NHEE Board of Directors:
Shape the Future of Environmental Education
Why Now is the Time to Join
This is a pivotal moment for environmental education in New Hampshire—and our board is at the heart of the action! With the recent addition of our first paid staff member, we’re amplifying our impact through bold initiatives:
Expanding the NHEE’d To Get Outside Grant to reach more schools and communities.
Building a dynamic new website to connect educators statewide.
Growing membership with fresh perks and opportunities.
Fundraising to sustain our staff and programs long-term.
Celebrating a sold-out 2024 conference while planning an even bigger 2025 event.
Supporting NH climate education initiatives and regional EE collaboration.
Your voice matters here
especially those with skills in communications, marketing, fundraising, or development—to help lead this work. Whether you’re a seasoned advocate or eager to grow your expertise, your voice matters here.
What Does the NHEE Board Do?
Since 1979, NHEE has championed environmental literacy and outdoor connection. Our legacy includes:
Hosting annual conferences that unite educators, policymakers, and community leaders.
Spearheading New Hampshire’s Environmental Literacy Plan and advocating for its integration into state education.
Awarding $1,000+ grants annually through NHEE’d To Get Outside (launched in 2018).
Launching a 3-year strategic plan and hiring our first staff member to expand capacity.
Practical Benefits:
Network with NH’s top environmental professionals.
Showcase your organization through collaborative projects.
Gain leadership experience (hello, resume boost!).
Philosophical Impact:
Empower people of all ages to connect with nature.
Shape policies and programs that improve quality of life for Granite Staters.
Leave a legacy in the EE community.
Joining the Board and What We Ask of You:
Attend 2-hour monthly meetings (Oct–June) via Zoom, with quarterly in-person gatherings.
Join a 1-day retreat each August to strategize for the year ahead.
Contribute ~2 hours/month to projects like grant reviews, conference planning, or fundraising.
Serve a 2-year term (up to 3 terms) and maintain a $30 NHEE membership.
Flexibility is key! Meeting times adapt to members’ schedules, and workloads ebb/flow with project seasons.
Join One of Our Action Teams:
Action teams are a wonderful way to get involved without the long term commitment of being a board member. They are an opportunity to network, build community, and contribute to a cause.
Conference
Development
NHEE’d to Get Outside Grant
Environmental Educator of the Year
NH Environmental Literacy Plan
Board of Directors
Lindsay Webb
President
Lindsay Webb
Lindsay Webb (’22, President) has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Franklin Pierce University and a master’s degree in Environmental Studies – Conservation Biology from Antioch University New England. Lindsay grew up exploring the outdoors in Connecticut and now continues to explore the outdoors throughout New England. She has worked as a Park Ranger, Wildlife Biologist, and Educator. In her current role as a Wildlife Educator with the NH Fish and Game Department, she works on various wildlife education programs, as well as facilitates professional development workshops for educators who want to incorporate New Hampshire wildlife and habitat lessons into their classrooms. Lindsay also teaches online college courses for the Community College of Vermont and Unity College. In her spare time, Lindsay enjoys going on outdoor adventures with her family and volunteering as a citizen scientist.
Becky Kellner
Vice President
Becky Kellner
Becky Kellner grew up exploring diverse landscapes, spending her first 11 years living overseas in Dubai, Africa, and the Philippines before calling Pound Ridge, NY her home. She cultivated her love for outdoor learning early, eventually earning a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Elementary Education from Connecticut College, including a semester abroad in Stockholm, Sweden. After working in classrooms within the Brookline public schools and Hollis Preschool, Becky shifted fully to environmental education with Beaver Brook Association in southern New Hampshire, where she has been connecting people to nature since 2016. Currently serving as Beaver Brook’s Program Director, Becky enjoys managing educational programs, mentoring staff, and enthusiastically engaging the community in environmental stewardship.
An advocate of outdoor adventure and “Type 2 Fun,” Becky enjoys spending time hiking mountains, exploring coastal beaches, skiing, and discovering backyard wonders. In her downtime, Becky is often found outdoors with her husband Drew, their two children Matthew and Ellie, and their dog Bailey. Becky joined the NHEE board in 2024 and looks forward to sharing her passion for outdoor learning and environmental education.
Deb Dutcher
Treasurer
Deb Dutcher
Deborah Dutcher (’24, Board Member Recruiter) has been the Library Services Consultant at the NH State Library for 5 ½ years. Prior to that she has years of experience as a public library director and school media specialist. She holds a MLIS from Drexel University. Deborah is a northern New Hampshire native who has resided in Concord since 2014. As a member of Let’s Move in Libraries, Deborah kicked off a Naturebrary Initiative for NH Libraries a few years back and loves promoting nature in and out of the library. Deborah obviously loves books and libraries, but also loves to travel, spend time observing and photographing nature, exploring history and the unknown.
