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		Staff and Consultants

		Jeannette Armstrong, CEL consultant on traditional environmental wisdom, is executive director of the En'owkin Centre in British Columbia, is an Okanagan Indian who has studied traditional teachings under the direction of Okanagan elders for many years. She has produced video and dub poetry; her many books include the Whispering in Shadows, Slash, Breath Tracks: a Collection of Poetry, and The Native Creative Process, on which she collaborated with renowned architect Douglas Cardinal. Jeannette was appointed as one of seven indigenous judges to the First Nations Court of Justice called by the Chiefs of Ontario. She received Ecotrust's Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership. Zenobia Barlow, cofounder and executive director. See Board Lisa Bennett, communications director is a former fellow at Harvard University's Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government. She has contributed to several non-fiction books, authored research reports, and written more than 3,000 articles for newspapers and magazines. Numerous media outlets and organizations have cited her research, including USA Today, The Atlantic Monthly Online, and the Brookings Institute. She has spoken at the National Press Club and appeared on the BBC, C-SPAN, Hardball, and many other programs. Karen Brown, creative director, came to the Center from a position as director of Aaron Marcus and Associates, the country's oldest firm dealing exclusively with issues related to improving the usability and beauty of print and digital design. She is the author of two books. Her designs and illustrations have been featured in periodicals throughout North America and Europe and on NBC's "Today Show." Margo Crabtree, education consultant, serves as the Center's science education consultant focusing on K-8 curriculum planning and integration. Her specialty areas include environmental sciences, geography, and history-social science. Margo has worked as a curriculum developer and editor for major publishers such as Scholastic, Facts on File, and National Geographic, as well as managing federally funded curriculum development projects such as Life Lab Science Program. For the past five years, she has collaborated with professional developers to provide standards-based curriculum planning institutes that model effective ways of integrating curriculum across content areas. Jim Koulias, deputy director, is a former bilingual/multi-cultural elementary school teacher with a degree in intercultural communication. After teaching for 10 years, in 1987 he embarked on a career in the nascent computer-based filmmaking industry, developing techniques for documentary films and television. Since 1995 he has been a producer and senior project manager overseeing Web-based communications strategies and websites for businesses around the world. He has lived in Mexico, Japan, and France. Carolie Sly, Ph.D., education program specialist, holds a Ph.D. in science education from U.C. Berkeley. She has authored and coauthored several publications, including The California State Environmental Education Guide. Dr. Sly has taught elementary school, operated a private high school and teen café, and served on the faculty at San Francisco State University. Michael K. Stone, senior editor, was managing editor of Whole Earth magazine and the Millennium Whole Earth Catalog before joining the Center's staff. Previously, he wrote for several publications, including The New York Times and the Toronto Star, and served on the staffs of the Lt. Governor of Illinois and the Illinois Arts Council. He was a founding faculty member at World College West in northern California. His responsibilities there over 19 years included codesigning and directing the program in Meaning, Culture, and Change, and serving as academic vice president and interim president. Nobuko Yamada, accounting consultant, created the bookkeeping system for the Elmwood Institute, and managed the Center for Ecoliteracy's finances and records from its founding until her retirement in 2004. She previously studied spinning, dyeing, and weaving in England and Sweden, and served as administrator and circulation manager for an arts magazine in Canada. She has practiced meditation for 25 years, and teaches yoga at locations in the Bay Area.