The Education Operating Committee (EOC) is a committee of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Board and reports to the SFI Board. It is responsible for providing leadership, direction, and strategy development in connection with Project Learning Tree (PLT) and other educational programs of SFI. The committee develops opportunities to further understanding about natural resource management and complex environmental issues among youth and their families – working with educators, resource management professionals, youth leaders, citizen conservationists, and others in cooperative projects.
The committee’s responsibilities include:
- Recommending goals and policies for PLT and other educational programs
- Recommending annual programs, work plans, and budgets for consideration and approval by SFI’s Board of Directors
- Advocating for PLT
- Participating in or assisting with PLT’s programs and activities as appropriate
- Providing guidance related to strategic planning for PLT programs
- Assessing effectiveness of PLT activities in addressing strategic priorities and recommending improvements or change
- Ensuring that effective, transparent, and credible mechanisms for awarding of grants, fellowships, prizes, and honors are maintained.
PLT’s Education Operating Committee
Ashley Hoffman |
Heidi McAllister |
Janet Ady |
Wanda Barrs |
Daniel Benavidez |
Denise Buck |
Joe Heimlich, Ph. D. |
Jessica Ireland |
Beth Marchand |
Ericka Markman |
Carmen Ortiz |
Karen L. Ostlund, Ph.D. |
Robert Raze, Ph.D. |
Michelle Saulnier |
Ellen Shultzabarger |
Rahul Singh |
Laura Six, Ph. D. Plant Ecologist Weyerhaeuser Company Washington |
Ashley Smith |
Julia Washburn |
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