For our 20th anniversary, ICL is celebrating amazing Green Leaders, whom we have featured over several months. We are proud to count them among our ICL alumni and to have contributed to their achievements. Throughout these inspiring stories, you will see the depth of their impact and gain insights into the difference leadership makes to long-term success for the leaders and organizations. 

Featured Story:
 

Tonya Graham, Executive Director
Geos Institute
Ashland, OR

Tonya Graham is an energetic and committed leader in a field that is trying to solve the world’s most immense and intractable environmental dilemma – global climate change.  At the Geos Institute, Tonya has developed an innovative way to bring the issue home:  helping local communities prepare for climate change. 

The Geos Institute provides research and advocacy on climate change, and works to protect the temperate rainforests that are a key part of our planet’s ability to sequester carbon. 

“I came into contact with ICL when I was a brand new executive director,” recalls Tonya. Read More
 

Read Stories of Other Amazing Green Leaders:

Rewards of a Long-Term Relationship with ICL
Keith Dimoff, Executive Director
Ohio Environmental Council, Columbus, OH 

Protecting Our Nations Rivers
Todd Ambs, President
River Network, Portland, OR

Leadership for Long-Term Change
Kevin Brubaker, Executive Director
Environmental Law and Policy Center, Chicago, IL

Honoring the Land and Values of Wyoming
Laurie Milford, Executive Director
Wyoming Outdoor Council, Laramie, WY

Phenomenal Growth at Nature Conservancy of Canada
John Lounds, Executive Director
Nature Conservancy of Canada, Toronto, ON

ICL Leadership Training Spans Advocacy Movement
Mehrdad Azemun, Field Director
Reform Immigration for America Campaign, Chicago, IL

Building Relationships Pays Dividends
Dulcie Flaharty, Executive Director
Montgomery County Lands Trust, Lederach, PA

Leadership for Change that Never Gives Up
Kim Leval, Executive Director, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, Eugene, OR

The Heart of an Environmental Educator: Awareness, Attitudes and Action
Deborah Sheppard, Executive Director, Altamaha Riverkeeper, Darien, GA