Green Map System Staff

The New York global office is run by people from diverse nationalities and backgrounds, supported by interns and volunteers (volunteer) , our Board of Directors and the International Mapmaker Advisory Council, supplemented by virtual staff, pro-bono supporters and consultants. Contact us at any time. If you would like to know more about interning or working with us, please click here .

Green Map System Staff

Wendy E. Brawer is Green Map System's Founder and Director. She has been an eco-designer, public educator and consultant since 1990, as seen at EcoCultural.info .

Wendy created the first Green Apple Map of New York City in 1992 and published the 5th citywide edition in 2006. Wendy initiated the global Green Map System in 1995 and leads its development. She is founder of a small eco-design firm, Modern World Design, focused on energy generation and waste reduction. She has taught at NYU, Cooper Union and presented at more than 25 universities and conferences. Recognition includes Woman of Earth/Terre de Femmes (Yves Rocher Foundation 2005), Designer in Residence, (Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum 1997) and a Sea Change Award (Gaea Foundation 2003).

Carlos Martinez is GMS's Latin American Liaison and Office Manager. He has been connected with the Green Map movement since 2004 when he was pursuing his BS in Environmental Administration.

As a Green Mapmaker, Carlos developed a NYC Chinatown Green Map for his university thesis on urban ecotourism. Currently, he specializes in social and environmental issues in high needs population areas, especially in his native Colombia and Latin America. He is responsible for developing many of GMS's Spanish global resources as well as many elements of NYC's Green Apple Map projects.

Thomas Turnbull moved to New York in January 2007 from Scotland to work for GMS as a trainee. As our Global Communications Manager, he is programming and designing this website.

Thomas studied Geography at the University of Edinburgh, where he first learned web design working for the Student Newspaper. After graduating in 2004 he worked as a composting educator for the Waste & Resources Action Programme . He also runs his own freelance web design business at ThomasTurnbull.com.

Risa Ishikawa is GMS's Designer, creating resources for our website, maps and movement. A product designer, she graduated from Parsons The New School for Design in 2006, and joined GMS as a consultant in 2007.

A native of Kobe Japan, Risa's interest in real people working in local communities on recycling, conservation and global warming brought her to Green Map System.

Soon Chung Lim our volunteer Office Assistant, created the first two editions of the Singapore Green Map Singapore when he worked at Singapore Environmental Council.

In New York since 2006, Soon Chung handles a variety of tasks, from photography and web updates, revision of our Mapmakers Guide and is involved in the 2005-2008 the Icon Update project.

Dr. Robert W. Zuber was GMS Education and Outreach Specialist from 1998 to 2003. He currently works with GMS as an organizational consultant and grant

writer.

Bob's work with GMS included youth mapping resources and projects, writing and editing projects, outreach around the world and fundraising. Bob is the former executive director of the Center for Environmental Education. He has also worked with Human Rights Watch, Blacksmith Institute/Polluted Places, the Center for International Media Action, East Harlem Interfaith, and the Center for Community Action in North Carolina US.

Tien-Hui (Millie) Lin created our new logo and identity materials as her Pratt Institute thesis project in 2005, and in 2006, we were awarded a Sappi Ideas That Matter grant to complete the project.

Tien-Hui designed and published several exciting outreach resources for us in 2007 while working at a noted New York design firm, Whitehouse and Company. Her newsletters and other pieces are being distributed around the world. She is a native of Taiwan, and the Chinese book, Energetic Green Map Movement attracted her to GMS!

Beth Ferguson was Project Coordinator for LoMap the 2001 Lower Manhattan Youth Green Map project, and continues her work with GMS part time.

Beth developed the 2000 Brooklyn Waterfront Green Map project with Recycle A Bicycle , and the Holyoke Green Map (senior project, Hampshire College). Beth assisted GMS in 2002 at the Global Mapmakers Gathering in Bellagio Italy, and has served as a liaison for Spanish-language Mapa Verde projects. Now based in Austin Texas, she also works with the Beehive Collective .

Past Staff:

Alice Hartley now a member of our Board of Directors joined GMS in 2003 as Editor for the Green Map Atlas . Alice was a major contributor to our 2004 Vibrant Communities exhibit, LoMap update and other projects. She joined Cook+Fox in 2005.

Dominica Williamson was the Design Director for the Green Map Atlas in 2003-04. She coordinated this international, multimedia and bilingual project while studying for her design master's degree, and has since continued work on a prototype Cornish Open Green Map project. You can view the blog for developments .

Aika Nakashima was GMS's Japanese Liaison from 2003-2006. Working in both NYC and Tokyo, she worked with the Green Map Japan Hub and our Aichi EXPO projects as well as Japan's Mirai National Green Map project . Upon her NYU graduation in 2006, she joined a Japanese communications company.

Yan Yang developed GMS's Chinese Initiative in 2004. Now home in Beijing, she is continuing to do outreach for GMS while working for the World Wildlife Foundation .

Ciprian Samoila an ecologist working virtually from Romania, is continually developing website resources and tools for GMS. He manages the European Hub website and the Harta Verde Romania Green Map Project.

Rick Conroy was GMS's Toronto-based technology guru, keeping communication and networking resources running smoothly between 1999-2005. He continues to support the work of North American sustainability and cycling groups.

Asako Kondo co-designed the Green Map Atlas , and created its website, our 2004 GreenMap.org and GMS's local NYC project site, GreenAppleMap.org (with Bomee Jung) in 2003-04, before returning to Japan.