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The Nature Consortium is
a grassroots, community-based organization whose mission is to teach
environmental lessons through the creative arts and hands-on conservation
projects. We produce a Youth Art Program, an Urban Forest Restoration
Project and the Arts~in~Nature Festival.
The Nature Consortium Staff |
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Lisa Corbin – Director of Development
I have Kansas roots, (no Dorothy jokes please!) and have worked in the non-profit sector for seventeen years. I first worked as a health educator, and then moved into fundraising, beginning with bake sales and auctions and progressing into annual fund drives, development plans, and major gifts. I have two growing boys who keep me on my toes, and in my spare time (?!) I like to bake and take long walks, stopping at garage sales of course. I am truly blessed to be working with the staff and the Board of Directors here at the Nature Consortium!
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Elizabeth Dahl - Site Coordinator
May 2010 marked Elizabeth’s second year with Nature Consortium. Elizabeth grew up in a Seattle suburb with a large, loving family. She spent much of her time with her four brothers exploring and admiring the near woods. Though she never tired of exploring the woods, she found that art and music proved to be excellent companions when she realized she was no longer compelled by Van Damme and video games. Elizabeth’s position as Site Coordinator has pulled from her life experiences and used those experiences to create a love for art and nature in the context of education and access. Working with youth has gone from an exciting new challenge to one of her greatest passions. She is grateful for being given the opportunity to work for Nature Consortium and is excited for what the future holds. |
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Marisa Ordonia - Restoration Project Assistant
Marisa grew up in the suburbs outside of Seattle where she spent a significant portion of her childhood exploring the woods behind her elementary school. During these unauthorized ventures she learned valuable lessons about stinging nettles and ate lots of Himalayan blackberries (in an effort to reduce the spread of non-native seed, of course). Since those childhood years, she has worked on several environmental restoration projects around King County and in Grand Canyon National Park, and she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The Evergreen State College. Marisa believes that everyone should have access to natural and green spaces, and she is excited to be working with the Nature Consortium and connecting people to the West Duwamish Greenbelt. Outside of work, Marisa enjoys hiking, biking, traveling, and playing guitar in the dance punk band My Parade.
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Victoria Tangata – Site Coordinator
Victoria Tangata is coming on her third year with Nature Consortium. She was born in Kenya but was raised in the Seattle area. Upon graduation, her passions for the arts led her to the Fashion Institute in Los Angeles; she then decided to transfer to Seattle Pacific University to complete her degree. She enjoys creating art in the form of painting, writing poetry and dance. She takes pleasure in working with the youth and teens in her program and is looking forward to what the future holds.
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Monica Thomas – Outrach Specialist, Program Assistant
Monica is currently studying environmental science at the University of Washington. Her interests include writing, singing, and hugging trees. She loves listening to local music and experimenting with audio engineering in her spare time.
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Susan Thompson – Director of Operations
After graduating from
Oberlin
College
in 2002, Sue spent five years managing, and then directing an art gallery in
New York City
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Mark Tomkiewicz– Restoration Project Director
Mark Tomkiewicz, aka buphalo, earned a degree in Environmental Science from UMASS, Amherst. He has taught math, science, art, and English in traditional and alternative settings across the U.S. and abroad. As Assist. Director of Education at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center in Peninsula Ohio, he developed curriculum focused on incorporating appropriate technology into environmental education. buphalo is a mixed media artist and started working for the NC as a teaching artist in Jan. '06. His art varies from sound and kinetic sculpture to large scale collaborative public art. Tying his environmental background into his art, his projects tend to have organic shapes or carry themes focused on the human relationship with the natural world. www.fire-pod.com
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Nancy Whitlock –Executive Director
Nancy
is the founder and Executive Director of the Nature Consortium. She founded the organization back in 1998 from a desire to connect with neighbors and the idea that everyone has the ability to create and explore the arts and improve the environment.
When she’s not at work she’s trying to keep up with her biking-inspired husband and her 13 year old son.
photo credit: Kathryn True
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4408
Delridge Way SW Suite #107 | Seattle, WA 98106 | info@naturec.org | 206.923.0853
Located in the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center |
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