Barbara Kelly
(She/Her)

Barbara is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in museums and nonprofits. She is skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Environmental Education, Fundraising, Museums, and Research. Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) focused in Biology from Roanoke College and an M.S. in Marine Biology from UNC-Wilmington.

Maitreyi Roy
(She/Her)

Maitreyi Roy serves as Executive Director for Bartram’s Garden, home of famed 18th-century botanist John Bartram (1699–1777).  Bartram’s Garden is a legendary landscape that inspires audiences of all ages to care for the natural world. Before joining Bartram’s Garden in 2012, Maitreyi served as senior vice president for programs at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), overseeing its nationally recognized urban greening program, Philadelphia Green; its education programs; and publications. She provided leadership and oversight for program direction, funding strategies, and partnership and staff development.

Ross Mitchell
(He/Him)

Ross founded The Gravediggers Ball, Laurel Hill Cemetery’s fundraiser gala now in its 10th year which has become the major finance generator for the organization. He successfully re-positioned the historic cemetery as a cultural heritage destination. He oversaw a 14-million dollar gallery renovation of the Barnes Foundation in Merion Station, where I also Implemented a collection management system and state-of-the-art upgrades to security and environmental controls In addition, he’s served as President of the Philadelphia Sketch Club (the country’s oldest artists club), Vice President of the Lower Merion Historical Society, Commissioner on the Lower Merion Township Historical Commission, and led preservation efforts for the 1695 Merion Friends Meeting House.

Scott Quitel
(He/Him)

Scott Quitel, JD, MBA has extensive experience in ecologically-based land use planning, ecological restoration analysis, and ecological landscape design and construction. Scott is a faculty member at the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University, where he is also the Director of Social Entrepreneurship. He also teaches at Philadelphia University/Jefferson, serves on several local boards, and is a frequent invited speaker on planning, design, and ecology. He has led hundreds of educational ecology and design-oriented tours/hikes for people of all ages in natural areas in and around Philadelphia. Scott graduated from Brown University, has an MBA and JD from Temple University, holds a wetland delineation certificate and is an ISA Certified Arborist. Prior to founding LandHealth, Scott was a Principle Ecologist for Philadelphia’s Applied Ecological Services (AES), where he led the visioning, public process, and design of a wide range of design-build projects, including the Washington Avenue Pier and the Meadow at Longwoods Garden.

Tom Kulp

Tom’s goal at UrbanPromise is to bring more opportunities for hands-on learning, providing the start of a vocational path that will enrich Urban’s already strong academic path. As Director of Experiential Learning, Tom brings many years of experience and training and a passion for recognizing different learning styles as part of quality education in the lives of young people. Tom earned BSs in Civil and Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School, and worked in industry and private practice for forty-five years.  For thirty of those years, Tom also volunteered with UrbanPromise, participating in the development of the Urban Trekker expeditionary learning program and the Urban BoatWorks wooden boat building shop. Tom has worked with youth in a variety of capacities – as a high school Sunday Seminar teacher, co-leading thirteen short-term youth mission trips to Appalachia with Appalachian Service Project, volunteering every year on multiple Urban Trekker outings, and tutoring students in Urban Promise Academy.  Through his years of experience with urban youth, he has become an advocate for social justice issues, youth development, and effective methods for bringing experiential learning to teens. Tom and his wife have three adopted children, and Tom enjoys spending quality time with his wife and children and working on old houses.