Keep America Beautiful Board

Brian Garofalow is the Chief Executive Officer of Skullcandy, the leading youth lifestyle headphone brand with a heritage in action sports and fanatical consumer in the 15-25 year old age group.  Previously, Brian served as Chief Marketing Officer of Dometic Group AB where he oversaw Group marketing strategy, the Group brand portfolio and demand creation across the Group’s global businesses.  Dometic is a $3B, publicly traded (NASDAQ) supplier of OEM, aftermarket and direct to consumer products that help make mobile living easy – for RVs, boats and vehicles used to enjoy the outdoors.  Prior to Dometic, Brian was the Chief Marketing Officer of Igloo Coolers, the beloved American cooler manufacturer based in Katy, TX.  Dometic acquired Igloo in September 2021.

Brian spent the first 20 years of his career in various brand management roles within the action sports industry, mainly within the Boardriders organization including DC Shoes, RVCA and Element Skateboards.  Brian lives in Irvine, CA with his wife and two teenage sons.

Carolyn Crayton is the President of Marketing and Community Relations for WPGA/58 ABC Television, Register Communications, Inc. She is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission and the Macon, Georgia International Cherry Blossom Festival.

She serves as a director on the International Festival and Events Foundation, National Arbor Day Foundation, on the Board of Directors of Keep America Beautiful, a founding director of Atlantic Southern Bank, and is active in many community organizations. Carolyn and her husband Lee have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.

Colleen Lucas serves as the Vice President of Community Impact at Anheuser-Busch, where she is responsible for overseeing A-B’s work in the community from disaster relief and economic empowerment to responsible drinking and environmental sustainability.  In the past year, Colleen and her team have helped deliver over 3 million cans of emergency drinking water to volunteer fire departments and communities across the country responding to natural disasters including wildfires and floods.  Additionally, she has spearheaded the launch of the National Recycling League, a multi-sports league coalition to raise awareness for recycling and encourage consumers to recycle wherever they are cheering for their favorite teams.  Colleen and her team have also forged a first of its kind coalition with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Uber to take a new approach to drunk driving prevention.   

Colleen has been at A-B for over 12 years, holding leadership positions in both Marketing and Innovations prior to her current role.  Colleen earned a BA in Psychology from DePauw University and an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.  She lives in St. Louis with her husband Justin and their three children.

Greg Jozwiak is Chief Supply Chain Officer of Integrated Supply Chain for Dow. He oversees the global end-to-end supply chain including planning & scheduling, customer service, site logistics, logistics, international trade, sustainability, systems solutions, and innovation to advance Dow’s strategic growth. He also co-chairs, with Dow’s CIO/CDO, an executive leader team responsible for setting the strategic direction and implementing the Company Digital and End-to-End transformation.

In his role, Greg is responsible for driving an integrated end-to-end customer fulfillment experience This includes working across >150 countries delivering to >35,000 customer locations and coordinating with over 1,700 logistics service partners. Integrated Supply Chain supports Dow’s market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of advanced materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics businesses. Together they deliver a broad range of differentiated technology-based products and solutions for customers in high-growth markets that include packaging, infrastructure, and consumer care.

Greg’s 35 year career with Dow also includes business management leadership in the packaging, automotive and building and construction industries with product and application knowledge across plastics, elastomers, adhesives and insulation materials. Greg has experience working in business, commercial, supply chain, purchasing, joint venture, and merger acquisition & divestiture roles.

As a leader, Greg is passionate about creating an inclusive and diverse workplace throughout his global organization, modernizing the customer and employee experience with digitalization, and finding more efficient, effective and sustainable solutions to optimize supply chains.

Greg co-chairs Dow’s North America Women’s Innovation Network, an Employee Resource Group focused on maximizing the full potential of Dow women. He is also Chair of the Board for national Keep America Beautiful and serves as a member of the United Way of Midland County Dow executive team. Greg is the Executive liaison for Dow at Michigan State University where he collaborates on recruiting, research, and serves as a member of the executive advisory board for MSU’s Axia Institute for Value Chain Innovation. Greg is also a member of Supply Chain 50, a private community for CSCOs at globally respected organizations to discover better ideas, share valuable experiences and build relationships that make a lasting impact. Additionally, he is a member of Gartner Peer Connect for CSCOs.
Greg earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Packaging Engineering from Michigan State University and certification of executive leadership from the American Graduate School of International Management.

