I have been actively involved with nonprofits I was a teenager. My passion for public service and community development is rooted in environmental education but includes other sectors like recovery and harm reduction advocacy, live music and the arts, literature/reading and language arts education, health and wellness, animal welfare, and criminal justice reform.
Over the years, I have volunteered with or been employed with organizations such as:
Boxerwood Nature Center AKA Boxerwood Education Foundation - Lexington, VA
Boys and Girls Club of Staunton and Waynesboro, VA
YMCA of Rockbridge and Buena Vista, VA
The Institute of Reform and Solutions - Staunton, VA
Recover Virginia - Lexington/Covington, VA
Virginians for Conservation and Community Rights (formerly VNDER) - Richmond, VA
The Nature Foundation at Wintergreen - Roseland, VA
Rockfish Valley Foundation - Nellysford, VA
Living Earth School - Charlottesville, VA
Peace Corps Moldova - Washington, DC and The Republic of Moldova
Rockbridge Regional Library - Lexington, VA
Buena Vista Farmer's Market - Buena Vista, VA
Hangout on Main - Amherst, VA
Virginia Master Naturalist (Central Blue Ridge Chapter) - Lovingston, VA
Fleetwood Community Center - Tyro, VA
Nelson County Rotary Club - Lovingston, VA
Shenandoah Green - Staunton, VA
Staunton LGBTQ Center - Staunton, VA
Climate Generation - Minnesota
Virginia Association for Environmental Education - Chesterfield, VA