Zach Brooks, Customer Relations Manager (Netcentric Campaigns)

After spending a year providing support and training to Green Media Toolshed’s nearly 200 member organizations, Zach was promoted to work with GMT’s consulting team, NetCentric Campaigns, as the Customer Relations Manager.  He is responsible for Leader and Supporter assistance and relationship building for the PreventObesity.net site. Originally from Michigan, Zach moved to Washington, DC in 2009 after serving two terms of service with the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), a team-based AmeriCorps program. During his two terms with NCCC, Zach performed community service with many nonprofit organizations specifically focused on the environment, education, disaster relief and unmet human needs. During this experience, Zach got the opportunity to serve on a 10-person team and serve on a variety of projects in across the country. Zach has also spent time working customer support for the Points of Light Foundation’s Presidential Volunteer Service Awards Program. Zach graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in Advertising and a B.A. in Psychology. In his free time, Zach enjoys staying active, competing in races and obstacle challenges along with being a team captain for a local Ultimate Frisbee team.  Zach loves Michigan State sports and regularly wears green and white to support his school. 

Elizabeth (Beth) Brotherton, New Media Senior Writer (Netcentric Campaigns)

Beth joined Green Media Toolshed’s Netcentric Campaigns consulting team in February 2011. She is tasked with creating original written content for the PreventObesity.Net project, including updating the website’s blog and authoring a newsletter about the childhood obesity advocate community. Beth comes to GMT from the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, where she authored the popular gossip column “Heard on the Hill.” Along with dishing the dirt, Beth wrote about serious topics such as Capitol security, the Architect of the Capitol and Green the Capitol Initiative. Beth also has written for the Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise and Almanac of the Unelected. A Golden State native, Beth is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she majored in journalism and political science.

Chris Casey, Director of Internet Strategies (Netcentric Campaigns)

Chris Casey serves as Director of Internet Strategy at Netcentric Campaigns  where he manages the development of emerging advocacy networks, bringing experience gained over many years working in the political arena. At some point, long long ago in the early 90's, Chris found himself working for a long serving and notable Senator known to many as EMK, and thanks to help from MIT, EMK got a URL (the first for a member of Congress). Chris helped other Democratic Senators get URLs of their own, and to put important sounding things and recipes on them.  Then Chris wrote a book, to help him remember many of the things that had been happening around and to him (The Hill on the Net: Congress Enters the Information Age, AP Professional, 1996).  Chris came down off the Hill in 2000 to join the rough and tumble of political campaigns full time, working to help those candidates he perceives as being 'the good ones' to have URLs and do other neat things with computers and credit cards. Chris’ work has been recognized by a number of industry awards (Pollie, Golden Dot, Reed). In 1996 he was named by Website Magazine as one of “The 100 Most Influential People on The World Wide Web”, and in 2001 Politics Online name Chris as one of “The 25 Who Are Changing The World of Internet and Politics”.  A Virginian by birth, and a Californian by upbringing (Navy Dad), Chris graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1987 with a degree in Political Science.  When not working, he enjoys researching his family tree, running, hiking, and spending time with his wife and three children.

Rebecca Frank, Online Network Analyst and Coordinator (Netcentric Campaigns)

Rebecca joined the Netcentric Campaigns division of Green Media Toolshed in August 2010 as the Online Network Analyst and Coordinator. She is responsible for helping organizations understand how to influence and use social media to achieve their goals, providing customer service for organizations and helping implement internet strategies. Prior to Netcentric Campaigns, she worked in marketing strategy, focusing on consumer needs to create effective campaigns for healthcare, technology and non-profit clients. Rebecca attended Tufts University in Massachusetts and received her B.A. in political science and economics. She also spent a semester at the University of Hong Kong. Originally from New York City, she currently lives in Washington, DC.

Michelle Frey, Web Manager (Netcentric Campaigns)

Michelle is the Web Manager for NetCentric Campaigns. She focuses on web projects for PreventObesity.net that help the public connect, organize and lead the change for preventing childhood obesity. Michelle spent 4 years at Greenpeace USA as the online editorial manager. She managed the organization’s blogs, web content and created mini-advocacy sites such as TraitorJoe, Oh-No-Costco and the nuclear plant locator map.  Michelle is an accomplished writer, blogging for WomanAroundTown in Washington, DC.  Previously, Michelle worked at Ocean Conservancy on advocacy alerts, email newsletters and online membership. She graduated from SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies. Michelle enjoys spending time with her two young sons and husband. She also likes hiking, knitting, quilting and writing.

