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Laura Johnson Collard

Executive Director

director@maeoe.org

Laura is the new Executive Director of the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE). Laura has more than 15 years experience in non-profit and profit management in the UK and USA. As Managing Director of the Children’s Information Centre, a UK non-profit, Laura grew the income by 150% to $1m by negotiating local government contracts and securing grants from a variety of sources including trust & companies (UK) and foundations. She has worked with non-profit leaders to develop successful strategies for strengthening and diversifying their organizations funding bases. Laura’s skills include change management, strategic planning and start-up planning and implementation. She has used these skills to position organizations for growth and sustainability and to develop and initiate new projects. Laura holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and speaks Spanish as a second language. Her areas of expertise include: Increasing capacity of non-profit organizations, strategic planning, financial management, and team building. She enjoys making links between the non-profit sector and the public and private sectors and engaging with business leaders to enable them to incorporate strategies for building a better community. Laura enjoys spending time outdoors with her family.

Joanne Schmader
Maryland Green School Program Coordinator
greenschools@maeoe.org

The daughter of an avid sportsman, Joanne grew up camping, fishing and exploring east coast water s, New Jersey beaches and the beautiful Pennsylvania landscape. After 20 years in travel management, she went back to school to study environmental management, environmental law, pollution prevention, and green building, achieving LEED AP certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. She joined MAEOE after interning with the Montgomery County Public Schools Division of Construction working on new schools and renovations. As a community activist, she works with Garrett Park Conservation Action Network on sustainability education, energy demand side reduction and stormwater management.  As a PTA volunteer, Joanne joined the Green Team at Garrett Park Elementary help achieve their MD Green School certification. In her spare time, she enjoys camping, working with her son’s boy scout troop and scuba diving.

Stacy Bond
Maryland Green School Organizer
Chesapeake Conservation Corp Volunteer
mdgsorganizer@maeoe.org

Stacy Bond comes to MAEOE as a Chesapeake Conservation Corps Volunteer. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2009 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies: Urban Planning and Justice Studies. Stacy has also completed 27 credits of graduate coursework from the University of Maryland University College, in Environmental Management. She brings a variety of experience, including work with Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks, Community Sciences Corporation - an Urban Planning firm in Phoenix, AZ, Riparian Tree Buffer research and remediation, Arizona Canal Restoration projects through Noel Hebets, LLC, as well as sustainable building, design and construction. In her spare time, Stacy is passionate about- rowing, kayaking, scuba diving, swimming and skiing or snowboarding in the winter months.

          


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