Our Team
SF Children & Nature brings together educators, program directors, recreation and parks staff, health care and urban planning professionals —who are aligned with our vision, mission and core values and interested in maximizing their impact through collective action.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
- Chair: Jamie Bruning-Miles, President & CEO, YMCA of San Francisco
- Chair: Jean Fraser, Chief Executive Officer, Presidio Trust
- Chair: Phil Ginsburg, General Manager, SF Recreation & Park
- Chair: Jenny Lam, President of the San Francisco Board of Education, Director of Policy & Strategic Partnerships, San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education
- Christy Rocca, Associate Vice-President, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
- Christy Estrovitz, Manager of Youth Services, SF Public Library
- Drew Becher, Executive Director, SF Parks Alliance
- Elizabeth Babcock, Dean of Education, California Academy of Science
- Michelle Gee, Chief of Interpretation and Education, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- Theresa Zighera, Interim Executive Director, First 5 San Francisco
- Ingrid Mezquita, Director, Office of Early Childhood Education
- Kim Moore Bailey, Executive Director, Youth Outside
- Maria Su, Executive Director, DCYF
- Michael Boland, Chief of Park Development and Operations, Presidio Trust
- Nik Kaestner, Director, Sustainability, SFUSD
STEERING COMMITTEE
- Anthony Khalil
- Damien Raffa, Community Partnerships, Presidio Trust
- Gianna Fazioli, Sr. Environmental Specialist, SF Department of the Environment
- Elizabeth Winograd, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)
- Maria Durana, Director of the SF Children & Nature Collaborative, SF Recreation and Park
- Maybelle Miranda, Senior Director of STEAM Initiatives, YMCA of San Francisco
- Tamar Barlev, Green Schoolyards Manager, SFUSD
WORK GROUPS | 3 working groups meet every two months to plan and execute priority strategies, share best practices, collaborate, and learn from each other.
Early Childhood Education
- Chair: Tamar Barlev, SF Unified School District (Green Schoolyards)
- Chair: Liz Winograd, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)
- Anna Clayton, SF Department of Public Health
- Betty Pazmino, SF Unified School District (ECE)
- Julia Middleton, Children’s Council of SF
- Kelsey Gottschalk, Tandem, Partners in Early Learning
- Marissa Mota, First 5 San Francisco/OECE
- Olivia Leung, First 5 San Francisco
- Raegan Sales, Children’s Council of SF
Community & Youth Engagement
- Chair: Maybelle Miranda, Senior Director of STEAM Initiatives, YMCA of San Francisco
- Chair: Gianna Fazioli, Department of the Environment
- Anthony Khalil
- Brenda Cartagena, SF Recreation & Parks
- Charity Maybury, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
- Christina Mitra, SF Public Library
- Christy Estrovitz, SF Public Library
- Curt Yagi, ROCK
- Ileana Pulu, SF Public Library
- Laura Rodriguez, Youth Outside
- Lydia Nichols-Russell, SF Recreation & Parks
- Maybelle Miranda, YMCA of San Francisco
- Rebecca Johnson, Cal Academy of Sciences
- Tracy Phan, SF Recreation & Parks
- Vanessa Carter, SF Unified School District (STEM)
Nature Connection Design
- Chair: Damien Raffa, Presidio Trust
- Annette Huddle, SF Botanical Garden
- Blair Randall, SF Public Utilities Commission
- Ilaria Salvadori, SF Planning
- Jasmine Kaw, SF Public Works
- Lisa Howard, Bay Tree Designs
- Marien Coss, SF Recreation & Parks
- Peter Brastow, SF Environment (advisor)
- Sharon Danks, Green Schoolyards America
- Serena Unger
- Susanna Fraker, SF Parks Alliance
- Zach Pine, Zach Pine Create-with-Nature
Members
Our participating organizations contribute financially and through staff participation to support the core activities of our collaborative work.
