Lisa Brush

Lisa has worked in the environmental field in Michigan for the last fifteen years. She is currently the Executive Director of the Stewardship Network and has been involved with the Network since its inception more than 10 years ago. She has a wealth of experience helping non-scientific people understand scientific issues. For over ten years, as she has built and coordinated the Stewardship Network, she has emphasized effective and meaningful stakeholder involvement in developing and implementing all aspects of this program. Prior to her work with the Network, Lisa worked with the Huron River Watershed Council on drinking water protection, land use planning, and communication programs. Lisa has also spent years working on the cherry orchards of northern Michigan; working with severely and profoundly handicapped children; planting trees; and running workshops of all kinds. Lisa's life at home, at work, at play, and personally is guided by her desire to help people connect with their environments in a hands-on way. The solutions she seeks to implement through the Stewardship Network are found by listening on a daily basis to the people who actively care for our natural lands, waters, and our communities and discovering the tools and knowledge needed. Lisa has an M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan and a B.A. (Science in Society) from Wesleyan University. When she's not working, Lisa loves playing with her four children ranging in age from 8 to 20 and looking for that spare moment when she can help out on a prescribed burn, make a quilt, sneak in a run, or, even rarer these days, catch a game of ultimate Frisbee.

Contact Lisa:
lbrush@stewardshipnetwork.org
734-395-4483
416 Longshore
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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Erin Mittendorf

Contact Erin:
emittendorf@stewardshipnetwork.org
(734) 996-3190
416 Longshore
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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Meghan Hendricks

Meghan is the project coordinator at the Stewardship Netowrk, and has been with the Network since May 2008. Her big project every year is coordinating the exciting Garlic Mustard Challenge!  However, she is involved with other ongoing projects and database management at the Network, too.  She graduated from the University of Michigan in spring 2009 with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Program in the Environment (PITE).  Before joining the Network, she worked at the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center in Bay Village, Ohio near her hometown.  Prior to settling in Ann Arbor, Meghan grew up in Rocky River, Ohio (just west of Cleveland) with her parents and three younger brothers.

Contact Meghan:
mhendricks@stewardshipnetwork.org
(734) 996-3190
416 Longshore
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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Joan Kooistra Brush
Joan helps out one morning a week.   When not helping the Stewardship Network, she helps her family and fills her time as a volunteer.  Before taking time off to be with her kids, Joan practiced environmental law as an assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio and as a public interest law attorney for the National Environmental Law Center. Joan received her law degree from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.

Contact Joan:
jbrush@stewardshipnetwork.org
(734) 996-3190
416 Longshore Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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