Our Team
Our team consists entirely of college student volunteers from California to Massachusetts. Connected by our passion for the Tree-Plenish mission, we are excited to build sustainable communities by leveraging the power of youth!
Board of Advisors
Melissa Cowell
Director of National Youth Council
Project Green Schools
Logan Donahoo
Program Manager
Arbor Day Foundation
Neil Rhein
Founder & Executive Director
Keep Massachusetts Beautiful
Mike Smalligan
Forest Stewardship Coordinator
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Jean-Paul Arsenault
Science Teacher
Portsmouth High School
Our Team
Lizzy Elsner
Co-Founder, Executive Director
A junior at the University of Vermont, Lizzy co-founded Tree-Plenish in order to encourage youth to advocate for sustainability in their local communities.
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Sethu Odayappan
Co-Founder, Executive Director
A junior at Harvard College, Sethu is excited to leverage the power and passion of students to create meaningful environmental change.
Maddie Groothuis
Business Operations Lead
Michelle Goddard
Finance Lead
Riley Damore
Digital Design Lead
Phoebe Chandler
Digital Design Lead
Tina Vanslette
Partnerships Head
Cat Demassi
Public Relations Lead
Keerthana Sundar
Digital Content Lead
Paxton Howard
Data Engineering Head
Shreya Patel
Data Analytics Lead
Alex MacDonald
Digital Communications Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead
MariCait Gillespe
Organizing Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead
Maddie Groothuis
Business Operations Lead
Michelle Goddard
Finance Lead
Riley Damore
Digital Design Lead
Phoebe Chandler
Digital Design Lead
Tina Vanslette
Partnerships Head
Cat Demassi
Public Relations Lead
Keerthana Sundar
Digital Content Lead
Paxton Howard
Data Engineering Head
Shreya Patel
Data Analytics Lead
Alex MacDonald
Digital Communications Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead
MariCait Gillespe
Organizing Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead
Sarayu Manikandan
Organizing Lead