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.
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.
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.
Grace Rumowicz
Terracorps Service Member
Grace is serving as the ’25–’26 Community Engagement Coordinator for Green Cambridge through Terracorps. She is a recent graduate of Clark University with a M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy and is passionate about promoting environmental advocacy through community action and engagement. Grace looks forward to growing and leading future volunteer opportunities in the Alewife Reservation while making connections with the community about our shared environment.
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
Sarah Ruth
Tree Program Coordinator
Austin Thoren
Program Coordinator
Isabella Carrion
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
Helen Weeks
Wildlife Arts Volunteer
Madelyn Kaplin
Farm Coordinator
Seanna Berry
Former Farm Manager
Primrose Yooprasert
Intern
Traci Thoresen
Urban Farm Coordinator
Mubarak Ware
Urban Farm Intern
Alison Frisella
Advocacy Organizer
Anna Pierce-Silve
Urban Farm Coordinator
Daisy Kettle
Intern
Nick Gray
Canopy Crew Co-Op