ANCA Annual Summit 2025: The Big Picture Participant Photo Directory! by Daniel Auer https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6 Click the plus sign at the bottom right. Introduce yourself, add a picture of yourself at your site or a favorite place, ask questions, make connections, and have fun! Use the list icon at the bottom left to see a list of participants who have contributed. Please also add what kind of center you work at and how many summits you have attended. en-us 2025-07-15 14:58:44 UTC 2025-09-02 18:58:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads-usc1.storage.googleapis.com/1504234218/57319b2158164d2ee8757cec939fe3f6/ANCA_leaf_circle_social_tan_w_green_outline.png Daniel Auer (he/him) ANCA Director of Programs & Member Services ANCAmembership https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3520222577 Hello! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in California very soon. This will be my 5th Annual Summit.


Planning the Summit is so much fun! I'm California dreaming of a great week with all of you wonderful people.

]]> 2025-07-15 14:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3520222577 Environmental Nature Center, East 16th Street, Newport Beach, CA ANCAmembership https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3520290151 2025 ANCA Annual Summit, August 25-29 at the Environmental Nature Center (ENC) in Newport Beach, California.

]]> 2025-07-15 16:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3520290151 Asa Duffee, ANCA Director of Marketing & Communications ANCA_Marketing https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522436262 I'm Asa! This will be my fifth in-person Annual Summit. I've never been to California, so I'm super excited to explore Newport Beach and beyond. Especially looking forward to the evening campfires — bring instruments if you play!

]]> 2025-07-17 14:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522436262 Jen Levy (she/her), ANCA Executive Director, Logan, UT jenlevy https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522500181 Hi Everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing you in California! The Environmental Nature Center and ANCA Staff have put together a fantastic week of sessions, workshops, and fun, all designed to help us reconnect with our work and why it matters. I am also looking forward to spending a little time at the beach! What are you looking forward to?

]]> 2025-07-17 17:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522500181 Costa Mesa, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522516721 Lori Whalen (she/her) VP @ Environmental Nature Center

]]> 2025-07-17 17:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522516721 Irvine, CA, USA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522544635 I'm Mindy Schwartz, Education Director at the Environmental Nature Center. The first nature center I ever worked at was the EEC at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, NJ. I lived in Georgia for a long time and also worked at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell. This will be my 2nd Summit!

]]> 2025-07-17 19:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522544635 Blue Lotus Center, County Highway M, West Bend, WI larsonmichaelw https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522570793 The Blue Lotus Center is a nonprofit nature center in southeastern Wisconsin for people with disabilities and other profound life challenges. This is our third summit and we are very excited to be here!

]]> 2025-07-17 20:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522570793 Orange, California meaghanoneill https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522575891 Hi Everyone,

This will be my first summit and I'm happy to be leading a session. Looking forward to sharing all of the wonderful flora and fauna that Southern California has to offer.


See ya soon,

Meg

]]> 2025-07-17 20:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522575891 Carson Nature Center at South Platte Park- Littleton, Colorado nmilkintas1 https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522583910 Nikki Milkintas (she/her)
-Nature Center and Outdoor Recreation Specialist at Carson Nature Center - South Platte Park-

This is my first year attending, and I’m excited to connect, share ideas, and collaborate with others at this summit!

]]> 2025-07-17 21:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522583910 Costa Mesa, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522592434 Ahmad Alomar (He/Him) Naturalist at Environmental Nature Center, Wildlife Photographer, Birder, Outdoors Enjoyer.

]]> 2025-07-17 21:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522592434 Santa Ana, CA kass21 https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522594608 I’m Kass DeBoer, the Early Childhood Education Specialist at the Environmental Nature Center. This will be my first ANCA summit!  Outside of outdoor education, I love to thrift, make pottery and rollerskate!

]]> 2025-07-17 21:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522594608 Newport Beach https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522607722 2025-07-17 22:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522607722 Newport Beach, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522619183 1st time attending ANCA !


Interests: Indigenous food ways and plant knowledge, ancestral connections with nature

]]> 2025-07-17 23:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522619183 Newport Beach, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522624781 Can't wait to meet everyone!


xoxo,


Miss Waffles

Environmental Nature Center (ENC)

]]> 2025-07-17 23:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3522624781 The Nature Institute, S Levis Ln, Godfrey, IL https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523287619 Lauren Scull (She/Her)

I am the Director of Education at The Nature Institute in Godfrey, IL. We are a small non-profit with a whopping 6 year round employees. This will be my first Annual Summit! I'm excited to make connections and collaborate with others.


]]> 2025-07-18 12:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523287619 North Palm Beach, FL, USA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523359059 Hello! My name is Veronica Frehm, CEO of Friends of MacArthur Beach State Park in North Palm Beach, Florida.


