About NEEEA & Board Members
NEEEA Values
NEEEA is a forward thinking, unique, multi-state organization committed
to practicing and promoting effective change towards a healthy, sustainable
world.
NEEEA embraces diversity, inclusion, unity and collaboration by reaching
out to individuals, organizations and other professions for a common
cause.
NEEEA values high quality Environmental Education and promotes professionalism
and work place equity, bringing increased public value to the field.
NEEEA
operates with integrity, honesty and humility and demands accountability
to our mission and the six state organizations we serve.
NEEEA engages
joyfully in hard work, which is good work enriched by community
and connection to the environment.
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The New England Environmental Eduation Alliance was formed in 1980, but
its roots go back to 1966. That year a handful of educators
in the region decided to meet on an annual basis. Conferences were chaired
by Chuck Roth and hosted by a group of colleagues within the six
New England states on a rotating basis. The conferences were small and the
agendas were informal but the goal was to facilitate communication and friendship
among colleagues. In an effort to increase participation, in 1977 the responsibility
for the conference was placed in the hands of a steering committee composed
of two representatices from each of the six states. Conference attendance
jumped from 30 people the previous year to 160 people in 1977. In 1980 the
steering committee decided to incorporate the New England Environmental Education
Alliance. The board of directors continues to be composed of two members
from each New England state. The Alliance is interested in EE on a regional
level and does not duplicate the contributions of the state organizations.
The conferences continue to emphasize colleagueal interaction and collaborative
learning. We invite you to become involved in your state organization and
to get to know the state representative on the NEEEA board.
What does NEEEA do for you?
 The six New England state EE organizations support the work of the NEEEA
board by hosting the conference, which is the primary means by which NEEEA
raises funds every year. The money raised by the conference covers the basic
costs of running the organization. The many hours put in by board members
are all volunteer. The board strives to be supportive to the state running
the conference, providing the basic framework, while also working on region-wide
projects and capacity building. In return, environmental educators throughout
New England benefit from the following NEEEA activities:
- A yearly conference
- Recognition of outstanding educators through annual awards
- A bi-annual State Organization Leaders’ Retreat
- A bi-annual Administrators’ retreat
- NAAEE representation for New England
- The electronic publication of NEJEE
- A website and email listserv that serves the New England EE community
- Networking and information sharing between the organizations in the region
and state boards
- Conference scholarships
The NEEEA Board is comprised of members from each New England state.
General Info |
General Inquiries:
NEEEA
P.O. Box 412
Lincoln, MA 01773
Email: info@neeea.org |
2008 NEEEA Board |
Current NEEEA President:
Kristen Scopinich
Education Manager
Mass Audubon
208 South Great Road
Lincoln,
MA 01773
PH:
781-259-2221
Email: kscopinich@massaudubon.org
Current term: 3 thru 2009 |
Past NEEEA President:
Amy Yeakel
Education Program Director
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Rt. 113
Holderness, NH 03245
PH: 603-968-7194 x 14
Email: amy.yeakel@nhnature.org
Current Term: 1 thru: 2008 |
Connecticut Representatives: |
Susan Quincy
CT DEP
Kellogg Environmental Center
New Milford, CT 06776
500 Hawthorne Ave.
Derby, CT 06418
PH: (203) 734-2513
Email: susan.quincy@po.state.ct.us
Current Term: 1 thru 2009
Type of Rep: state organization
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Russ Miller
Meigs Point Nature Center (D.E.P.)
D.E.P.'s Hammonasset Beach State Park
1288 Boston Post Road
P.O. Box 271
Madison, CT 06443
PH: (203) 245-8743
Current Term: tdb
Type of Rep: At-large |
Maine Representatives: |
Kara Wooldrik, NAAEE Liaison
EE Program Director
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Rd.
Falmouth, ME 04105
PH: (207) 781-6180 ext. 212
kwooldrik@maineaudubon.org
Current term: 3 thru 2009
Type of Rep: At-large |
Tamara Whitmore
Education Director
Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed
P.O. Box 5003
Augusta, ME 04332-5003
PH: (207) 621-4100
Email: tamara@watershedfriends.com
Current term: 1 thru 2010
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Massachusetts Representatives: |
Kathleen Davis
School of Education
Univ. of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA, 01003
(413) 577-2317
Email: kdavis@educ.umass.edu
Current Term: 1 thru 2008
Type of Rep: At Large
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Cynthia Menard
Director of Outdoor Education
MetroWest YMCA
45 East St.
Hopkinton, MA 01748
PH:(508) 435-9345 x12
Email:
cmenard@metrowestymca.org
Current Term: 1 thru 2011
Type of Rep: state organization |
New Hamsphire Representatives: |
Ruth Smith
EE Consultant
234 South West Road
Canterbury, NH 03224
PH: (603) 783-4656
Email: ruthnaturally@verizon.net
Current Term: 1 thru 2010
Type of Rep: State Org. Rep.
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Marilyn Wyzga
NH Fish & Game Department
Public Affairs Division
11 Hazen Dr.
Concord, NH 03301
PH: 603-271-1197
Email: mwyzga@wildlife.state.nh.us
Current Term: 2 thru 2009
Type of Rep: at large
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Rhode Island Representatives: |
Denise Poyer Secretary
Program Director
Wood Pawcatuck
Watershed Assoc. 203B Arcadia Road
Hope Valley, RI 02832
PH:
401-539-9017
Email:
denise.poyer@wpwa.org
Current Term: 1 thru 2009
Type of Rep: At-large
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Shareen Knowlton Treasurer
Director of Education
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Ave.
Providence, RI 02907
PH: 401-785-3510 ext. 357
Email: sknowlton@rwpzoo.com
Current Term: 2 thru 2009
Type of Rep: state organization
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Vermont Representatives: |
Nancy Nottermann
Co-Owner, Snug Valley Farm
824 Pumpkin Lane
East Hardwick, VT 05836
PH: 802-472-6185
Email: nancyn@together.net
Current Term: 1 thru:2008
Type of Rep: at large
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Lisa Purcell
Director, Four Winds Nature Institute 4 Casey Road
Chittenden, VT 05737
PH:
802-353-9440
Email:
lisa@fourwindsinstitute.org
Current Term: 2 thru 2009
Type of Rep:
state organization |
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