunity to expand public education on NYC's model water system, while inspiring citizens to become responsible stewards of natural areas.
Mary Most Senior Manager, DSNY Recycling & Sustainability Mary has been promoting recycling and waste prevention to New Yorkers since recycling became law in 1989, through print and web content. She is an expert in Sanitation requirements and the issues school face.	Omar Olivera Lead Educator at Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Omar studied art at the Cooper Union where he received his BFA and at Brooklyn College where he received an MFA in painting and drawing. His works have been exhibited in New York, Gettysburg, Minnesota, Leon, and are in collections in the British Library, Yale University and more. Since 1998 he has taught art to NYC public school students through organizations such as the Cooper Union Saturday Program, P.S.1, and more	Aimee Arandia-Ostensen Program Facilitator, Children's Enviromental Literacy Foundation (CELF) Aimee firmly believes that learning is a life-long process and that our experiences along the natural path of life can be our best teachers. At NYU, she studied Early Childhood and Elementary Education with a minor in Anthropology. Aimee later went on to earn a master ’s degrees in Educating for Sustainability at Antioch University New England.
Sarah Pidegeon Director, NYC K-12 Education Program Solar One Sarah is passionate about inspiring NYC students to bring sustainability into their schools and communities. Prior to joining Solar One, Sarah worked as an educator for several years at the Center for the Urban Environment in Brooklyn, where she taught classes in Urban Design and Ecology. However, her real passion for environmental education began during her childhood spent as a camper and staff member at Frost Valley YMCA in the Catskill Mountains	Jacquline Pilati Project Coordinator, NYC Department of Education Jacqueline services as Project Coordinator. Prior to joining the DOE, Jacqueline held leadership positions within the informal science education field following a teaching career in public schools throughout NYC and Sonora, Mexico. Jacqueline holds a Bachelor's in Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities from St. John's University and Master in Environmental Conservation from NYU.	Robin Sanchez Deputy Director of Education NYC Department of Environmental Protection. Robin returns to DEP after previously interning within the Education Office four years ago. Robin has a Master of Arts in Environmental Conservation Education from NYU and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Planning from Binghamton University.
Kate Wimsatt Outreach Coordinator, GrowNYC Recycling Champions Program As an outreach coordinator with GrowNYC's Recycling Champions Program, Kate helps NYC K-12 schools establish model recycling programs.	Tina Wong Urban Farm Educator, P.S. 208M Tina is a Hydroponic/Urban Farm Educator at P.S. 208. She has spoken about her urban family program at the Horticultural Society of NY, Green Schools National Conference, Israeli Ministry of Education and more.

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