Married with two adult children, Greg spends his spare time enjoying family, friends, fitness, sports, outdoors, travel, and supporting community improvements directly and through philanthropy.

Gretchen Hilyard serves as a director for the Garver Black Hilyard Family Foundation. The GBH family foundation areas of focus are litter prevention research, educational scholarships, as well as beautification of parks, trails, waterways and gardens. As a former teacher, Gretchen is passionate about educating America’s youngest how to properly dispose of litter and the benefits of recycling. In addition to her active role at Garver Real Estate, volunteering in her community, Gretchen also serves on the Dean’s Council for the School of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M her alma mater. Gretchen and her husband, Alan, reside in Houston, Texas where they have raised their two children.

As Associate Vice President of ESG at AT&T, Jason Leiker is responsible for driving business and societal value through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, data research, and disclosure.  With oversight of ESG initiatives and criteria across AT&T's global business, Jason regularly engages with institutional investors and other key stakeholders to improve AT&T's profile and positioning.  He also leads AT&T's Corporate Reputation practice, which produces data and insights about emerging environmental and social issues and measures how stakeholders feel, think, and act towards AT&T.

Throughout his 25-year career at AT&T, Jason has served in a variety of leadership roles where he developed expertise in Environmental Sustainability, Community Engagement, Network Operations, Customer Experience, Product Marketing, and both Business and Consumer Sales.

A strong advocate for people and culture, Jason is involved in numerous mentoring programs to help build the leadership qualities and behaviors of AT&T’s future leaders.  He also serves on the United Way of Metro Dallas’ Community Impact Committee and is a graduate member of the Public Affairs Institute.

Jason holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics and credentials in Business Analytics and Applied Responsible Investing.  He is happiest with his wife Molly raising their three sons.

Jay serves as a Global Client Service Partner in EY’s Industrials & Energy Industry Group working with large multinational companies and leading complex transformative projects. In this role, Jay works with his clients and helps them turn their most pressing issues into opportunities to drive innovation and sustainable accretive value realization.  Through his trusted relationships, he supports his clients effectively navigate complex challenges and seize opportunities to positively impact business outcomes, helping to Build a Better Working World leveraging the various capabilities of EY.

Jay has deep expertise in Finance and Accounting, Supply Chain, and Commercial functions and the associated processes, technologies and organizational structures.  He coaches account teams to focus on relationships and teaming in order to be connected, proactive and insightful with a focus on delivering exceptional client service and satisfaction.  Jay has broad knowledge of EY resources across all areas of our business (Consulting, Tax, Assurance and Transactions) and connecting our people to help them be more efficient in bringing the best solutions and outcomes.  His personal purpose is to see and develop the best in everyone so that we can tackle our biggest challenges together.

Jay has worked extensively in the Advanced Manufacturing (Diversified Industrial Products) and Mobility industries in the Michigan and Illinois markets for most of his career.   He has served large multi-national and Fortune 100 organizations with responsibility for managing and leading global transformative projects.  He has led multiple implementations, assessments and improvements of shared services and global business services organizations across various functions as well as global finance transformations including redesign of processes, organization structures and technology implementations.  Jay has supported the digital agenda for large multi-national corporations from strategic vision and roadmap through to change management and implementation and has a broad expertise working with various digital technologies to drive process efficiency and automation.  Finally, he has significant experience with large and complex mergers, acquisitions and divestitures from up front strategy and due diligence through functional integrations.

Jay joined EY in 1999 in the Assurance practice working on Accounting and Technology audits and improvement projects across multiple industries.  After growing in Southern California, he attended and graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with bachelor degrees in Accounting & Information Systems.  He lives in Ann Arbor, MI with his wife and two teenage children and enjoys being with family, being active, gardening, golfing and traveling.

Dr. Jennifer J. (Jenn) Griffin, Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Endowed Chair of Business Ethics and Professor of Strategy at Loyola University Chicago, examines how to craft strategy to innovatively (or not) address critical business impacts. An internationally-recognized educator, she annually leads corporate strategy, social impact, and strategy-oriented CSR workshops for Australian, Chilean, and U.S. executives as well as periodically in Brazil, India and Lebanon. Jenn has also earned the highest educator awards at George Washington University’s School of Business including the Teaching Excellence Award, the MBA Teaching Award, and was nominated by students for the National Inspire Integrity Award. Award-winning author of the Academy of Management 2017 Best Book Award, SIM Division, for her Cambridge University Press book, “Managing Corporate Impacts: Co-Creating Value,” Jenn has received numerous research awards and grants. Jenn is a past Division Chair of the Academy of Management’s SIM Division, a former General Electric engineer, and currently a Board Member of Keep America Beautiful.

