ADVISORY BOARD

Kristina Berdan has been a teacher in Baltimore City Schools for 14 years. In addition to being an Arts Integration specialist, she is also the Teacher-Director of The Stadium School Youth Dreamers, Inc., a youth-run youth center. www.youthdreamers.org/

Maria Broom is an actress, dancer, teacher and storyteller. She is on the faculty at Baltimore School for the Arts, and was the recipient of an Open Society Institute Community Fellowship Grant to establish a mentoring program in inner city schools in Baltimore. www.mariabroom.com

Daniel D’Oca is Principal and Co-Founder of Interboro Partners, a New York-based Architecture, Planning, and Research firm, and a Faculty member in the Art History, Theory, and Criticism Department at MICA.

Janet Felston is a designer, urban planner, teacher, and Founding Director, Baltimore Green Map. www.baltogreenmap.org

Jen Lyon is an architect at Marks Thomas, Baltimore, Md. Advising on facilities. Jen_lyon@hotmail.com

Dr. Mary Rivkin is Associate Professor of Education at UMBC, where she is co-ordinator of the Early Childhood Education Program, and teaches courses in curriculum, math and science processes. Her books include Science Experiences for the Early Childhood Years: An Affective Integrated Approach (with Jean Harlan), and The Great Outdoors: Restoring Children’s Right to Play Outside.

Dr. Emily Stanley is the Science Chair at The Jemicy School in Baltimore County. She earned her PhD in Environmental Studies and Environmental Education from Antioch University, NE.