Steering Team
Derek Beauchemin. Owner and Operator, Habitat Restoration Specialists, LLC, volunteer forest steward in N. SeaTac Park, 2020 derekb@habitatrestoration.com.coRob Bent, Biologist, pharma executive, dedicated to the Duwamish River watershed and surrounding landsBeth Brunton, Teacher, Co-Chair of South Seattle Climate Action Network; Steering committee member of Pass the Federal Green New Deal Coalition of Washington admin@southseattleclimate.orgRick Harwood Member and past president of the Rotary Club of SeaTac-Tukwila. High school Principal at Global Connections HS in the Highline School District from 2005 to 2015. Actively involved in the Defenders of North SeaTac Park since Fall 2022.Dr. Sandra L. Hunt, Educator, Activist, Local Union Leader huntsl@live.comStephen Lamphear, MPA Founder and founding President of the Board of Highline Botanical Garden; Burien City Council (1998-2005); Chair, Board of Supervisors, King Conservation District (1996-1998) stephenlamphear@gmail.comNoemie Maxwell Volunteer forest steward in North SeaTac Park, 2021-2023, librarian, member of People for Climate Action (Burien) and South Seattle Climate Action Network noemie_maxwell@yahoo.comBarbara McMichael Longtime South King County resident; former organizer of Highline Garden Tour; administrator of SoCoCulture's Engaging Trees Initiative BarbaraLMcM@gmail.comAnne Miller Educator, activist and mother. Anne is a founding member of the South Seattle Climate Action Network, Mt Baker Meaningful Movies and the Westside Environmental Justice Group.Andrea O’Ferrall, Former elementary school teacher working as full-time climate activist: writing, educating, and protesting with a sense of urgencyAnnie Phillips, Climate activist, hiker, grandma, retired education-outreach specialist at WA State Dept of Ecology. Update August 2024: Sadly, we lost Annie earlier this year. We greatly miss her wisdom, guidance, and wonderful spirit. Read the City of Burien proclamation honoring her here.