Jennifer Silberman 

SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer, Dollar Tree 

Jennifer leads Dollar Tree’s sustainability ambitions, embedding sustainability across the company’s operations, products and supply chain. A dynamic and collaborative leader with more than 25 years of global experience, Jennifer has worked with organizations spanning a range of industries, devising and sharing her passion for creating stakeholder value for business and planet. She brings that expertise as well as important thought leadership around sustainable business strategy, advocacy and stakeholder engagement.  

Prior to Dollar Tree, Jennifer was Vice President of ESG at YETI where she led the company’s sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) priorities. From 2016-2019, Jennifer served as Vice President, Corporate Responsibility for Target. Under her leadership, Target released an enterprise-wide chemical strategy regarded as the most comprehensive in the retail sector; developed SBTi-approved climate goals; created Target Clean, the brand’s first product standard for Essentials & Personal Care categories; and supported the implementation of the company’s first sustainable and responsible sourcing and product development goals across categories. Jennifer joined Target from Hilton where she served as Chief of Staff to the President and CEO as well as the company’s first Vice President of Corporate Responsibility. Ms. Silberman began her sustainability career as a consultant with APCO Worldwide working with Fortune 100 companies, NGOs, foundations, government and trade associations. 

Jennifer holds a M.A. in International Economics and Latin American Studies from The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. with honors in Latin American Studies from Mount Holyoke College. Half Argentine, she is a native Spanish and Portuguese speaker and fluent in French. She currently serves as board chair for GOOD Institute (Net Impact) and is a board member of Keep America Beautiful.  

Kathleen Clancy is a Solution Engineer at Esri, the global market leader in GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Prior to joining Esri, Kathleen utilized her GIS skills as a Peace Corps volunteer working with Mexico’s Commission for Natural Protected Areas and worked as a Research Associate for Disney’s Animals, Science, and Environment Team at Disney’s Animal Kingdom employing GIS to support on site and external conservation projects.

She holds a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Studies with specialties in GIS and Marine Biology from College of Charleston as well as two Bachelor of Science Degrees in Biology and Bioenvironmental Science from Texas A&M University. Kathleen also worked for Keep Charleston Beautiful leading the in-school litter program while completing her graduate work. She previously served on the Board of Directors of RETREET before its merger with Keep America Beautiful.

Michael Mennett joined Keep Ohio Beautiful in April 2010. As executive director, he oversees board development, communications, contract and grant administration, event management, finances, fund development, and strategic planning.

He has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and association management sectors and prior to that was a Park Naturalist with the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission in Prince George’s County, MD. He holds a BS and MS from the Pennsylvania State University.

Michael enjoys spending time in the outdoors and can be found playing the highland snare with his local Pipes and Drum band.

Robin Wiener leads the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing approximately 1,600 private, for-profit companies in more than 36 countries throughout the globe that process, broker and industrially consume scrap commodities (including scrap metal, paper, plastics, textiles, rubber and electronics). ISRI provides advocacy, education and training, safety outreach, compliance assistance, QEHS certification, and more for the $90 billion industry, while also promoting public awareness of the vital role recycling plays in the U.S. economy, global trade, the environment, and sustainable development.

She joined ISRI in 1989 to direct the association’s environmental compliance activities and was appointed executive director in 1997. In March 2000, ISRI’s board conferred on her the title of president. As part of her role representing the scrap recycling industry, Robin was appointed to the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Steel (ITAC-12) by the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative. ITAC-12 provides detailed policy and technical advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary and the USTR regarding trade barriers, negotiation of trade agreements, and implementation of existing trade agreements affecting the steel sector.

Prior to joining ISRI, Ms. Wiener worked on environmental technical and policy issues for ICF Incorporated and Uniroyal, Inc. She has also worked for the Washington office of the law firm of Sidley and Austin. An attorney and engineer, Ms. Wiener earned a J.D. degree cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S.E. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Steve DePalo is an experienced and accomplished leader in the energy and sustainability industries. As Vice President of Business Development with Customer First Renewables (CFR), Steve leads CFR’s engagement of large corporate clients as they drive toward their climate and carbon goals.

