Category: Staff

Melissa Moore

Advance Team Member

Melissa Moore is from Fair Lawn, New Jersey and is a rising senior at George Mason University. She is a Communication major with a concentration in Public Relations in addition to minors in Journalism and Sport Management. On campus, Melissa serves as a staff writer for the news section of GMU’s student newspaper, The Fourth Estate, and plays on the women’s rugby team. At home, she serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Cutting Edge, a biannual Board of Education newsletter for her district. Melissa was named the 2014 New Jersey High School Journalist of the Year as a senior and has won several other awards for her writing. She attended the Washington Journalism and Media Conference in 2012 where she fell in love with journalism and the university she would soon attend, and returned as a Junior Faculty Advisor in 2015 and 2016. She looks forward to working with the Advance Team this summer and meeting students from each conference!

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Intern Youth Advisory Board

Gabrielle Chapman

Conference Intern

Gabrielle is a Junior at Bay High School in Panama City, Florida. She attended WYSE as a delegate in 2016, and is thrilled to come back as an intern for WYSE 2017. Gabrielle lives near the Gulf of Mexico and enjoys scuba diving to see the marine life in her area. She also spends her time studying for school, being active in school clubs, and playing volleyball. She has always cared deeply about the environment and plans to major in Biology in college. Gabrielle cannot wait for WYSE 2017 and all of the new opportunities it will bring her as an intern. She is excited to share her passion for the environment with those attending this year’s Summit.

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Emilee Wooldridge

Junior Faculty Advisor

Emilee Wooldridge is a rising senior at the University of Connecticut located in Storrs, Connecticut. She is majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and minoring in Anthropology. She has many interests including reptile behavior, paleoichnology and evolutionary systematics. Outside of this she is a member of the University of Connecticut Marching Band and enjoys spending time with her assortment of pets. Emilee was a delegate for WYSE in 2012 is excited to return as part of the team and is looking forward to WYSE 2017!

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Jesse Wong

JESSE WONG

Junior Faculty Advisor

Jesse is a senior at George Mason University from Brandywine, Maryland studying Environmental Science with a concentration in Conservation and a minor in Computer Science within the Honors College. He attended the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment in 2014 and returned as a Junior Faculty Advisor in 2017 and 2018. Jesse previously worked as an intern in George Mason Office of Admissions for the Washington Scholars Program and as a research assistant for the Department of Environmental Science and Policy as a research assistant focusing on wetland ecosystems. Currently, Jesse is an intern for the United States Geological Survey National Climate Adaptation Science Center examining how our changing climate is affecting food and water resources. While on campus, Jesse works with a variety of research projects with the George Mason Department of Biology and Department of Environmental Science and Policy. During his free time, Jesse enjoys going outside and bird-watching or hiking.

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Rosa Wolf

Junior Faculty Advisor

Rosa Wolf is the loudest and proudest fighting Texas A&M Aggie of the class of 2019. She is currently studying Ocean and Coastal Resources at Texas A&M University at Galveston and is currently working as a resident assistant as well as volunteer with the Galveston Humane Society and the Texas Marine Mammal stranding network. During the summer of 2013, Rosa attended WYSE. This experience deepened her passion for sharing her concern and love about the environment and animals. She is excited to meet and get to know all of the new delegates for this year’s summit!

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Brianna Wagner

Junior Faculty Advisor

Brianna Wagner is currently a junior at Rogers State University in Claremore Oklahoma studying Environmental Conservation. She has grown up on a family farm where conservation was a top priority and she was raised alongside many dogs, cats, horses, and cattle. Brianna has traveled to Australia and the United Kingdom in 2007 and 2009 as part of the People to People student ambassador program as well as attending the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment as a delegate in 2012. She was honored to return to WYSE in 2015 and 2016 as a junior faculty advisor and is thrilled to be returning again this year!

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Dominic Straquadine

Junior Faculty Advisor

Dominic Straquadine is a senior at George Mason University, majoring in Environmental & Sustainability Studies with a concentration in Environmental Policy & Politics. Dominic has been heavily involved in sustainability affairs at Mason with volunteering at the Presidents Park Greenhouse, and the Innovation Food Forest, attending meetings with the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition, and being a member of the Environment & Sustainability Living Learning Community (LLC). During his time with the LLC, he has assisted in the organization of the 2017 and 2018 LLC Showcase, as well as manage the sustainability facet of the 2016 Rappahannock Neighborhood Council year-end party. In 2017, Dominic received the Student of the Year award from Keep Ohio Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. In 2016 and 2017, he served as an intern with Marion County Recycling & Litter Prevention in Marion, Ohio. Dominic has also served as a Junior Faculty Advisor in 2016 and 2017, as well as an intern with the Washington Scholars Program. Dominic is looking forward to meeting this year’s delegates!

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Lauren Slusher

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Serena Seiler

SERENA SEILER

Junior Faculty Advisor

Serena Seiler is a senior majoring in Environmental and Sustainability Studies with a concentration in Conservation and Sustainability and a minor in Conservation Biology. She’s a WYSE 2015 alumni and has worked the conference for the last 4 years. On campus, she works in the Admissions office as a tele-counseling supervisor, a Mason ambassador, and is a member of GOGA (GMU Organic Gardening Association). She just finished a semester at the Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute (SCBI) where she had the chance to work side by side with a professional in the conservation field, specifically animal care of the endangered ungulates. Outside of academics, she volunteers in the National Zoo as a keeper aide in Amazonia. When she graduates this coming spring, she plans to join the Peace Corps and serve for two years, then pursue a career in animal conservation. She’s so excited for WYSE 2019, and can’t wait to meet all the delegates this year!

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Diego Posada

Junior Faculty Advisor

Born in Knoxville Tennessee in foothills of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Diego Posada was exposed to wildlife and conservation at an early age. Through his experience in various volunteer opportunities and his own time out in nature he knew he wanted to seek a career that kept him outdoors. Diego graduated High school in Gainesville, FL while dual enrolling at Santa Fe College to complete his AA. It was during his high school career that he attended WYSE in 2012 and has since served on the Youth Advisory Board and came back for WYSE 2016 as a Junior Faculty advisor.

Currently working in the Methods and Biological control bureau of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Division of Plant Industry, Diego has taken an interest in the future of agriculture in the United States and more importantly in Florida. He currently works on the program that mass rears Tamarixia Radiata, tiny parasitic wasps that parasitize Asian Citrus Psyllid, that are sent to researchers and growers in order to find a cure for Citrus Green Greening. Diego hopes that WYSE will be an eye opening experience for you and allow you to see what opportunities are available in the future of environmental studies

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