Andrea Lewis brings her interest and experience in environmental education, sustainability, and protection of the environment to the MEarth Board of Directors. Prior to joining the Board, Andrea was the former Executive Director of MEarth for almost three years. Additionally, she has worked for the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) as Assistant Secretary for Education and Quality Programs. Andrea is a formally trained facilitator and classroom trainer and holds a B.A. in Government-Journalism from CSU-Sacramento and a Total Quality Management Certificate from the Los Rios Community College District. She worked for the State of California since 1973 and, prior to joining Cal/EPA in 1994, worked for the Attorney General’s Office and California State Teachers’ Retirement System.

Brett Melone has been working with farmers in California and Latin America to support their business success and natural resource management, and leading nonprofit organizations that serve farmers for more than 20 years. Melone grew up in South Florida, where his father managed hundreds of acres of avocadoes, limes and mangoes, and his mother owned a tropical plant nursery. The beauty and abundance, as well as the dark underbelly of agriculture that he experienced, had a major impact on his career path. After obtaining his undergraduate degree and working for a few years, Melone obtained an MA in International Environmental Policy at the Monterey Institute, focusing on integrated coastal zone management, watershed management and sustainable agriculture. Following a Sea Grant Fellowship with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, and a Rotary Foundation scholarship with Tierra Viva, Agricultores Orgánicos de Chile, Melone worked on the implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Latin America, and served as the first executive director of CET Sur, a regional NGO focused on agricultural, rural and leadership development. Today he serves as the director of lending with California FarmLink, a community development organization that facilitates access to land for farmers, and access to capital for diverse ag, food and natural resource-based businesses.

Cameron Leonard has devoted her career to bettering the world through nonprofit education. Currently, she is a partner at The Wildflower Foundation which helps Montessori teachers open their own schools, aiming to give all children and families the opportunity to choose high quality, beautiful learning environments. Prior to Wildflower, she was at Teach for America, heading up the Talent Acquisition team, where she led recruitment and selection for the organization, focused on increasing staff diversity. Cameron was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula and after traveling around the country for work, settled back to Carmel Valley in 2019 with her partner, two girls and dog. When not working, Cameron can be found playing with her family, enjoying the gift of the Peninsula's natural beauty and experimenting with at-home sustainable solutions for a busy family.

With 30 years of experience in non-profit and foundation management, Carol Olson is dedicated to ensuring all young people have access to connect with nature and its many benefits. She founded Basecamp Strategies which partners with non-profit organizations and foundations to engage young people in the outdoors and advance environmental stewardship. Carol is also the network facilitator of the Environmental Education Funders Collaborative (EEFC) of the SF Bay Area, an alliance for shared learning. Previously, Carol served as the Director of Environment and Stewardship Programs with the Morgan Family Foundation where she spearheaded major collaborative initiatives, including the Northern Sierra Partnership and the California Stewardship Network. Carol served for ten years as the President/CEO of the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, where her cooperative approach engaged the business, government, education, and non-profit sectors to better serve the community at large.  Carol grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from UC Berkeley. She and her husband (and their energetic dog) feel grateful to call the beautiful central coast home. 

Emily Reistetter is a local Holistic Health and Wellness practitioner and educator. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences and worked as a researcher in the fields of marine microbiology and climate change for nearly a decade. Emily became fascinated with the recent research in nutrition and completed a Masters degree in Holistic Nutrition in June 2023. Through her studies, Emily has come to appreciate how nutrition impacts every aspect of health from physical and mental health to emotional wellness. As an educator, Emily seeks to empower students to develop healthy, well-informed food choices that nurture their bodies, their community and the environment.