Prior to joining CFR in 2022, Steve was a Director of Sustainability with McDonald’s Corporation and had been with McDonald’s for 18 years. While at McDonald’s, Steve had responsibility for McDonald’s waste and recycling programs as well as sustainability for packaging. Steve was also responsible for McDonald’s climate-related energy programs, including energy efficiency and renewable energy, water, and emerging issues and technologies.

He was the lead architect of the McDonald’s Renewable Energy Strategy that resulted in MCD becoming one of the largest corporate buyers of renewables in the world. Steve also created the vision and led the feasibility studies for McDonald’s Net Zero Energy restaurant, which opened in July 2020 in Orlando, FL. Lastly, Steve received McDonald’s President’s Award in 2007, given to the top 1% of employees globally.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York and a Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Virginia.

Steve Russell is a seasoned executive leader, strategist and sustainability advocate with extensive experience building teams, leading change, and delivering results. Through SKR Strategies, Steve helps develop and launch successful private sector coalitions; creates innovative partnerships between industry groups and environmental NGOs; and helps policy makers and stakeholders find common ground on complex issues to create cleaner, healthier communities.

He previously served in various leadership roles at the American Chemistry Council, where he helped design and launch the Alliance to End Plastic Waste – an organization delivering $1.5B in innovation, recycling and waste management infrastructure to keep plastic out of the environment and to enable a circular economy.

Thomas “Tom” Tamoney practices general corporate, finance and business law with an emphasis on public company matters. His primary practice areas include compliance with public company reporting responsibilities, including duties under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

His experience also includes advising corporate boards on a broad range of corporate governance matters and conducting internal investigations. Tom has handled many complex international matters with a primary focus on acquisitions and divestitures as well as general corporate and procurement transactions.

Prior to joining Day Pitney, Tom was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of PepsiCo, Inc., which he joined in 1978 after short stays at the SEC and private practice following law school. While with PepsiCo, Tom was a leader of a legal team of approximately 200 lawyers worldwide. His primary responsibilities included advising senior management and the board, securities law compliance and law department administration.

Tom oversaw a legal team that completed an $8 billion acquisition of the two largest Pepsi-Cola bottlers and a $6 billion acquisition of a large food and beverage business in Russia.

Tom recently retired as President/CEO of Keep Phoenix Beautiful, a KAB Affiliate, after sixteen years at the organization. He has served on the Keep America Beautiful Board of Directors since 2010 and currently has Emeritus status.

While leading Keep Phoenix Beautiful they had a significant role in recycling efforts in Phoenix, built several community gardens and of course, picked up litter. They had leading sustainability roles in two Super Bowls, a Final Four, the first College Football Championship, the WM Phoenix Open and the Clinton Global Initiative University Day of Service.

He was a longtime member of the KAB Executive Board and served as Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair for several years.

Tom is an active runner having competed 34 marathons across the country and Europe. He resides in Scottsdale Arizona.

Vanessa Oceguera has been the Executive Director of Keep Columbus Beautiful (Nebraska) for 12 years. In those 12 years, she’s had many accomplishments. Some of Vanessa’s personal favorites include mini grants for homeowners that provided $30,000 towards improving the Columbus community and another $600,000 project towards beautification for an upcoming highway reconstruction project that will add over 469 trees to our community alongside lighting improvements, benches, potters, and decorative colored concrete to main intersections, this was accomplished with the help of the city and private businesses.

Vanessa’s efforts are broad to cover community needs and to secure future environmental leaders. The environment remains such a passion that it has become a family affair! Her daughter Rachel will be graduating from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in May with a degree in Environmental Studies and her son Amos is currently enrolled in the Botany program at Wayne State College. The youngest, Londyn, who recently turned 5 still has a long way to go but Vanessa feels entomology will be in her future.

Vanessa also has a passion for volunteering—donating time to the Teammates Mentoring Program, United Way of Columbus, Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbus Days, Night to Shine Foundation, Back to Basics Coalition, Columbus Noon Rotary (Paul Harris Fellow), and coaching for the local AYSO and CYSA programs.

Wesley Schultz is Dean of Graduate Studies, and Professor of Psychology at California State University. His work focuses on social psychology, particularly in the areas of environmental education and conservation behavior. As a Board member, he aims to incorporate basic principles of behavioral science into Keep America Beautiful activities.