staff

Senior LEadership

Jared Teutsch
Executive Director
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: Indigo Bunting

Pronouns: He/Him
Sheridan Alford
Director of Community Engagement
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: Eastern Towhee

Pronouns: She/Her
Adam Betuel
Director of Conservation
[email protected]

Spark Bird: Red-winged Blackbird

Pronouns: He/Him
Melanie Furr
Director of Education
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: American Crow

Pronouns: She/Her
Dottie Head
Senior Director of Operations
[email protected]

Spark Bird: Cedar Waxwing

Pronouns: She/Her
Lory Conte Hill
Director of Development
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: Burrowing Owl

Pronouns: She/Her

Program Staff

Gabe Andrle
Habitat 
Program 
​Manager
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: Any & all woodpeckers

​Pronouns: He/Him
Quetcy Betancourt
Development MANAGER
[email protected]

Spark Bird:
​Cuban Tody

​Pronouns: She/Her
Jenn Downs
SYSTEMS COORDINATOR
[email protected]
​
Spark Bird:
​Tui (New Zealand)

​Pronouns: She/Her
Beverly Fooks
Operations Associate
[email protected]

Spark Bird:
​Barred Owl

Pronouns: She/Her
Sebastian Hagan
Habitat
​program coordinator
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: Great Blue Heron

​Pronouns: He/His
Logan Jones
Habitat
​program Specialist
[email protected]
​
Spark Bird: Yellow-billed Cuckoo

​Pronouns: He/His
Kiana Leveritte
Community Engagement Coordinator
[email protected]

Spark Bird: 
Dickcissel

Pronouns: She/Her
Heather Levy
STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR
[email protected]

Spark Bird: Pied-billed Grebe

Pronouns: She/Her
 Sarah Manning
Coastal Conservation Coordinator
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: American Oystercatcher

Pronouns: She/Her
Melissa Paduani
Education Program MANAGER
[email protected]

Favorite Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

​Pronouns: She/Her

board of directors

Officers

MARC GONCHER     Chair, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 
ESTHER STOKES     ​Vice-chair, Retired, landscape designer
​​JOSHUA ANDREWS   Treasurer, GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
SCOTT PORTER     Secretary, Human resources Executive
PAIGE MARTIN    Past Chair, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

Directors

Michael chriszt     Federal reserve bank of Atlanta
​ROBERT COOPER     RETIRED, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JOshua Gassman     lord Aeck Sargent 
Gus KaufmaN     Oakhurst psychotherapy 
Mary Anne Lanier     THE Ray C. Anderson Foundation
Susie Maclin     Retired Corporate archivist
​Colleen McEdwards     UNIVERSITY OF florida
Jennifer Johnson Mcewen     Emory university
Ellen Miller     Retired, Human Resources
JON PHILIPSBORN     CLIMATE RESILIENCE ADVISOR
Marlena reed     Arthritis Foundation
Jim Renner     chemours
Sally Sears     south fork conservancy
LATRESSE SNEAD     Bonsai leadership Group
Amy Beth Sparks     georgia state university
Ayanna Williams     National Parks and Recreation Association

AdvisOrs

Marcia Bansley     Trees atlanta
GIff Beaton     Author, Birding Georgia
Mark Berry     Georgia Power Company
Raphael Bostic     Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Stacia Hendricks     Little St. Simons Island
Pierre howard     former lt. governor of georgia & past president of georgia conservancy
J. Drew Lanham     ​Professor, Clemson University
John Pruitt     ​Retired Anchor, WSB TV
CLARK RUSHING     University of Georgia, Warnell College of Forestry & Natural Resources