Erin Fogg has dedicated her career to making the world more equitable, prosperous, and just, working with a wide array of charities, philanthropists, government agencies, political candidates and elected officials. She is the Founder and Principal of Spoke Consulting, a Carmel-based communications firm that serves nonprofits and foundations across the nation. Erin brings a richly cross-cultural personal background to her work. She has called both Indonesia and Spain home, and has traveled extensively across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In 2000, Erin helped coordinate donor retention efforts for the Southern California office of the U.S. Fund for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). She went on to found the U.C. Berkeley affiliate of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (Bears for UNICEF) which will celebrate 20 years of service this year. Erin graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Minor in Spanish. She earned an M.A. in International Policy from the Middleburry Institute of International Studies, where she specialized in negotiations and conflict resolution. She studied abroad at the Universidad de Alcala just outside of Madrid, Spain, and completed a graduate-level course of study at the Universitas Sam Ratulangi in Sulawesi, Indonesia. She is an alumna of Emerge California and the National Outdoor Leadership School. Erin’s husband Trevor owns Blink Optometry in Carmel. Erin and Trevor love adventuring with their three children - Brianna at Tularcitos, Samantha at Carmel Middle School, and Rowan at York School (plus their two dogs, Toby and Emmett, kitties Bleu and BrieBella, bearded dragon Mousse, and chickens Rosie and Mimi).

John Long is the founder and CEO of JVL Designs. For nearly 30 years, he has been a visionary leader in creating projects that fuse architecture, art and nature. He specializes in creating outdoor community spaces that are functional, aesthetically beautiful and an integration of natural elements, like fire and water, and structural design. In addition to his vast residential work, John’s projects include Post Ranch Inn in Big sur, Hulbert Estate in Scottsdale, AZ; Bar Bocce in Sausalito, CA, Cuvaison Winery in Napa, Berber in San Francisco and many others. John attended Arizona State University School of Architecture. He is the father of two children and splits his time between Mill Valley and Carmel Valley.

Lauren Noel brings her background in both food and nutrition to the MEarth Board of Directors and is focused on expanding both adult and youth outreach. Lauren has been passionate about gardening and cooking since a young age, helping tend her childhood home garden in Kansas City and learning to cook from her mother. This passion has continued throughout her adult life, including utilizing hanging herb baskets outside bedroom windows and vegetable planters on fire escapes when living in bigger cities where traditional gardens were inaccessible.   Lauren graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Real Estate Finance and Markets and a BA in Markets and Culture. After eight years working in finance, Lauren decided to pursue her passion for cooking and attended culinary school in San Francisco. Through that program and in the years that followed, Lauren developed an interest in produce and teaching as a way to share the joy of cooking with others. After culinary school, Lauren worked with Le Petite Cuillere, Culinary Artistas, Parties that Cook and volunteered with 21 Reasons and CUESA, all of which focus on education and healthy eating habits. Lauren also earned a Holistic Nutrition Certification. Lauren and her husband live in Carmel Valley with their three young children and enjoy gardening and cooking, hiking and playing golf.

Meghan Macaluso, Founder and CEO of M Ventures Consulting, is a seasoned fundraising expert with over two decades of experience helping people and organizations raise millions of dollars to fuel positive change. Meghan specializes in leading complex fundraising programs and teams to growth, combining a strategic and data-driven approach with effective execution in dynamic and high-pressure environments.Originally from Colorado, Meghan has led local, state, national and global organizations and campaigns from the California coast. She has served in fundraising and leadership positions at United Way Bay Area, NARAL Pro-Choice America (now Reproductive Freedom For All), PAI - Champions of Global Reproductive Rights, and Save The Bay. Prior to opening her own business, Meghan served as Chief Development Officer for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the largest Planned Parenthood in the country.  Meghan married into a five-generation Monterey County family in 2010 and moved with her husband and son to Carmel Valley in 2021. She is passionate about the outdoors and inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards. When not building her business or cheering her son from the sidelines, Meghan can be found in the beautiful nature of the Monterey Peninsula with her family and three dogs. 

Todd is currently a managing director at Union Square Advisors and has spent the past fifteen years in a variety of roles in the legal and finance fields focused on technology firms. After moving to the peninsula in the late 1990s he graduated from high school locally before attending the University of California San Diego for his undergraduate degree in Economics and the University of California Los Angeles for his graduate degrees in Business and Law. He brings deep interest in environmental sustainability, access to food and education, and local land and water use interest and experience to the role. When not working he is a father to two young girls, and can be found coaching youth soccer or surfing.