Our Team
Sarah Adkins
Executive Director
Sarah guides the strategic direction and resource development of the organization, and manages its operations and initiatives. She is a Cambridge native with 10 years of experience in nonprofit work. She is driven by a commitment to environmental and food justice, climate resiliency, fostering youth, and community empowerment through education and activism. She holds a deep belief in the transformative power of skill sharing and has a BS in Food Studies: Community Food Systems and Gastronomy from Syracuse University.
Zu Sikes
Land Stewardship Coordinator, Terracorps Service Member
Zu is serving with TerraCorps as a Land Stewardship Coordinator for Green Cambridge this year. They recently graduated from Smith College where they majored in Environmental Science and Policy. Zu's work this year focuses on restoration in the Alewife Brook Reservation leading volunteer work groups and co-leading the Restore Corps program. Zu is passionate about building resilient relationships between communities and their lands.
Aunnesha Bhowmick
Director of Youth Programs
Aunnesha develops and manages our Youth Programs, including Canopy Crew and Restore Corps. Growing up in the Greater Boston area, she became passionate about place-based environmental education and justice. She received her BS in Molecular Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley, and has experience in drought resiliency research, urban farming, sustainable development, and coastal restoration. Through her work, she strives to build a world where we can live sustainably, equitably, and connected to nature.
Linh Le
Development and Youth Programs Assistant, NEU Co-Op
Linh is a current graduate student at Northeastern University pursuing a master's degree in nonprofit management. She earned her bachelor’s degree in International Development and Social Change from Clark University, which sparked her commitment to work with mission-focused organizations. Professionally, Linh has experience in nonprofit offices focusing on development work, supporting office operations, client communications, and event coordination, as well as community partnerships and outreach. Linh aspires to help organizations share their missions, strengthen trust within the community, and expand their social impact.
Maya Bickel
Alewife District Project Manager
Maya focuses on the Alewife District. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Middle East studies, specializing in historic forms of sustainable agriculture in the Levant. Since then, Maya has worked as a community organizer in Jerusalem and a researcher for a human rights and urban planning nonprofit. Maya cares about equitable access to and shared stewardship of urban green space, and is currently pursing a masters degree in Urban Planning at MIT.
Charlie Welsh
Community Engagement Coordinator, Terracorps Service Member
Charlie is serving as the ‘26-’27 Community Engagement Coordinator through TerraCorps. Charlie is originally from New Hampshire and has always been interested in working in outdoor urban communities. In 2024, she graduated with her B.A. in Environmental Studies and Education from Bates College. Charlie is very passionate about community development and has tried to immerse herself in every place she has lived. She is excited to continue to grow a network of environmentally minded individuals that want to better the communities we live, work, and play in.
Suzanne Alden
Development Consultant
Suzanne Alden, MSA, is a development professional with 25 years’ experience as a nonprofit director of development, grant consultant, educator, grant accountant, and development coach. Suzanne holds an undergraduate degree in sociology and women’s studies and a master’s degree in accounting. She earned the CFRE fundraising credential in 2009. Suzanne is the President of Rhody Grants, a consultation firm specializing in New England-based nonprofit grantseeking.
Former Staff Members
Steven Nutter
Executive Director
Jacob Cohen
Intern
David Meshoulam
Urban Tree Canopy Program Developer
Jenna Hall
Intern/Program Assistant
Erin Siver-Wheeler
Tree Program Coordinator/ Assistant Program Manager
Marley Kimelman
Program Manager
Lettie Cabot
Social Media & Tree Intern
Brian Johnson
Advocacy Organizer
Micah Wilson
Intern
Isabella Carrion
Program Coordinator
Nick Gray
Canopy Crew Co-Op
Sarah Ruth
Tree Program Coordinator
Austin Thoren
Program Coordinator
Liana Greenberg-Nielsen
Canopy Crew Program Manager
Emmy Michelfelder
Community Engagement & Youth Education Coordinator
Matt Paul
Summer Youth Coordinator
Michelle Nikfarjam
Urban Agriculture Advisor
Louie Pardo
Intern
Grace Rumowicz
‘25-’26 Community Engagement Coordinator, Terracorps Service Member
Helen Weeks
Wildlife Arts Volunteer
Zoe Mello Zdraveski
2026 Summer Outreach Intern
Madelyn Kaplin
Farm Coordinator
Seanna Berry
Former Farm Manager
Traci Thoresen
Urban Farm Coordinator
Mubarak Ware
Urban Farm Intern
Primrose Yooprasert
Intern
Alison Frisella
Advocacy Organizer
Anna Pierce-Silve
Urban Farm Coordinator
Daisy Kettle
Intern