Midland School Environmental Advisory Board, 2010

Midland Faculty:

Lise Goddard, Director of Environmental Programs and teacher

Will Graham, Head of School 

Marguerite Graham Special Assistant to the Head of School

Katie Isaacson, Midland Garden and teacher

Shawn McVicar, Biology teacher

Ben Munger, (Midland ’79) Ranch Manager and teacher

Laurie Munger, Dean of Studies and science teacher 

Miranda Poett, class of 2010

Meghan Brown, class of 2011

Mariah Chen, class of 2011

Kevin Jung, class of 2011

Peter King, class of 2012

Erin Williams-Tyler, class of 2012

Kirby Kersels, class of 2013

Miles Dakin, class of 2013

Bryce Kellogg (Midland ’04)

Brittany Cox (Midland ’05)

John Edwards (Midland ’06)

Nora Livingston (Midland, ’07)

Tasslyn Gester (Midland ’08)

Blaze Elation (Midland ’09)

Kevin Carney (Midland ’09)

Founding emeritus member of Midland’s Environmental Advisory Board:

Dr. Barry Schuyler (Midland ’41)

• Midland Faculty (1951-59) and Trustee (1955-70, 1990-95)

• Founding member and former chair of UCSB’s Environmental Studies Program
  
  

Outside Specialists:

Celeste Carlisle

• Education and outreach coordinator in the Environmental Services Division, City of Santa Barbara; former education coordinator at the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Oregon; equine biologist

Dr. Bill Elmendorf (Midland ’75)

• Associate Professor and State Extension Specialist for Community Forestry at the Penn State School of Forest Resources; teaches and writes about urban forest management, land use planning and regulatory policy, and human dimensions of natural resources

• Past Chair of the Society of American Foresters' Urban Forestry Working Group, current member of the Society of American Foresters' National Science and Technology Board, and Ford Foundation Community Forestry Fellow

Josh Hahn

• The Hotchkiss School: Assistant Head of School, Department of Environmental Initiatives

• Founder and Director of Stone Bridge, Sustainability + Education; Visited and consulted with over 100 independent schools in educating for sustainability

Kate McCurdy

• Director and Reserve Manager of UCSB’s Sedgwick Reserve

Jim Poett (Midland ’66)

• Manager of Rancho San Julian’s 13,000 acres on the central coast, which has been placed in agricultural preserve status; expert in cattle management and conservation-minded grazing; first rancher in California to produce organic beef.

Dr. Josh Schimel

• Chair of Environmental Studies Department at UCSB

• Soil Ecologist; Professor in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, UCSB

Peter Schuyler

• M.S., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Conservation Biology)

• Preserve Manager for the Nature Conservancy on Santa Cruz Island for 9 years,

• Natural Areas Program Manager for the State of Hawaii for 6 years and formerly in charge of ecological restoration for the Catalina Conservancy on Catalina Is.

 Dr. Lisa Stratton

• Head of Restoration Ecology at UCSB

• Former consultant for the Catalina Island Conservancy on Catalina Island

Dr. Bob Wilkinson

• Professor in the Environmental Studies Program and the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UCSB

• Senior Fellow with the Rocky Mountain Institute

• President of the Board of Directors, Earth Island Institute

• Expert in water policy, climate change, and environmental policy;
  

• Serves on many boards and lectures all over the country

Mason Willrich (Midland ’50)

• Former trustee and President of the Midland Board

• Has worked in several capacities in the renewable energy business - Director of Evergreen Solar, Inc.; partner of Nth Power Technologies, Inc.; Chairman of the board of Energy Works, L.L.C.; former President and CEO of PG & E Enterprises

• Has written or co-authored 9 books and numerous articles on energy policy, non-proliferation, and national security issues

• J.D., UC Berkeley; Director for International Relations at the Rockefeller Foundation; Professor of Law at the University of Virginia; Assistant General Counsel of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

• Appointed by Schwarzenegger to the Board of Governors of the California Independent System Operator, which operates the transmission grid for most of the state, assures nondiscriminatory access to generators, and approves projects to expand the grid to meet increasing demands for electric power in California.

Members in Spirit:

Fred Brossy (Midland ’71)

• Organic farmer in Idaho with over 30 years experience in farming, ranching and land stewardship

Gwen Heistand

• M.S., Bren School of Environmental Science, UCSB

• Resident Biologist, Audubon Canyon Ranch, Bolinas Lagoon Preserve

Former Members:

Dr. David Hubbard

• Founded the undergraduate course in restoration ecology at UCSB; former Director of undergraduate restoration efforts at several coastal sites at UCSB

Bud Laurent

• Consultant in the field of sustainable community design

• Former Director, Community Environmental Council (CEC) in Santa Barbara

• Extensive background in community environmental initiatives and leadership throughout the central coast of California; currently resides in Oregon

Megan McGrath (Midland ’93)

• former Midland trustee

• Winemaker/Soil Scientist/GIS Specialist

Dr. Michael Williams

• Former Reserve Director of Sedgwick Reserve of UCSB