Ashleigh Roberts
Secretary
Ashleigh Roberts
Ashleigh (’21, Secretary) grew up in western Ohio where she enjoyed exploring nature places with her family. Ashleigh began teaching outdoors as a summer camp counselor while earning a B.A. in Middle Childhood Education from Ohio Northern University. Since then, Ashleigh has worked (and played) as an outdoor/environmental educator across the United States from Virginia to California and earned an M.A. in Education from Muskingum University. Currently, Ashleigh is an Environmental Educator at Prescott Farm where she enjoys inviting people of all ages to be curious about nature and enjoy the outdoors. In her spare time, Ashleigh can be found photographing insects and flowers with a magnifying glass, experimenting with new crafts, and walking in the woods. Ashleigh joined the NHEE board in 2021.
R. Laurence Davis (Larry)
New England EE Representative
Larry Davis
Larry (’20, Vice-President, New England Affiliates Representative) received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Earth Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis and his PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of Rochester. Growing up, his family was active in the outdoors. But it was the experience, at age 5, of finding a beryl crystal at an old mine in Maine that led him, eventually, to geology. In 1970, he became the Head of Nature Programs at Camp Pemigewassett (“Pemi”) in Wentworth, NH, stepping into the huge shoes of his predecessor who retired after his 42nd year. Last summer (2019) he completed his 50th year in that position. While he has stepped down from running the program at Pemi, he will remain active as a teacher. He is also Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New Haven where he was part of an interdisciplinary program offering B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Sciences. In 2018, the New England Environmental Alliance presented him with their Non-formal Educator Award. He is retired from university teaching and lives in Concord and Wentworth. He enjoys traveling, photography, “collecting” waterfalls, and making music (he is a flautist). He also continues his academic research in Karst Hydrology (groundwater in cavernous areas) at the Gerace Research Centre on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Dr. Judy Silverberg
Development Chair
Dr. Judy Silverberg
Dr. Judy Silverberg (’21, Development Chair) has worked for over forty-five years in environmental education in Wisconsin, Connecticut and New Hampshire, twenty-eight of those years as wildlife education programs supervisor for NH Fish and Game. She also served as the NH Project Learning Tree Coordinator. Judy operates her own educational consulting business Environmental Education Strategies LLC. She has a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Ecology and a master’s degree in Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin. Her PhD is from the University of New Hampshire in Natural Resources and Human Dimensions. Judy has taught students, teachers and college students about our natural world and science process skills. She has received a variety of awards for her work in environmental and science education including the Howard I Wagner award for excellence in science education from the NH Science Teachers Association and the John Pearce Memorial Award for accomplishments in environmental and conservation education from the Northeast Section of the Wildlife Society. She is a naturalist and author.
Sheryl Horton
Membership Chair
Sheryl Horton
She returned to school to pursue a Masters in Education with a certification in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Instruction from Adams State University in Colorado after noticing how little science was being taught in schools. After spending a year in an urban classroom, she dedicated her educational career to getting students of all ages outside the four traditional walls of a building in order to spark curiosity in science and nature, preserving the environment for the future.
She spent time working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife on the Schools and Outdoor Learning Environments statewide project and then worked educating youth about water quality for the largest water utility in Colorado. In Northwest Colorado she ran the School Programs for Yampatika, an environmental non-profit dedicated to inspiring environmental stewardship through education. She is both a Project Learning Tree and Project Wet Facilitator and has served on multiple committees and boards for science and environmental education in Colorado. In 2023, she was awarded the Environmental Educator of the Year award by the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education.
She relocated to NH to serve as the Director of Education at NH Audubon, where she oversaw the organization’s statewide public, school, animal, and camp programming. Sheryl enjoys photography, hiking, backpacking, snowboarding, snowshoeing, kayaking, board games, dancing, travelling, and hanging out with her husband and four cats.
Mike Smith
Board Member
Mike Smith
Mike (pending vote at ’25 annual meeting) has spent his entire life living in New England. While he dreams of living other places and traveling abroad, his roots are here in NH. As a retired high school science teacher with degrees in Horticulture, Environmental Science and Geology, Mike likes life in the outdoors, exploring the hidden nooks and crannies around New England. An avid runner, Mike enjoys getting off the beaten path, seeing how far his legs can take him on the back roads and wooded trails in the region. Other interests include camping, rock climbing, nordic skiing canoe/kayaking, along with a lust for the dust in agriculture. Mike is currently the program manager for NH Ag in the Classroom.
Kyle Salmons
Board Member
Kyle Salmons
Kyle Salmons is originally from Western New York and fostered a deep connection with the outdoors by exploring the Great Lakes, backyard forests, and rolling hills. After being exposed to New Hampshire during a 2015 internship, he fell in love with the state and everything it has to offer.
Kyle graduated from SUNY Oswego with a degree in Chemistry. He served as a Lakes Region Conservation Corps during its first year before joining the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center as a naturalist and summer camp manager. Kyle is now the Director of Education of the Squam Lakes Association, the organization that first brought him to New Hampshire in 2024.
He is excited to work with the NHEE because it supports and uplifts the organizations that helped form his environmental education foundation. In his spare time, you can find him birding, kayaking, hiking with campers, or learning a new niche skill.
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