Faculty & Education Team

DENISE DUMOUCHEL, PH.D., HEAD OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Denise has worked in residential environmental education for more than 20 years. After five years as Education Director for the Headlands Institute in California, she taught school and pursued a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, focusing her doctoral thesis on effective approaches to professional development for educators. Prior to IslandWood, she was Assistant Professor of Environmental Education at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.
Education: B.A., University of Rochester; M.S.Ed., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Environmental Studies, Antioch University, New England.

JOHN HASKIN, PH.D., SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR EDUCATION
Over the last 29 years, John has directed in-residence environmental education programs in North Carolina, Ohio and New York. Most recently he has directed the Graduate Program for Teton Science Schools; a one-year experience that develops leaders in place-based teaching and environmental field science education.
Education: B.S. in Elementary Education and M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from Minnesota State University. Ph.D. in Environmental Studies at the Antioch New England Graduate School.

SCOTT BRINTON, M.A., GARDEN EDUCATOR
Scott has over a decade of environmental education experience, including five years working in school gardens with a diversity of students. His non-profit experience includes working as a garden coordinator and co-founding a Nature Studies Department for the Reikes Center in California.
Education: B.A. in Agriculture and Alternative Energy, The Evergreen State College; M.A. in Natural History and Education, Prescott College.

RAY CRAMER, B.A., M.S.ED., NATURALIST, FACILITATOR
Since beginning as an environmental educator in 1982, Ray has taught at outdoor programs in Virginia, Vermont, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Virtually all of his experience involves what he calls “Turning work into play while helping people to make connections with the environment around them.” Ray’s life outside of IslandWood includes leading expeditions as a senior field instructor for Voyageur Outward Bound School and teaching for the Wilderness Medicine Institute.
Education: B.S. in Psychology, Virginia Tech; M.S.Ed. in Outdoor Teacher Education, Northern Illinois University.

CHRISTINA DOHERTY, B.S. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS EDUCATOR
Christina has been a naturalist and outdoor educator for over ten years.  She has worked as a zookeeper, wildlife rehabilitator, kayak guide and naturalist in the mountains of New York, the tidelands of South Carolina and the barrier islands of northern Florida.  At IslandWood Christina has worked teaching camps, the day program, the School Overnight Program and community programs.  Part scientist, part performance artist; she seeks to engage others in our shared pursuit of nature’s mysteries and ecological understandings. 
Education: B.S. Zoology, State University of New York at Oswego

BLAIR GRIFFIN, M.ED., Summer Camps Coordinator

Blair recently returned to IslandWood after completing the Graduate Program in 2009 and his Master’s degree afterward. Before coming to Washington, he worked with residential environmental education programs in some of the Southeast’s most unique environments, teaching in North Carolina’s pine forests and salt marshes to the sandstone canyons of Alabama. He also worked with urban youth through zoo outreach programs in Seattle, and summer youth programs on both coasts. 
Education: B.A. International Studies & Environmental Studies, University of St. Thomas; Graduate Certificate in Education, Environment and Community, IslandWood; M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction, University of Washington

PAT GUILD O’ROURKE, ED.D., HEAD OF OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS
Pat has a 40 year career in education, working as a teacher, principal, and university faculty member. Her research has focused on learning styles, and she has published two books and numerous articles designed to help educators and parents honor diverse ways of learning and teaching. She served in the Peace Corps, taught at a university in East Africa, and developed multicultural curriculum materials.
Education: B.A., Queen’s College; M.Ed. in Teacher Education, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Ed.D. in International Education, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

JESSICA HENDERSON, M.M., ARTS COORDINATOR
Jessica’s background in music and the visual arts has brought about many opportunities to lead creative projects with many age groups in both traditional and informal settings. She came to IslandWood in 2007 with experience teaching in Boston Public School classrooms and Upward Bound summer programs in New York State. Just prior to joining IslandWood, Jessica was the director of a summer camp in Pennsylvania for six years, where she combined her love of the outdoors, the arts, and youth development.
Education:  B.A. in Music, Williams College; M.M in Vocal Pedagogy, New England Conservatory of Music.

BEN KLASKY, M.B.A, M.ED., PRESIDENT and CEO
Ben has served as Executive Director of Net Impact and is a board member of both Donor Empower and Camp Galileo. His career ranges from advising Fortune 500 companies at Deloitte Consulting, to teaching in a severely under-resourced school. Ben is an active volunteer, including having served as a co-chair of the New York City chapter of Inner City Outings, mentoring a student for 10 years through Harlem Education Activities Fund, and serving as a board member for the Peninsula Bridge Program.
Education: B.A. in Psychology, Tufts University, M.B.A. and M.Ed., Stanford University.

Randy’s professional career in education spans from pre-school through adult learners in both traditional school settings and in outdoor recreation and enrichment programs. He has worked in special education and school partnerships with the Hawaii Department of Education and training afterschool programs with the YWCA in Seattle. Randy has also trained with the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University to facilitate school, family and community partnerships.
Education: B.Ed in Elementary Education, Science emphasis, University of Hawaii.

JEN PRODZINSKI, M.S., GARDEN ASSISTANT
Jen joined the IslandWood staff in the spring of 2010 after volunteering in the garden for several years. Prior to that, she worked as a Water Quality Specialist for 15 years, providing oversight, technical assistance and training to water system managers. She's a Master Gardener and brings her enthusiasm for kids, gardening and hands-on learning to the IslandWood garden.
Education: BS in Biology, University of Puget Sound, MS in Environmental Health, University of Washington

KAREN SALSBURY, M.S.ED., HEAD OF YOUTH EDUCATION
Karen’s 30 years of educational experience includes both administration and teaching adults and children. She has worked as both the school head of the University Child Development School in Seattle and as an Associate Science Professor at the Palau Community College in Micronesia. She has also supervised outreach van programs at the Pacific Science Center and taught science at local private and public schools.
Education: B.A. in Russian Language and Literature and Child Development, Tufts University; M.S.Ed. in Elementary Science Education, Western Washington University.

CLANCY J. WOLF, ED.D., HEAD OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
Clancy has worked with students, teachers, and researchers from Forks, Washington to Key West, Florida, exploring how technology helps students learn and challenging students to think about their role in the world around them. He is the past President of the Northwest Council for Computer Education, the country’s oldest organization for teachers who use technology in the classroom.
Education: B.A. in Mathematics/Physics, Whitman College; M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Education, Bowling Green State University; Ed.D. in Science Education, University of Michigan.