About Us
The Green Schools Foundation is a dedicated group of parents, devoted alumni, educators, community leaders, and local business people.
The Foundation is dedicated to furthering academic excellence in the Green Schools by providing scholarships and academic classroom grants, which benefit our elementary, middle, and high school students.
Board Members
President
Mark Herdlick
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Vice President
Justin Speight
Treasurer
Richard Brandenburg
Members
Isabella Ake
Breila K Allen
Adrianna Barnes
Mark Booth
Summer Braman
Richard Brandenburg
Cindy Brown
Mike Burch
Stephen Burt
Aidan Byers
Todd Casey
Eric Chojnacki
Carmina Ciccarelli-Aloisi
Brian Cuthbert
Melissa Dyer
Emilia Gifford
Emily Graham
Alexa Groen
Kevin Groen
Kristin Groen
Kevin Guilmette
Hunter Hannaman
Mark Herdlick
Vienna Horvath
Sharon Lawrence
Connie Leonard
Chrissy Lingenfelter
Fred Mathews
Nolan McKendry
Julie McMahan
David Milkovich
Jeffrey Miller
Abi Monti
Gerard Neugebauer
Nadia Otterstetter
Ronald Otterstetter
Vince Rubino
Carter Sharpnack
Justin Speight
Zachary Stewart
Meredith Walker
Elissa Wood
Trudy Zimmerman
Student Liaisons
The student's voice is an important part of the working Board of Trustees. Green High School juniors are selected through an application process. Many juniors elect to stay with the Foundation through their senior year.
All students serve on board committees including Celebration of Education, Membership, Resource Development & Finance, Communication, and Enrichment.
The 2023-2024 GSF student liaisons include Isabella Ake, Breila K Allen, Adrianna Barnes, Summer Braman, Aidan Byers, Carmina Ciccarelli-Aloisi, Emilia Gifford, Emily Graham, Alexa Groen, Kristin Groen, Hunter Hannaman, Vienna Horvath, Nolan McKendry, Nadia Otterstetter, Carter Sharpnack, Zachary Stewart, Meredith Walker, Elissa Wood.
Message From the President
Green Schools Foundation was formed in 1991 on the principle that the success of our local schools should be a shared responsibility.
In 1992, the Foundation provided its first student scholarship – a single $500 award – and $5,000 in classroom grants. Since then, our organization has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct financial support to students of Green Local Schools. This growth has been made possible by the enthusiastic support of our members and contributors.
We are proud of our past and we want to take steps right now to ensure our future. Green Schools Foundation’s mission is to promote academic excellence in the Green Local Schools.
We will do this in the following ways:
Ensuring we have the right operating structure to be efficient and effective
Expanding our scholarship and grant programs to offer larger awards to more students
Working with other local organizations to make sure our efforts complement each other for the most positive impact on our community, and
Increasing our visibility within Green so that more people know what we do and why we do it.
Finally, it is truly an honor to serve as president of the Green Schools Foundation. I have been actively involved with many organizations within the Green community and the Foundation is one that I believe benefits all students in Green Schools. As the Foundation grows we are always looking for individuals to join the Board of Trustees. If you would be interested, I would love to meet with you and discuss all the great things the Foundation is doing to promote the academic excellence in Green Schools.
As always, thank you for your support of the Green Schools Foundation.
Mark Herdlick
President