SPP Staff
SPP staff are located at The Evergreen State College and Washington State Department of Corrections’ Headquarters, both located in Olympia, Washington. However, our daily communications and site visits include work across the state and country.
To get in touch with members of SPP’s Leadership team, visit our contact page.
![]() | Kelli BushSPP Co-Director, The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) |
![]() | Tim LangSPP Co-Director, The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) |
![]() | Carri LeRoy, Ph.D.Faculty of Record, Former SPP Director (Evergreen) |
Carl ElliottSPP Conservation Nursery Manager (Evergreen) | |
![]() | Emily Passarelli SPP Program and Outreach Manager (Evergreen) |
![]() | Sarah Larson SPP Education Manager (Evergreen) |
![]() | Julie VannesteSPP Sustainable Operations Manager (WA Corrections) |
![]() | Michael Zirpoli Ecological Conservation and Workshop Manager (Evergreen) |
SPP Student Staff
![]() | Desiree Whittenberg Environmental and Outreach Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | Lily Storbeck Butterfly Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | Aja Irons Butterfly Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | May Wiggins Conservation Nursery Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | Tully McCombs Conservation Nursery Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | Mikala Waldrup Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | Anneke Wilder Conservation Nursery Program Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
![]() | Laureen Dulo Environmental Education Coordinator MES Program, The Evergreen State College |
Founders
![]() | Dan PacholkeFormer Secretary for Washington State Department of Corrections (WA Corrections) |
![]() | Nalini Nadkarni, Ph.D.Director of Initiative to Bring Science Programs to the Incarcerated (INSPIRE) |

