Martin Kearns, Executive Director

Martin Kearns has been Co-Founder and Executive Director of Green Media Toolshed (GMT) since May of 2000 and writes one of the leading blogs on network-centric advocacy titled: Network-Centric Advocacy : Advocacy Strategy for the Age Connectivity. Previously, Kearns founded the Georgia River Network, a state based conservation group solely dedicated to the conservation of Georgia's rivers, where he also served as Executive Director. He worked for three years for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Kearns has been political fundraiser for candidates for the US House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Martin Kearns holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science from LeMoyne College and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from Yale. He spent two years in Kingston, Jamaica as a Jesuit International Volunteer teaching computers at St. George's College and working with inner city youth. Kearns is a dynamic speaker and is often found at communications, technology and organizing strategy venues supporting progressive civic engagement. He is a runner, hiker and fisherman. He and his wife Maryann are raising their three children in Maryland.

Katrina Ledbetter, Office Assistant

Katrina joined the staff at Green Media Toolshed in June 2011 as the Office Assistant. Katrina    works with Bobbi to coordinate the day-to-day operations in the GMT office. She also works with Nina to maintain the membership program. Nina and Katrina work closely to support our members needs and serve as a resource to them. A recent graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in history and political science, Katrina is a recent transplant to Washington, DC. She fell in love with the city and all that it has to offer during the summer of 2010. As a member of the Public Service Internship Program at U of M she had the opportunity to intern with World Food Program U.S.A. working to support their efforts to raise awareness of the United Nations World Food Program and its mission to alleviate world hunger. Katrina bleeds maize and blue and looks forward to a fun rivalry with Zach during football season!

Marie Michelson, Director of Internet Strategy (Netcentric Campaigns)

Marie has more than 12 years of experience in online organizing, communications, and strategy. As Internet Strategy Director for Netcentric Campaigns, Marie is focused on coordinating the childhood obesity movement through preventobesity.net and working closely with organizers and leaders in the field. She spent over 5 years as Director of Online Communications at Greenpeace USA, where she developed online strategies and outreach, and played an integral role in such landmark victories as the Green My Apple, Kleercut, and Traitor Joe’s campaigns. Previously, Marie worked for 5 years as Director of Online Communications for National Parks Conservation Association, where she launched “field journals” and “scrapbooks” before the advent of blogs and Flickr. Marie got her start online at Defenders of Wildlife, where as Youth Communications Specialist she created the Kid’s Planet website. Marie graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a degree in Anthropology and Sociology. In her spare time, Marie practices pilates and collects fossil shark teeth at her community beach.

Donna Muñoz, Director of Finance and Administration

Donna Muñoz joined Green Media Toolshed in October 2011 after twenty-one years of working for the environmental justice movement as the Director of Administration and Finance at the Environmental Support Center, where she helped build the organization to national prominence.   She has lived in and traveled to over twenty countries around the world and this love of culture and travel has translated in an ability to work well with people from all backgrounds and belief systems.  An alumnus of Georgetown University, class of 1984, she currently lives in Alexandria, VA and is looking forward to growing with Green Media Toolshed.  She is the mother of two active teenagers, and loves to cook and relax at the beach with a pile of good books. 

Bobbi Russell, Chief Operating Officer

Bobbi Russell has more than 10 years of communications and media strategy experience. She joined Green Media Toolshed (GMT) in 2000 during its first year of operations as the Director of Media Services and Marketing. In 2005 she became the Associate Director and in 2011 she was named Chief Operating Officer. Bobbi manages the membership and training programs for GMT and works with a growing community of more than 185 environmental organizations. She specializes in helping groups define and improve their online presence through the use of new technology. Bobbi also develops "train the trainer" programs for GMT's technology partners and provides coaching for these organizations. She is in charge of GMT's organizational operations which includes financial and staff management. Prior to GMT, Bobbi worked as a Program Coordinator at Environmental Media Services, focusing on marine, land conservation and energy issues. She started her career as an environmental reporter for several newspapers in western Pennsylvania, specializing in mining and land use issues. Bobbi further gained interest in public outreach through her work at Mote Marine Laboratory and the Clarion River Basin Commission. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English and minor in Environment and Society at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She has an MBA from George Washington University, with a focus on nonprofit management. Bobbi enjoys hiking and boxing and lives in Alexandria, VA, with her husband Dave, their two dogs, and a precious little Ford Escape hybrid.

Nina Schwartz, Membership Coordinator

Nina Schwartz joined Green Media Toolshed as the Membership Coordinator in March 2008. Nina coordinates all aspects of membership operations, and especially focuses on building community among the member groups, creating new online training courses, and developing new program initiatives. Prior to her work at GMT, Nina worked with the policy team of Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law firm, where she focused on clean water and species threatened by climate change. She began her media career at the National Audubon Society in Washington, D.C., where she compiled media for policy projects and aided in the administration of lobby activities. Nina received her B.A. in History and Environmental Studies from Carleton College in Northfield, MN, where she led initiatives in campus activism and served as an assistant in the Department of Residential Life. She completed her coursework with a semester studying advanced Spanish at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and a summer teaching English in rural China.