I am excited to connect with everyone at the summit! This will be my third summit -- looking forward to California.


]]> 2025-07-18 14:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523359059 Seth Engelbourg (He Series) LLNF Director of Education and Interpretation https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523377067 Hi All, Looking forward to a fun, engaging, and rewarding Summit! I also enjoy visiting new places and seeing new organizations. California should be a blast! This will be my fourth in-person Summit.

]]> 2025-07-18 15:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523377067 Huntington Beach, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523382976 2025-07-18 15:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523382976 Lansing, MI https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523421601 Hi all! I am the Marketing & Membership Manager at Fenner Nature Center. This work is incredibly rewarding, but there is so much room to grow in fundraising and development. This will be my first ANCA Summit, and I'm excited to be a part of it!

]]> 2025-07-18 17:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523421601 Hawaii Nature Center, Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523476056 Aloha, looking forward to connecting with old and new nature center leaders. Happy to be joined this year by our Education Program Manager (Oahu) and Maui Program Manager (Maui)

]]> 2025-07-18 20:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3523476056 Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Homer, AK https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3524816945 Shannon Moore (she/her), School Program and Field Station Coordinator with CACS, an environmental ed non-profit with multiple locations around Kachemak Bay.


Alabama transplant living in Alaska since 2018. Often found looking under rocks. Very excited for my second summit and some 70º weather!

]]> 2025-07-21 06:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3524816945 Mequon Nature Preserve, West County Line Road, Mequon, WI https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525131980 Hello! My name is Amanda and I am the Ecological Outreach Manager at Mequon Nature Preserve! Mequon Nature Preserve is a nonprofit nature preserve located on the border of Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties. We have 510 acres of land with 6 miles of trails that are free and open every day to explore! This is my first summit, but MNP has attended in the past!

]]> 2025-07-21 14:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525131980 Huntington Beach, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525255009 2025-07-21 19:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525255009 Linda Loring Nature Foundation, Eel Point Road, Nantucket, MA kpochman https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525262743 Hi All ~ I'm Kitty Pochman, Executive Director of the LLNF. This will be my 17th Summit and I am excited to return to ENC and to learn with my colleagues from around the country. Look forward to birding and botanizing in southern CA.

]]> 2025-07-21 19:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525262743 Ogden, UT https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525322528 Hello ANCA Friends! I am excited to see many of you again and join you for this incredible learning experience. This is my second year at the Summit, and I can hardly wait. I learned so much last year, and I know this year will be even better.

]]> 2025-07-21 23:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3525322528 Michael Buckman (he/him) buckmmd https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3526058757 Hiya! I'm Michael. I am a naturalist with a passion for being immersed in nature. I have been director of the Kreher Preserve & Nature Center for 7 years now. Looking forward to exploring southern California ecosystems!!

]]> 2025-07-22 13:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3526058757 Cooper Center for Environmental Learnings, West Trails End Road, Tucson, AZ https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3526522357 Really excited for this year's conference! Looking for great new ways to think about our operations, programs, and facilities.

]]> 2025-07-23 02:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3526522357 Rebecca Minnick (she/her), Exec. Dir., Louisville Nature Center, Louisville, KY rebecca844 https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3528902462 LNC is a small, urban nature center with an 80 acre forest and a forest school. I can't wait to escape the miserable Louisville heat!!!, connect with everyone, learn, and be re-inspired. Also looking forward to the music and exploring the Southern CA landscape.

]]> 2025-07-25 20:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3528902462 Marla Layne https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3529190530 Marla Layne, Community Engagement Director for the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in the Dallas area (Lucas, TX).

]]> 2025-07-26 14:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3529190530 Accokeek, MD https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3531337684 Theresa Cullen

]]> 2025-07-29 18:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3531337684 Cleveland, OH kcarlson451 https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3533914764 Hi everyone, I'm Kay Carlson, formerly the President & CEO of the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes (15 years). I'm currently doing some consulting as a nonprofit coach, advisor and peer group facilitator. I've lost count how many Summits I've attended...this may be my 17th year! I currently serve on the ANCA Board of Directors and love every minute I get to spend with ANCA colleagues. This will be my 2nd Summit at the ENC and I am excited to see what has changed and to explore the beaches and Catalina Island!

]]> 2025-08-01 20:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3533914764 Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Modjeska Canyon Road, Silverado, CA wendyenc https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3533918893 ENC Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary Manager

]]> 2025-08-01 20:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3533918893 Denver, CO tsandsmark https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3534565081 I'm retired from a great career in the Nature/Environmental Center field most recently as Supervisor of Natural and Cutural History Education with Jefferson County Open Space in Colorado. I've been to almost every summit and this will be my second summit at the Environmental Learning Center in Newport Beach. ANCA is a great organization and the Summits are a great place to learn and recharge and to meet and have fun with your peers and freinds. Looking forward to being there soon.

]]> 2025-08-03 22:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3534565081 Bozeman, MT https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543563669 Hey All, looking forward to meeting everyone! I work for Lake One, we help impact driven organizations meet the demands to thrive in today's digital age. Whenever I'm not working, you can find me running, biking, hiking, and camping in our beautiful public lands!

]]> 2025-08-14 16:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543563669 Buffalo, NY ed650 https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543576322 Ed Sirianno, Executive Director, Buffalo Audubon & Beaver Meadow Nature Center. www.buffaloaudubon.org

]]> 2025-08-14 16:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543576322 Wolverhampton https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543576639 Greetings from Soler Solutions.


I’ll be heading in from the UK, via our Cincinnati HQ to highlight our unique out-of-the-box, plug-and-play, solar powered water movement system, already in use at the Cincinnati Nature Center.


Hopefully I won’t need my brolly during the Summit!


Delighted to meet you and share stories.

]]> 2025-08-14 16:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543576639 New urban environmental center/nature preserve in Lancaster, PA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543590755 Hello all! I recently started as the Executive Director of Partners for Environmental Stewardship, a new nonprofit organization that is leading the creation of an environmental center and 70-acre urban nature preserve in the City of Lancaster, PA. This is a public-private partnership, and we have 7 environmental nonprofits signed on to have space at the center. We're also pursuing Living Building Challenge for our building standard. I have so much to learn and I look forward to connecting with you all!

]]> 2025-08-14 17:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543590755 Dunes Learning Center, Howe Road, Porter, IN https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543652440 Heather Hahn Sullivan, Executive Director

(not at DLC, but a semi recognizable national park)

]]> 2025-08-14 18:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3543652440 4700 North Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3544802585 2025-08-15 22:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3544802585 San Diego Zoo Safari Park, San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3544804289 I am so excited to attend my first ANCA Summit! I just celebrated my 20-year work anniversary with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and while the Zoo and Safari Park are not traditional nature centers per se, we did build an Outdoor Learning Lab on site at our research headquarters about 10 years ago that I direct and we continue to expand and enhance that special space each year. Can't wait to learn alongside you all!

]]> 2025-08-15 22:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3544804289 Nederland, CO lstuart42 https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3546354237 https://www.arch11.com/


Hello! I am a principal architect at Arch11, a Colorado-based firm dedicated to resilient and impactful design.


Currently, I'm working with Wild Bear Nature Center— a net-positive educational facility in Nederland, Colorado. I am passionate about contributing to a range of cultural and sustainably focused projects across the country.


I love turning great ideas into tangible, built realities driven by thoughtful collaboration, meticulous attention to detail, and creative problem-solving.


Looking forward to connecting and sharing ideas with you all! 




]]> 2025-08-18 14:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3546354237 North American Bison Discovery Center, 17th Street Southeast, Jamestown, ND https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3546362908 So excited to attend my first summit! The NABDC is centered on the history, conservation, and resurgence of the North American bison, as well as educating the public using our herds and outdoor classrooms as well as our museum. Looking forward to learning new approaches and tools!

]]> 2025-08-18 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3546362908 Midland, TX https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3547793807 I'm Jennifer Gammage and I am the Education Garden Coordinator at the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, TX. We celebrate and educate about the Animals and Plants out here on the Llano Estacado. This is my second summit & excited to learn and grow!

]]> 2025-08-19 16:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3547793807 Lewis Kogan (he/him), Exec. Dir. @ Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter, Park City, Utah https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3547900596 Hi all! Swaner is a 1200-acre nature preserve and 10,000sf nature center at 7,000' on the outskirts of Park City, Summit County Utah, about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City. We started as a grassroots organization in 1993, and became part of Utah State University's Statewide Extension in 2010. I'm a little over a year into my current role, and this will be my first time attending ANCA!


I'm particularly interested in the role nature centers can play supporting health and wellness for our communities, especially marginalized and under-resourced groups and individuals.


About me: I grew up in Montana, I love dancing to live music, I love to laugh, I always stop at roadside history signs, and I enjoy spontaneous urban explorations. I have two young boys, I'm a pretty good cook but terrible at gardening, and yes, I do want your book recommendations.

]]> 2025-08-19 17:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3547900596 Arvada, CO https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3547952207 Hello all!

This will be my first ever ANCA event. I am excited to collaborate and discuss with like minded folks.


I am a Jill-of-all-trades in regards to natural resources. From interpretation to park ranger to natural resources management. I hope to find other like minded individuals to discuss success and trials and how they worked through them all.


See you all soon!

]]> 2025-08-19 18:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3547952207 West Bend, WI https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3550279810 Hi! I am Lisa Starke, Associate Director of the Blue Lotus Center in West Bend, WI. We provide a relaxing day in nature for those who need it most due to profound life challenges. Our focus in on accessibility to nature for all.

]]> 2025-08-21 12:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3550279810 Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center, Owl Avenue, Meadowlands, MN https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3550718059 Sparky Stensaas is the founder and executive director of Friends of Sax-Zim Bog (www.SaxZim.org) a non-profit to preserve bog lands for future generations of birds and birders. FOSZB has purchased and protected over 25,000 acres of peatlands and also manages a visitor Welcome Center and Lois King Education Center. Virtual field trip videos are a big part of our outreach and they can be seen on our website or at "Sparky Stensaas" on YouTube.

]]> 2025-08-21 19:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3550718059 Tucson, AZ https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3551955554 Love the scenic iconic Sonoran Desert! I work at the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, and this will be my second conference :)

]]> 2025-08-22 19:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3551955554 Pittsburgh, PA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3552032029 Looking forward to connecting!

]]> 2025-08-22 21:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3552032029 Bernardsville, NJ https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3552489529 Hi! My name is Kelly Wenzel and I am the Director of Stewardship for New Jersey Audubon. We work to inspire and empower people to care for nature throughout New Jersey and beyond. I look forward to meeting everyone!

]]> 2025-08-23 21:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3552489529 Cockeysville, MD https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3552804703 Hi everyone! I am on the executive board of the Friends of Oregon Ridge in Central Maryland. I handle all communications and programming for this non-profit organization that supports Oregon Ridge Nature Center, an entity of Baltimore County Recreation and Parks. This is my second anca summit and now that I know the ropes, I'm really looking forward to learning from and sharing with other participants.

]]> 2025-08-24 14:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3552804703 Highlands Center for Natural History, Walker Road, Prescott, AZ https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3553205746 A circle is round, it has no end, that's how long I want to learn and be Earth's friend.

]]> 2025-08-25 02:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3553205746 Kalamazoo Nature Center, North Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3553265236 Looking forward to my first ANCA Summit! Heather Graves

]]> 2025-08-25 03:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3553265236 1933 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554206061 Hi all, I am Shah Selbe. I run a nonprofit environmental sensor company (fieldkit.org) that builds open source sensors that are deployed in nature centers, field stations, and protected areas globally. We have ongoing field projects in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and more. We also do capacity building and training around environmental monitoring and how it can meet your science goals.

]]> 2025-08-25 17:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554206061 Mike Beamer https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554214348 I’m an architect at Hennebery Eddy Architects in Oregon, where I focus on nature-friendly projects. This is my first ANCA conference.


]]> 2025-08-25 17:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554214348 Madyson Sanchez (she/her) https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554447903 Hello all! My name is Madyson, and I am the Program Coordinator for Parks and Community Services at the City of Dripping Springs, TX. I focus on connecting Central Texans to nature, recreation, and community.


The is my second year attending ANCA thanks to the scholarship program.

]]> 2025-08-25 22:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554447903 Hereford, AZ https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554500158 This is my first conference, and I’m here with two organizations: The Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Sky Island School for Nature and the Arts.


At TNC I work with the public doing education and volunteer coordination.


At Sky Island School I’m the nature director, and I’m one of the founders. We just started up our school, so we’re looking to learn about anything and everything!

]]> 2025-08-26 00:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554500158 Rachael Cowan (she/her) Effie Yeaw Nature Center Interim Director w4592s8bmf https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554897778 This is my second Summit many years after my first in 2016. Happy to be back and connect with everyone.

]]> 2025-08-26 04:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554897778 Berkeley, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554979286 I'm a child at heart and landscape architect. Nature is joyful, exhilarating, relaxing, restorative and so much more. We need nature and nature needs us. This is my first ANCA summit and I am looking forward to the next few days - learning from you, seeing ENC, and sharing stories.

]]> 2025-08-26 05:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554979286 Nashville, TN https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554979394 Hi! I’m Molly— I work in marketing and fundraising for Friends of Warner Parks in Nashville :) I grew up in Orange County, though, so I’m excited to be back home for this conference and explore the area through a new lens! This is my first ANCA, but I’ve heard incredible things!! So excited 🤗

]]> 2025-08-26 05:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3554979394 Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3565494573 2025-09-02 18:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ANCAmembership/tnr4nqm6qimkumy6/wish/3565494573