Leadership

Executive Committee

Jay E. Maddock

Jay E. Maddock

Chair

Regents Professor, Texas A&M UniversityProfile URL

Nalini Nadkarni

Nalini Nadkarni

Immediate Past Chair

Professor Emerita, University of UtahProfile URL

Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts. Photo credit: LaTonya Smothers

Jennifer D. Roberts

Vice-Chair

Associate Professor, University of MarylandProfile URL

Sara LoTemplio

Sara B. LoTemplio

Committee Chair - Research

Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.Profile URL

Peter Kahn

Peter H. Kahn Jr.

Committee Chair - Journal

Professor, University of Washington of WashingtonProfile URL

Howard Frumkin

Howard Frumkin

Committee Chair - Policy

Senior Vice President & Director of the Land and People LabProfile URL

Professor Emeritus, University of WashingtonProfile URL

Myra Gerst

Myra Gerst

Committee Chair - Communications

Program Manager, Nature and Human Health, The University of UtahProfile URL

Olivia McAnirlin

Olivia McAnirlin

Committee Chair - Membership

Co-Director of the Virtual Reality and Nature Lab, Clemson UniversityProfile URL

Portrait of Amy Wagenfeld

Amy Wagenfeld

Co-Director of The Learning Network; Committee Chair - Education

Affiliate Associate Professor, University of WashingtonProfile URL

For over twenty years, Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, FAOTA has dedicated herself to inclusive and therapeutic landscape design, driven by a fervent passion for projects that significantly enhance people’s lives. With her background as an occupational therapist, Amy appreciates the importance of an interdisciplinary approach in designing and programming innovative spaces. These spaces are carefully crafted to foster physical and sensory development, support mental health, and facilitate learning.

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Joni Carswell

Joni Carswell

Treasurer

CEO and President, Texan by NatureProfile URL

Amaya Carrasco Torrontegui

Amaya Carrasco Torrontegui

Co-Coordinator of Agroecology, Nature and Health at University of VermontProfile URL

Team

Taylor Kennedy Frenchi

Taylor Kennedy Frenchi

Program Director

Program Director, Nature and Health Alliance, Texan By NatureProfile URL

Marc Berejka

Marc Berejka

Strategy, Partnership, and Policy Advisor

Strategy, Partnership, and Policy Advisor, Nature and Health AllianceProfile URL

Marc Berejka is serving as the new Strategy, Partnership, & Policy Advisor for the Nature and Health Alliance. For over a dozen years, Marc held leadership roles at REI, helping the co-op set the vision and path for its government affairs, community-building, and philanthropic work. His tenure included more than a decade in supporting and co-creating efforts to establish Nature and Health as a field. 

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Landon Pollack

Landon Pollack

Special Advisor to the Chair

Special Advisor to the Chair, Nature and Health Alliance

Executive Director, UCLA Ecological Medicine InitiativeProfile URL

Special Advisor to the Chair

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Founding Members

Josh Lawler

Joshua J. Lawler

Professor, University of WashingtonProfile URL

Kathleen L. Wolf

Kathleen L. Wolf

Social Scientist, Retired/Affiliate, University of WashingtonProfile URL

Hector A. Olvera-Alvarez

Hector A. Olvera-Alvarez

Professor, Oregon Health Sciences UniversityProfile URL

John Spengler

John Spengler

Professor, Harvard UniversityProfile URL

Bita Kash

Bita Kash

Professor, Texas A&M UniversityProfile URL

Gregory Bratman

Gregory N. Bratman

Associate Professor, University of WashingtonProfile URL