Meet the TerraTrekkers

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Angie Dubois

Angie Dubois

Video Vixen

Angie graduated in 2020 from the University of Southern Maine with a double major in Communications and Media Studies with a minor in Audio and Video Production. She has been a freelance videographer for 2 years, ranging from creating short films to creating advertisements. Her passions include adventuring outdoors and traveling around to see what’s out there!

Mike Santillo

Musical Wizard

Mike graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature. Over the decade since then, he’s been busy writing music and performing as lead vocalist and keyboardist of the independent rock group The Tins. He co-founded Mammoth Recording Studio in 2016 in Buffalo, NY. Other interests include learning the Spanish language, writing, maintaining a steady on again/off again relationship with the practice of meditation, trail running, hiking, and traveling whenever possible, especially to Latin America.

Emma Whalen

Emma Whalen

Ideas Churn


Emma graduated in 2020 from St. Lawrence University with a double major in Global Studies and Environmental Studies. Her interests include documentary film and storytelling, environmental and social justice, adventuring the great outdoors (hiking and small-scale farming), and travel.

Dave Santillo

Intrepid Explorer

The grizzled sage Technical Advisor for the team, Dave has a PhD in Environmental Biology, and 30 years-experience working in the environmental industry. He cares a lot about environmental issues, environmental justice, and restoration of degraded habitats. His diversions include travel, sea kayaking, wilderness expeditioning, and hiking.

Will Zell

Zellywag

Will has been developing websites for nonprofits, businesses, and individuals for the last 18 years with a focus on community development and sustainability. He graduated from Tyler School of Art with a BFA in painting and drawing and over the years has merged his artistic skills with education technology. When not in front of a screen, he delights in the peaceful wildness of Maine and the raising of his two boys in Bowdoinham. He is married to his wife Amy in Cumberland with her two sons, one wiggly dog and a very clever cat.

Advisory Group

The TerraTrek Advisory Group is a steering group formed to help steer the initiative, suggest environmental topics, provide technical guidance, and other miscellaneous support.

    • Julie Coffey, M.S. Biology, University of California. Research Associate, California State,  Los Angeles
    • David Leslie, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of WIldlife Science, University of Oklahoma, Stillwater, Oklahoma
    • Ann Tihansky, M.S. Marine Science, Univ. of South Florida. Geologist, US Geological Survey, Washington
    • Heidi Unruh, Advertising and Marketing Specialist, Massachusetts
    • Sarah Watts Martin, M.S., Wetland Science, Duke University, Environmental Manager, Tetra Tech, Portland, Maine
  • Greg Green, Ph.D., Instructor Wildlife Ecology, Huxley College of Environmental Science at Western Washington University

Why are we doing this?

Environmental problems are either ignored or quickly forgotten once the news turns somewhere else.

When the environment is reported upon, it often is because of an environmental “disaster.” Environmental stories generally lack a connection for most people: why should they care?

Terra Trek aims to bring attention to the environment and help forge a new path for a sustainable and livable environment by connecting environmental issues and quality to people and helping them to understand why they should care.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to share environmental stories from across America that increase public awareness and support for the environment, inspire appreciation for the natural world, and grow the community of problem solvers, activists and stewards of the earth.

Why are we doing this?

Environmental problems are either ignored or quickly forgotten once the news turns somewhere else.

When the environment is reported upon, it often is because of an environmental “disaster.” Environmental stories generally lack a connection for most people: why should they care?

Terra Trek aims to bring attention to the environment and help forge a new path for a sustainable and livable environment by connecting environmental issues and quality to people and helping them to understand why they should care.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to share environmental stories from across America that increase public awareness and support for the environment, inspire appreciation for the natural world, and grow the community of problem solvers, activists and stewards of the earth.