2024 Current Issue Judges

adult judges ask questions of 5 students in white t-shirts under a tent

These are the environmental professionals who are serving as judges for this year’s Current Issue presentations.

  • Russell Anderson, Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom
  • Katherine Antos, Undersecretary of Decarbonization & Resilience, MA EOEEA
  • Brian Arrigo, Commissioner, Mass Department of Conservation & Recreation
  • Sue Bator, LSPA
  • John Beling, Deputy Commissioner, MassDEP
  • Andrea Briggs, MassDEP
  • Dave Buchanan, iCivics
  • Jacquelyn Burmeister, Worcester DPW&P
  • Jennifer Carlino, Town of Easton
  • Warren Chamberlain, State Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water, and Related Resources
  • Dan Clark, Mass Department of Conservation & Recreation – Water Supply Protection
  • Emma Conway, MassDEP
  • Julie Coop, DCR Urban and Community Forestry Program
  • Stephanie Cooper, Undersecretary for Environment, MA EOEEA
  • Jessamyn Cox, Environmental Business Council of New England
  • Susan Cox, USDA Forest Service
  • Britt Crow-Miller, UMass Amherst Departments of Environmental Conservation and Geosciences
  • Rebecca Davidson, MDAR
  • Scott Davis, Worcester County Conservation District
  • Celeste De Palma, DCR, Office of Climate Resilience
  • Michelle Fineblum, Massachusetts Envirothon Council
  • Jennifer Forman Orth, Massachusetts Dept of Agricultural Resources
  • David Foss, MassDEP
  • Michele Girard, Mass Association of Conservation Commissions
  • Lisa Gustavsen, Mass DCR – Water Supply Protection, Watershed Management
  • Brittany Gutermuth, Mass Audubon
  • Doug Hjorth, Friend of Envirothon
  • Crystal Johnson, EEA Office of EJ & Equity
  • Mary Jordan, Massachusetts Dept of Agricultural Resources
  • Ryan Kingston, Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Marion Larson, Friend of Envirothon
  • Jason Marshall, MA EOEEA
  • Dorothy McGlincy, MA Association of Conservation Commissions
  • Carl Melberg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Eastern Massachusetts NWR Complex
  • Sharon Nist, Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom
  • Carrie Novak, North County Land Trust
  • Weezie Nuara, MA EOEEA
  • Juan Perez, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1
  • Maria Belan Power, MA EOEEA
  • Timothy Randhir, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Ashley Randle, Commissioner, Massachusetts Dept of Agricultural Resources
  • Tom Rawson, Friend of Envirothon
  • Laura Reynolds, Worcester State University
  • Beth Ross, Massachusetts Audubon
  • Katie Rozenas-Hanson, Massachusetts Dept of Agricultural Resources
  • Mateo Rull Garza, National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences
  • Wendy Rundle, LSP Association, Inc.
  • John Scannell, Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Nicole Scola, MA Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Deneen Simpson, MassDEP
  • Corey Spence, Massachusetts State Grange
  • Amy Sullivan, MassDEP
  • Christopher Szkutak, Massachusetts State Grange
  • Stacy Taylor Brown, ReVision Energy
  • Danah Tench, MA Dept. of Environmental Protection
  • Sue Thomas, Friend of Envirothon
  • Crista Trapp, LSPA
  • John Volkerding, MassDEP
  • Mary Trudeau, Wetland Scientist
  • Robert Wilber, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
  • Joel Zimmerman, DCR Division of Water Supply Protection

updated 5/9/24

Presentation Hosts

  • Jennifer Feller, Mass Audubon
  • Katharine Hinkle, Harvard Forest
  • Molly Jacobs, Manomet Conservation Sciences
  • Joe Lucier, Verdantas
  • CJ Lammers, The Conway School of Sustainable Planning and Design
  • Olivia Palmer, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR)

Community Engagement Award Interviewers

  • Judy Schmitz, MassDEP
  • Mark Rabinsky, MA Dept of Energy Resources
  • Dot McGlincy, MACC
  • Dave Buchanan, iCivics
  • Tom Rawson, Friend of Envirothon