Education Program Director

Jennifer Payne has over ten years of experience in natural resources education. She obtained her BA in Liberal Arts from the New School, NYC, continued her studies in Sociology at Arizona State University, and has over five years of experience in public school classrooms as a credentialed teacher.

Through her dedication to social and environmental justice issues, Jennifer has developed curriculums, trained educators, and facilitated career pathways for students in schools that serve low socio-economic student groups. She has also designed program surveys and collected data on public awareness of environmental issues and used those findings to create municipal and county-wide multimedia outreach campaigns.

She lives with her husband, public artist and designer Gregg Payne, and her daughter, Isabella, in the Applegate Valley. She pursues creative writing and sculpture as she can.