IDEAS FOR US - Key Persons


Aaria Harania

Aaria Harania is a young climate activist, pursuing a degree in environmental studies from the University of Central Florida. Her passion for climate action and conservation has brought her diverse opportunities to participate in action projects, webinars and be a leader in the WildNow Foundation in Kenya.

Akshal Kamali


Alex Luna

Job Titles:
  • Director of Ecosystem Services

Alina Blaga

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager
  • Co - Founder of D'Avent Association
Alina Blaga is the co-founder of D'Avent Association and this Romanian NGO supports all the actions of the IDEAS for Romania branch. D'Avent works on promoting sustainable living in urban areas by growing and supporting successful active communities.

Caroline Chomanics

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operations Officer & Fleet Farming Program Director

Chris Castro

Job Titles:
  • Founder Chief of Staff, Office of State & Community Energy Programs, U.S. Department of Energy

Clayton Louis Ferrara - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Leader
Through Wendy's network, Adidas befriended Clayton, and the timing could not have been better. Clayton is an environmentalist and became greatly concerned with the Mabira Forest deforestation that was occurring at the time in Uganda. As the relationship between Clayton and Adidas matured, Clayton suggested that Adidas open an IDEAS chapter in Uganda where he promised necessary support. Adidas Masereka as a medic could not stand alone forming and mobilizing Ugandan Youths to form an NGO. Therefore, he contacted Sinamakosa Isaac, a close friend that was already in the civil society sector. Masereka and Isaac started working on paperwork, funded by themselves, and began to mobilize communities, beginning with Kasese District in Western Uganda.

Dawson Amico

Job Titles:
  • Fleet Farming Farm Manager

Francois Kamano

Job Titles:
  • Branch Leader

Jeff Benavides

Job Titles:
  • President Former Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Orange County Florida Government

Joel A. Montilla

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel Managing Attorney / Founder, the Montilla Law Firm, P.a

John R. Seydel

Job Titles:
  • Board Member Director of Sustainability, City of Atlanta

Jonathan Colon

Job Titles:
  • Landscapes Manager

Jonathan Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Landscape Manager

Katie De Bari

Job Titles:
  • Director of Media & Marketing

Kenneth Bahati


Kristin Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Branch Officer
  • Chief

Kylan McNemar

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer Accountant, BKHM

Lee Perry

Job Titles:
  • Vice President Senior Aide to Commissioner Nicole Wilson

Patrick O. Odoyo

Job Titles:
  • Board Member Former Director of Social Innovation, Rollins College

Reginald Burroughs III

Job Titles:
  • Board Member Founder, Black Bee Honey External Affairs Manager, City of Orlando

Sam Somers

Job Titles:
  • Greenhouse Manager

Stephen B. Lavalah

Stephen B. Lavalah is the leading member of IDEAS For Us: Liberia branch. He is a community organizer, team leader, public speaker, lawyer, environmental justice advocate, passionate climate activist, an ocean champion dedicated to ensuring greener, safer, healthier, and cleaner environmental for all. To contact him directly, please email Libera@ideasforus.org or fill out the form below to receive our newsletter!

Steve Goldman

Job Titles:
  • Board Member Inventor of Disk Caching and RAID Philanthropist