Tara Stafford Ocansey is the Executive Director of the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation. Tara drives the organization’s program strategy, partnership cultivation, and development efforts to deliver teacher professional development and student experiential learning programs to K-12 school communities in NY, TX, CA, and beyond. Tara joined CELF after a decade with the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University facilitating teams across the globe to identify, advocate for, and implement strategic approaches to creating a more sustainable future through increased access to lifelong learning opportunities for all. Tara has collaborated with diverse stakeholders from government, non-profit, corporate, academic, and grassroots organizing sectors. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Comparative and International Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.