GREEN LIGHT NEW ORLEANS staff and board Andreas Hoffmann, executive director | A Andreas founded Green Light New Orleans in 2006. He is a musician, and before founding the organization, he toured internationally with his band B-Goes. Andreas grew up in Switzerland and moved to New Orleans in 1993. He is a graduate of the University of Bern. Bernnel January, Jr., program manager | B Bernnel has worked with Green Light New Orleans since 2008, becoming Program Manager in 2009. Bernnel graduated from Tulane University in 2005 with a degree in neuroscience. Before Green Light, he joined Teach For America. He taught physics, environmental science, and chemistry at a Baton Rouge high school, and was named Most Motivational Teacher in 2006. Bernnel is orginally from Morgan City, LA, and has called New Orleans home for 9 years. Rachel Dorfman, program coordinator | C Rachel joined the Green Light team in November 2010 as a Louisiana Delta Service Corps member after volunteering with the organization. She is originally from the Bay Area and moved to Nashville, TN to attend Vanderbilt University, where she graduated in 2008 with degrees in art history and anthropology. Before working at Green Light, she taught first and second graders at an after school program in Nashville and worked as a tech at a physical therapy office. Cynthia Corrales, service learning, internship and outreach coordinator | D Cynthia worked with Green Light from November 2010 to November 2011 as an AmeriCorps VISTA member through Tulane’s Center for Public Service. She is from California, and came to New Orleans to work with Green Light after she graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in environmental biology. Selena Poznak, service learning, internship and outreach coordinator | E Selena started at Green Light in November of 2011. Originally from Chicago, IL, she graduated from Tulane University in 2010 with a BFA in theater design and production with an emphasis in lighting design. After graduating, Selena became the resident lighting designer at Cripple Creek Theater Company, where she still volunteers. In November, Selena replaced Cynthia as Green Light’s AmeriCorps VISTA member through Tulane’s Center for Public Service.
Peter Schamp, volunteer coordinator | F Peter started at Green Light in December of 2011. He is originally from Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Columbia University in 2009 with a degree in political science, and prior to working at Green Light he worked in Washington, D.C. at a polling/ communications firm and also worked on organic farms across the United States. He is a Louisiana Delta Service Corps member. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Stratton, board president Owner of a real estate market research and feasibility analysis consulting company and a licensed Louisiana Realtor. He has held board positions in schools and neighborhood associations for the past 12 years and serves on the board of the Commercial Investment Division of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors. Jeff Lott, board vice president and treasurer Siemens Site Executive / Chief Information Officer for Touro Infirmary, New Orleans. Has held various management, director, and executive leadership positions with a number of large international, national and local corporations during a career spanning 30+ years. Adele Dauphin, board secretary Attorney for First Bankers Title. She has a degree in business administration from Millsaps College and has a J.D. and a master’s degree in communications from Loyola University. She has been licensed to practice law in Louisiana since 2008. Before moving to real estate title work, Adele was a bankruptcy attorney and admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She is the owner of Big Easy Notary & Auto Title in Mandeville, LA. Mike Murphy, board member Designer of solar energy systems. Previously served as the community outreach director for the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic A New Orleans native with an electrical engineering degree from U.N.O., Mike worked as an electrical engineer in Los Angeles for 12 years. His involvement in southern California coastal issues led him to law school. Mike obtained his J.D. and a certificate in Environmental Law from Pace Law School in 2005 where he was president of the Environmental Law Society and interned at the EPA in Washington, D.C.
Photos by Brighton Linge, Elizabeth Real,and Green Light New Orleans staff & volunteers. GREEN LIGHT NEW ORLEANS | 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
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