Environmental Volunteers Board & Staff
Board of Trustees, 2011 - 2012
Ellen Turbow, Chair
Retired estate planning attorney. JD Santa Clara School of Law, MA and BA Stanford University. Currently serving on Jewish Family and Children's Services Public Issues Committee and Palo Alto Community Fund Board of Advisors. Former Board Member and Chair of Palo Alto Community Fund, former Board Member of Abilities United, and former Board Member of the Children's Health Council.
Robert McIntyre, Vice Chair, Finance and CFO
Formerly Senior V.P. & CFO, The Trust for Public Land for 30 years; Board member Stanford University Historical Society and Commonwealth Conservancy. Audit and Advisory Committees Peninsula Open Space and Sempervirens Fund; Advisory Council Chairperson of the Trust for Public Land's Dorothy Erskine Open Space Fund.
Nina Brooks, Co-Vice Chair, Development and Community Outreach
Inactive Litigation Attorney. A.B., Politics and History, Mount Holyoke College; J.D., Columbia University School of Law. Filoli nature education docent since 2005; EV docent since 2006, former Peninsula Area Coordinator. Currently, secretary of the finance committee and member of the outreach commission of Church of the Epiphany Episcopal, San Carlos. Formerly, treasurer of the Central Middle School PTA; co-chair of both Millennium Development Goals and Companion Diocese taskforces of the Episcopal Diocese of California; president of the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae of Northern California.
Barbara Carlitz, Co-Vice Chair, Development and Community Outreach
John Northway, Vice Chair, Governance
B.A. and M.A. Stanford University. President of Stoecker and Northway Architects. Member of the Board of Directors of Filoi, Channing House, Magic and Mid-Peninsula High School. Guest lecturer for Acterra’s Be The Change environmental leadership class.
Sally Tomlinson, Secretary
B.S. Biology, Stanford University; Ph.D. Neuro- and Bio-behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; M.Sc. Environmental Change and Management, Oxford University. Former Executive Director and Executive Vice President for Sustainable Silicon Valley, a non-profit partnership of governments, businesses and NGOs addressing the region's environmental issues. Served on the City of Palo Alto Green Ribbon Task Force to develop climate protection recommendations to the City. Chairs the Vocational Scholarship Committee of the Rotary Club of Palo Alto. Prior experience in public environmental education, landscape design, and neuroscience research. EV docent since 1991; former Board chair; former EV Board Vice Chair, Development.
John Armstrong
Former staff member at the Environmental Volunteers, and volunteer since 2009. Positions in marketing, project management, and finance at Hewlett-Packard for 15 years. Service to nation and community as Army Officer for 6 years; Peace Corps Volunteer in Slovakia for 2 years; and, tutor at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto for 13 years. MBA from University of Washington and BS from United States Military Academy at West Point. Can be found hiking in the local foothills with his dogs several times a week.
Wanda Cavanaugh
Wanda was founder and principal of Windward Communications, a boutique public relations company that provided both strategic and tactical public relations for a range of domestic and international businesses. She is a past president and board member of the Woman’s Club of Palo Alto and served on the boards of Leadership Palo Alto/Midpeninsula, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Palo Alto History Museum Project where she remains an advisory board member. A former manager of US National Swimming teams, she is also proud of her 11 years as a teacher and many years as a swimming coach. She is a graduate of the University of Miami and Florida International University.
Davy has worn many hats in her career life. Most recently she ran her own organic vegetarian food company, VegTime. Prior to that she was a communications consultant to McKinsey & Co., and was an actress in NYC before that. She has served on several boards to help animals and the environment. Davy holds a BA from UMass in Education.
Joyce Friedrichs
B.S. Elementary Education, University of Colorado. Curriculum Development Manager for Galileo Educational Services, a company that operates summer camps where children engage in science, art and outdoor activities. Prior to working for Galileo, Joyce was the CEO of the BizWorld Foundation, an organization that teaches students in grades 3-8 how to start and run their own businesses. Joyce also spent nine years in educational publishing as a math and science consultant and then as a product manager, developing science series for students in grades K-6. She has been an Environmental Volunteer since 1982 and a trustee since 2002.
Julie JeromeJulie Jerome is a longtime contributor to Palo Alto, where she has twice served as President of the Board of Trustees for the Palo Alto Unified School District. She has worked with Adolescent Counseling Services, the Palo Alto Women's Club, the Palo Alto Community Fund, the League of Women Voters, Palo Alto Community Child Care and a host of other organizations. She is a member of the Palo Alto Rotary club. Julie was the 2004 recipient of the “Outstanding Citizen/ Volunteer” Tall Tree award. She is delighted to have become a grandmother in 2007.
Stanley Mantell
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Syracuse University & Treasurer: Retired from various senior management and entrepreneurial positions in the Silicon Valley high tech industry. EV docent since 1996.
Nancy Peterson
B.A. in journalism from Purdue University. Extensive professional experience in communications as in-house staff for organizations including Levi Strauss, Syntex/Roche and Stanford University, and as a consultant for clients at Stanford. Co-founded Cafe Scientifique Silicon Valley, former board member of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce and Canopy. Currently an advisory board member and active volunteer for Canopy.
Jennifer Saltzman
Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island and B.S. from The University of Michigan. Currently the educational outreach coordinator at Stanford University’s School of Earth Sciences. Prior experience teaching and managing environmental education at the Farallones Marine Sanctuary, the Adler Planetarium and the US Naval Academy.
Harvey Schloss
Retired Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Mayfield Fund. Former Vice President of Finance of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Non-profit activities: Former President of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Board President of Scott Street Senior Housing, Board Treasurer of A Foundation Building Strength for Nemaline Myopathy, Director of Jewish Public Affairs Committee, member of the University of Rochester’s Bay Area Regional Cabinet. Former Interim Executive Director of JW House and Interim Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Peninsula. Consultant to non-profit organizations on strategic organizational and development issues. Former President of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills.Staff
Executive Director | Allan Berkowitz | 650-961-0545 ext 333 | |
Adminstration and Data Manager | Lisa Myers | 650-961-0545 ext 335 | |
Development Director | Shannon Petrello | 650-961-0545 ext 334 | |
Education & Training Director | Brittany Sabol | 650-961-0545 ext 338 | |
Education & Training Assistant | Katie Donovan | 650-961-0545 ext 355 | |
Collaboration Projects Manager | Kathy Dains | 650-961-0545 | |
Programs Coordinator | Laurie Lopez | 650-961-0545 ext 348 | |
Summer Programs Director | Vandy Shrader | 650-961-0545 ext 337 |