Meet Our Team

2026 Leadership Group

• Sally Sears, Founding Director, The South Fork Conservancy

• Revonda Cosby, Executive Director, Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance

• Jonah McDonald, Park Naturalist, Mason Mill Park, DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs

• Robby Astrove, Park Ranger, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs

• Sheridan Alford, Director of Community Engagement, Birds Georgia

• Norman Slawsky (22), Board officer, GreenLaw and the Georgia Sierra Club

• Jasmine Strickland (25), 

• Katie Paden (23), Admission officer, Georgia Institute of Technology; GBN program manager

• Evonne Blythers (25), 

• Joey Goodall (25), Civil Engineer, Gresham Smith

• Marquez Stephens (24), 

• Lisa Kiely, Owner, Lisa Kiely Consulting

• Tixie Fowler, Environmental Educator & Founder, Youth in Nature Network 

Interns

• Jasmine Strickland, 2025, Warren Wilson Class of 2024

• Alexis German, 2024, Emory University Class of 2025

• Clare McCarthy, 2022-23, Emory University Class of 2023

Past Leaders

• Kendra Price, Government Affairs Manager, Emory University

• Tasha Messer (23), Parks Naturalist, DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs

• Kait Gray (23),  Environmental educator, Georgia 4-H

Founding Committee

• Kendra Price, Government Affairs Manager, Emory University

• Sally Sears, Founding Director, The South Fork Conservancy

• Tixie Fowler, Environmental Educator & Founder, Gardens for Growing Community, Inc.

• Lisa Kiely, Owner, Lisa Kiely Consulting

• Jonah McDonald, Park Naturalist, Mason Mill Park, DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs

• Revonda Cosby, Executive Director, Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance

• Robby Astrove, Park Ranger, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs