Vicki Moore, President
Vicki Moore has been working in the environmental education field for the last 15 years. She has also recently been a consultant working on policy and legislation to further environmental literacy programs.
Prior and for 12 years, she was the Policy Director for Greenbelt Alliance where she was responsible for regional and local advocacy and coalition building to promote sustainable development and protect the Bay Area's Greenbelt of open space, watersheds, farmland, and parks. Prior she was the Founder and first Director of the San Jose Beautiful Program, a community-based urban beautification program. Ms. Moore is a long-time community volunteer and has served many local school and educational organizations.
She received her B.A degree in Human Biology from Stanford University.
Prior and for 12 years, she was the Policy Director for Greenbelt Alliance where she was responsible for regional and local advocacy and coalition building to promote sustainable development and protect the Bay Area's Greenbelt of open space, watersheds, farmland, and parks. Prior she was the Founder and first Director of the San Jose Beautiful Program, a community-based urban beautification program. Ms. Moore is a long-time community volunteer and has served many local school and educational organizations.
She received her B.A degree in Human Biology from Stanford University.
Juliet Barbara, Vice President
Juliet Barbara has worked in the communications field for the last seven years for the Wikimedia Foundation, GoodData, and Forbes Media. She has focused on communication campaigns, messaging strategy, social media and conference communications. She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Wellesley College with a BA in international relations.
Hafsa Mirza, Treasurer
Susan Stansbury, Secretary
Susan Stansbury brings a wealth of non-profit experience. She co-founded the non-profits Bay Area Action in 1990, Acterra in 2000 and Conexions in 2005, and served as Executive Director for Bay Area Action (1997-2000) and Conexions (2006-2010) giving her many years of experience in non-profit management Additionally she has decades of field experience doing habitat restoration, tree planting, community gardening, managing school garden programs, and organizing ecologically-friendly garden tours.
Through her non-profit endeavors, she was the founder and director of Getting Going Growing a project from 2000-2010 which worked to start and support school garden programs in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and worked on numerous sustainable food systems projects including: starting and managing a community garden (1994-present), co-founding Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, and organized numerous events and conferences related to school gardening and sustainable food systems.
After working on ecological, gardening and food-system issues in the non-profit sector for twenty years, she was the Outdoor Classroom Coordinator for Mountain View Whisman School District, and helped Living Classroom get established in the district.
Most recently she graduated with high honors with a degree in Environmental Horticulture and Design from Foothill College. She is now self-employed with her own company Sage Creek Horticulture, where she channels her passion for ecological landscape design and maintenance. Her areas of expertise are in designing residential landscapes with native, drought-tolerant and edible landscaping and in fine gardening using organic methods.
Through her non-profit endeavors, she was the founder and director of Getting Going Growing a project from 2000-2010 which worked to start and support school garden programs in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and worked on numerous sustainable food systems projects including: starting and managing a community garden (1994-present), co-founding Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, and organized numerous events and conferences related to school gardening and sustainable food systems.
After working on ecological, gardening and food-system issues in the non-profit sector for twenty years, she was the Outdoor Classroom Coordinator for Mountain View Whisman School District, and helped Living Classroom get established in the district.
Most recently she graduated with high honors with a degree in Environmental Horticulture and Design from Foothill College. She is now self-employed with her own company Sage Creek Horticulture, where she channels her passion for ecological landscape design and maintenance. Her areas of expertise are in designing residential landscapes with native, drought-tolerant and edible landscaping and in fine gardening using organic methods.
Elizabeth Sarmiento
Elizabeth Sarmiento, a native Spanish-speaker with a commitment to social justice, community service, and resource conservation. Spending her formative years in Honduras Central America provided her with a multi-layered understanding of the cultural roots of Latin Americans in the U.S., as well as an appreciation of diversity.
As a child her experience of living close to the land, healthy streams and rivers, abundant wildlife, and the rich tropical forests, gave Elizabeth a deep love for nature and its innate value in our lives. Her life has been an unbroken string of social justice and environmental activism ever since. From Director of San Jose State University's Environmental Resource Center, and Community Organizer for Service Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), where she founded the first Immigrants for the Environment projects in 2009 to serving as President of the board of Human Agenda for five years. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters and as member of the Water Resource and Environmental Advisory Committee at the Santa Clara Valley Water District. In November 2009, Elizabeth joined Acterra as Outreach Coordinator for the Green@Home program. In this capacity, she initiated the conservation workshop program to engage the Latino community in Silicon Valley in climate change and conservation education. This resulted in her Fellowship from the National Audubon Society, 2012-2013.
Elizabeth now manages Smart Yards: A Sustainable Landscaping Cooperative, which she co-founded and launched on October 15, 2015 with a group of social justice and environmental leaders in her San José home.
As a child her experience of living close to the land, healthy streams and rivers, abundant wildlife, and the rich tropical forests, gave Elizabeth a deep love for nature and its innate value in our lives. Her life has been an unbroken string of social justice and environmental activism ever since. From Director of San Jose State University's Environmental Resource Center, and Community Organizer for Service Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), where she founded the first Immigrants for the Environment projects in 2009 to serving as President of the board of Human Agenda for five years. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters and as member of the Water Resource and Environmental Advisory Committee at the Santa Clara Valley Water District. In November 2009, Elizabeth joined Acterra as Outreach Coordinator for the Green@Home program. In this capacity, she initiated the conservation workshop program to engage the Latino community in Silicon Valley in climate change and conservation education. This resulted in her Fellowship from the National Audubon Society, 2012-2013.
Elizabeth now manages Smart Yards: A Sustainable Landscaping Cooperative, which she co-founded and launched on October 15, 2015 with a group of social justice and environmental leaders in her San José home.
Advisory Board
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Ronit Bryant
Former Mountain View City Council Laura Casas Foothill DeAnza Board of Trustees John Fisher Director of Programs and Partnerships, Life Lab Science Kammy Lo Canopy |
Alrie Middlebrook
President, California Native Garden Foundation Carol Olson Principal, Basecamp Strategies Jan Pepper Los Altos City Council Mary Roscoe Children and Nature Collaborative |