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About Us

Keeping It Wild Staff and Steering Committee and Advisory Committee

Executive Director
Kathryn Kolb, fine art and nature photographer, GA master naturalist, formerly: board member Georgia Forestwatch and environmental consultant to Dekalb County Commissioners
kathrynkolb@bellsouth.net

KIW Steering Committee for 2006-2007

Chair
Frank Peterman, KIW Steering Committee; Director of Public and Political Awareness for the Eastern Forest Program, The Wilderness Society
frank_peterman@tws.org

Vice Chair
Dr. Wilbur Leaphart, former Division Administrator (Secondary Division), Atlanta Public Schools, Adjunct Professor-Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College Alumnus

Secretary
Neela Ram, Conservation Associate, The Wilderness Society

Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs
Susan Kidd
Kathryn Kolb kathrynkolb@bellsouth.net

Event Committee Chair
Damita Holbrook, Director, Glam Event Solutions
www.glameventsolutions.com
Damita@glameventsolutions.com

Fundraising Committee Chair
Felicia Davis, Director, Women Flying High/One on One program; Formerly: Program Manager, Mothers and Others for Clean Air, Georgia Conservancy

Outings Committee Chair
Kathryn Kolb kathrynkolb@bellsouth.net

Publicity Committee Chair
Audrey Peterman, KIW Publicity and Outreach Chair, President, Earthwise Productions, Inc., an environmental consulting firm specializing in bringing together the two worlds of pristine natural environments and inner cities
earthWS@aol.com

Seminar Committee Chair
Erica Weaver, KIW Seminar Committee Chair, Program Administrative Assistance, Office of Sustainability Initiatives Emory University, citizen-activist DeKalb County
eweaver@emory.edu

Evonne Blythers, Administrative Assistant for Education, Exhibits, and Graphics, AV Department and Conservation, Georgia Aquarium; Director, Edge of Night Camping Club
evonne@naturehugger.com

Deborah Israel, Co-Producer of the Hear, O Israel TV Program and a Cultural Research Specialist
hearoisrael@msn.com

Dr. Bob Kibler, Chair, Southern Appalachian Council; former Board President, Georgia Forest Watch, formely Prof. of Neurology at Emory Univ. Medical School

Cheryl Kortemeier, Director of Communications and Administration, Trees Atlanta, and Vice Chair of the Board, Earth Share of Georgia

Amy Tidwell, Law Student at Georgia State University, and Community Activist

Joan Walker, Project Coordinator - Reeves & Associates Consulting and Training, Inc., Board Member - South DeKalb Neighborhoods Coalition, and Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest

Glen Dowling, Vice President, Georgia Wildlife Federation.

Jacqueline Echols, Ph.D, Assistant to the Vice President for Community Development, Benedict College, Columbia, SC; formerly Director, Clean Streams Task Force, Chair, Atlanta Tree Conservation Commission and Clark Atlanta Univ. faculty.

Kathryn Evans, Environmental Consultant, President, Lake Claire Neighborhood Assoc. formerly: Regional Representative, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Kelly Jordan, Conservationist and driving force behind preserving Arabia Mountain Park, the largest park and nature preserve in DeKalb and Rockdale Counties and a National Heritage site.

Wayne Jenkins, Executive Director, Georgia ForestWatch.

Bruce Morton, Executive Director, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, instrumental in preserving over 200 acres of Atlanta greenspace for habitat, education, and recreation.

Na'Taki Osborne, Manager, Community Leadership and Development Programs, National Wildlife Federation.

Angela Peterson, Director, Guest Programs, Georgia Aquarium.

Andrew Schock, Georgia Project Coordinator, The Conservation Fund.

Dr. Fatemeh Shafiei, Professor of Political Science, Spelman College.

 

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