ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT INNOVATION FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Director / Energy & Environment Innovation Foundation, LLC
Erin is a locally-grown environmentalist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies & Spanish from Appalachian State University and a Master of Arts in Global Ethics & Human Values from King's College London. To address food and farm policy Erin recognized that a much more practical, personal understanding was an essential first step. To collect this hands-on knowledge, Erin spent the last 4 years working on farms and agricultural enterprises of all sizes and shapes to fortify her steps into food policy. Like the other members of the EEIF Team, Erin is driven by a "practical and tactical" approach to environmental issues. Now fully armed, she is ready to get her hands dirty both on the ground and in the policy.
Job Titles:
- COO and Director of Education Programs
Jeffie is an experienced STEM educator and NC Master Gardener. She developed the school gardens at Whitewater Academy as an innovative way for elementary school students to learn science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. Jeffie has been a special garden coordinator/science tutor using this method the last 5 years. She began using STEM skills as a teaching method with her own 4 children while homeschooling on the family's 8 acre farm and has extensive experience running community supported agriculture (CSA) programs.
Job Titles:
- Senior Technical Coordinator CALM Initiative Projects / Pace Engineering