STAFF

Tabitha Schwartz

Executive Director

From an early age I had a deep interest in the natural world and my own impact on it. I spent my youth learning about how to be a good steward to the environment at Northampton County Junior Conservation School. During this program, I learned I could make small but deliberate changes to reduce our impact. At Emory, I earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Environmental Studies and Psychology. During this time, I was given the opportunity to travel abroad to Namibia, where I saw the benefits and support their pillars of the community gave to each other and how that dramatically protected their environment. I left inspired to bring that level of collaboration back to the states. I spent the past 10 years working with AmeriCorps and environmental nonprofits like Trees Atlanta where I built and grew programs and supporting databases. In 2020, I graduated from UGA with a Master of Public Administration with a certificate in Nonprofit Management. I aspire to continue to build a strong foundation for environmental stewardship and connect communities together to reduce our negative environmental impact.

COMMITTEE LEADERS

Natasha Dyer

Food Systems - Civic Engagement Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    Heritage Park

  • What is your favorite trail to walk or ride on?

    Silver Comet Trail

  • What is your favorite local restaurant?

    Bold Monk Brewing Co.

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Lower Sweetwater Creek

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Don't put ANY food in the waste stream. If you can't eat it or share it, compost it.

Juliet Eden

Food Systems - Communications Chair

Kashi Sehgal

Food Systems - Events Chair

Dawn Brown

Sustainable Buildings, Products, and Practices - Events Chair

  • What is your favorite trail to walk or ride on?

    Westside Beltline – West End

  • What is your favorite building design in metro Atlanta?

    Mercedes-Benz Stadium & Kendeda Building

  • What's your favorite second hand shop in metro Atlanta?

    Rag-O-Rama

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Utoy Creek

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Any and all environmental stewardship matters and the choices you make matter!

Titiksha Fernandes

Sustainable Buildings, Products, & Practices - Communications Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    Piedmont Park

  • Favorite view of Atlanta skyline?

    When you enter the midtown area going south on I-75.

  • What environmental book/documentary/podcast do you recommend?

    Environmental Policy and Politics by Michael E. Kraft. Easy to read and follow!

  • Who is one of your sustainability/environmental heroes?

    Anyone or everyone who is motivated to find answers and solutions in this space.

  • What watershed do you live in?

    North Fork Peachtree Creek

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Look at the whole picture, always.

Casey Kelly

Sustainable Buildings, Products, & Practices - Civic Engagement Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    Grant Park

  • What's your favorite second hand shop in metro Atlanta?

    Rag-O-Rama,Lost N Found Youth Thrift Store, and estate sales

  • Favorite view of Atlanta skyline?

    The intersection of Grant St SE and Englewood Ave SE in the Chosewood Park neighborhood

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Sugar Creek - South River

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Progress, not perfection. Be kind to yourself as you find your way to better.

Angela Beck

Travel & Transportation - Communications Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    Centennial Olympic Park

  • What is your favorite building design in metro Atlanta?

    The historic buildings in the Downtown Fairlie-Poplar District

  • Favorite place to volunteer?

    Root Local!

  • What watershed do you live in?

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    A quote from Prometheus… Big things have small beginnings. Individual changes and habits – even small ones – will move us collectively towards reducing our carbon footprint and becoming a more sustainable community.

Jim Moulton

Travel & Transportation - Events Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    Westside Park

  • What's your favorite second hand shop in metro Atlanta?

    The Junkman's Daughter

  • What is your favorite local restaurant?

    The Companion

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Peachtree Creek

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Think big but work on something small now

Matt Stigall

Travel & Transportation - Civic Engagement Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield

  • Favorite view of Atlanta skyline?

    From the west, coming down the hill from Six Flags

  • What's on your Atlanta Bucket List?

    Bike around the whole BeltLine

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Little Allatoona Creek

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Drive less, take transit

Jean Millkey

Air & Water Quality Management - Civic Engagement Chair

  • What is your favorite trail to walk or ride on?

    Big Creek for biking, Cochran Shoals Powers Island side for hiking with our pup

  • Favorite view of Atlanta skyline?

    From West Paces Ferry I-285 overpass, with the tall buildings rising up in the center surrounded by canopy

  • Favorite place to volunteer?

    Trees Atlanta restoration projects

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Camp Bert Adams Lake - Chattahoochee River

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Every creature in nature is critical to a healthy environment – the world was not created for humans. But we’re the ones who’ve messed it up, and it's up to us to fix it.

Alessandra Ribeiro

Air & Water Quality Management - Communications Chair

Anna Zelcer

Air & Water Quality Management - Events Chair

  • What is your favorite park in metro Atlanta?

    East Palisades Trail - Chattahoochee National Recreation Area

  • Favorite place to volunteer?

    Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s Green Team and Root Local

  • What environmental book/documentary/podcast do you recommend?

    World Without End by Christophe Blain and Jean-Marc Jancovic

  • What watershed do you live in?

    Nancy Creek

  • What is one of your sustainability pieces of advice?

    Surround ourselves well with people who are better than us, and who also want us to become better!

Kimble Joyner

Canopy & Land Management - Civic Engagement Chair