Philippa has experience in business, as an environmental attorney, and as General Counsel at the Indiana University Foundation. In 2016, she joined the City of Bloomington as Corporation Counsel. Philippa has served on the Bloomington Growth Policies Plan Steering Committee and the Environmental Commission, Volunteers in Medicine of Monroe and Owen Counties (now HealthNet), and Centerstone, Inc., and is currently a board member of Cardinal Stage Company. She was born and raised in Green Bay, WI where she was a girl scout and first developed her love for the outdoors, particularly trees.  She has an A.B. in History from Dartmouth College, a JD from the IU Maurer School of Law and an MPA in Environmental Policy from the O’Neill School at Indiana University-Bloomington.

Sarah Mincey is a social-ecological systems scientist who studies community-based natural resource management and environmental governance, with particular emphasis on urban forest management. In her current role as faculty at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University (IU), she serves as the director for the Integrated Program in the Environment, administrative director for the IU Research and Teaching Preserve, and managing director of the Environmental Resilience Institute. She maintains much of her research activity through her affiliation as research associate with the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.

Julie Roberts believes Nature is the ultimate tech genius and that we are lost as a species unless we harness the Power of Trees. She sees a peoples’ movement of Suburban & Urban Victory Forests to cool our cities and homes, channel and harness our massive rainfalls, and surround ourselves with the beauty of Nature that everyone deserves. 

Julie served 16 years on the Utilities Service Board overseeing Bloomington’s stormwater, drinking water and sewer systems. She had a brief career in advertising followed by 20 years as an educator and 10 years running the Ivy Tech Waldron art galleries.

Hannah Gregory graduated from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University with a BS in Environmental Science in 2019. She’s the former Forestry Director of CanopyBloomington. Hannah previously served as a Tree and GIS Technician for IU’s Landscape Services where she facilitated the second and third comprehensive tree inventory of IU’s campus and the subsequent analysis and development of a tree health care plan. She is a research associate with the Environmental Resilience Institute, where she assisted in processing and analyzing statewide urban tree inventories, provided technical assistance to the McKinney Climate Fellow program, and curated the Indiana Green City Mapper platform. Hannah is an ISA certified arborist and sits on the City of Bloomington’s Commission on Sustainability. She currently works for urban forestry consulting and software development firm PlanIT Geo as a GIS and Natural Resource specialist.

David has been an active member of the Bloomington community for over 30 years. He has served numerous organizations in a volunteer capacity including the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington, the YMCA of Monroe County, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Hoosiers Outrun Cancer, and Habitat for Humanity.  He was appointed by the Governor to Chair the Region 8 Workforce Board to partner with for-profit, non-profit, and educational organizations to develop training pipelines preparing area Hoosiers for high-demand jobs.  In 2017 he received the Workforce Development Award from the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. David has worked at Cook Medical in Bloomington for over 30 years in Leadership roles in Product Development, HR, and IT. He has a BS in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from UCLA. He has enjoyed replacing and maintaining over a dozen aged-out trees in his yard, including a Kentucky Coffeetree planted by Canopy at their first neighborhood planting.

Regan Mangrum graduated from the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University with a BS in Environmental Science in 2023. Currently, Regan is in the MPA-MSES dual degree program at O'Neill with a concentration in Ecology and Conservation. She serves as the graduate assistant for the Integrated Program in the Environment (IPE) where she manages the social media accounts, assists the BSES and BAESS curriculum committees, and volunteers at the Research and Teaching Preserve (RTP). 

Angela works as the Neighborhood Services Program Manager for the City of Bloomington department of Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND). In that capacity, she helps neighborhood residents improve their neighborhoods through community building and through physical improvement projects. Last year, her own Bloomington neighborhood was the recipient of nearly 20 Canopy trees, and she discovered firsthand how tree planting can bring neighbors together in meaningful ways. After many years of moving around–from coast to coast and overseas–Angela and her family settled in Bloomington about a dozen years ago. She is proud to call Bloomington home, and is excited to work with CanopyBloomington to have a lasting impact on the community she loves.

Andy Grinstead is a community steward, dedicated to fostering equitable access to natural resources and nature-based experiences. He currently works with the non-profit Pollinator Partnership managing habitat enhancement, ecological restoration, technical certification, and outreach programs throughout the country. Additionally, Andy is a member of the Monroe County Environmental Commission, advocating for educational efforts and initiatives that support a healthier and more economically viable future for the county. Andy is excited to share his enthusiasm for collaborative engagement and volunteerism with the CanopyBloomington community.

Lindsey Alexander works in communications for IU's Integrated Program in the Environment. For over a decade, she ran a writing and editing business with a focus on making technical topics easy to understand for non-expert audiences. She is the author of Rodeo in Reverse, a New Southern Voices Poetry Prize winner. A poem she knows by heart is "The Trees" by Philip Larkin. The Kentuckian-turned-Bloomerang is happy to put her writing to use to support her community's resilience and health.

Mr. Vencel has been in real estate since 1990 as a broker, appraiser, consultant and developer.  For the last 15 years Travis has worked for several groups developing multi-family housing across the US, specifically focused on Student and Low-Income markets.   Travis is an Indiana real estate broker, Indiana certified general appraiser and holds an SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute.

Mr. Vencel is a graduate of Hanover College and holds a designation from the Appraisal Institute. Mr. Vencel has served on many boards and commissions, including the Bloomington Plan Commission and the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, where he served as chair. In addition, Travis has been a member of the board of directors for the Apartment Association of Indiana and the Appraisal Institute’s Hoosier State Chapter and the Monroe County Airport Board of Directors. He has also served on a variety of community boards and commissions (Wonderlab, Bloomington Parks Foundation, and Cardinal Stage) and has a passion for supporting youth services.

When not developing real estate, Travis is a commercial hot air balloon pilot and competes and fly’s professionally across the country.  Travis has five children and lives in Bloomington, Indiana in the rolling hills of southern Indiana and home of Indiana University.

Ashton Phelps served as an Infantryman and Combat Marksmanship Instructor in the United States Marine Corps. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs (BSPA) with a focus on Environmental Management from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Following university, Ashton pursued a career in arboriculture, becoming an ISA Certified Arborist and obtaining the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ). He has worked as a climbing arborist for Davey Tree Service in Indianapolis, at Indiana University in Bloomington, and is currently working as a sales arborist for Bluestone Tree Service.

Sam Armstrong holds a B.A. in Environmental & Sustainability Studies with a focus on Environmental Justice and a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems & Remote Sensing from the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. He is the Chair Emeritus of the City of Bloomington Environmental Commission, where he led urban biodiversity public outreach initiatives. Sam has also worked as an ecological restorationist with Eco Logic, focusing on urban green infrastructure and tree planting projects. Currently, he serves as the Geospatial Conservation Consultant for the Indiana Forest Alliance, where he utilizes GIS technology to advocate for the protection and preservation of Indiana's forests.