Role: Board Member
Pascal Mittermaier
For the past 10 years, Pascal has been working in urban sustainability, helping to make cities across the world more resilient and livable places. Cities – already home to almost 3/4 of humanity – are at the forefront of some of our greatest challenges, including climate change, ecology loss, human health emergencies, as well as…
Lauren Marshall
Healthy ecosystems and thoughtful, collaboratively designed places improve people’s lives. This is the central tenet that drives Lauren Marshall’s career as a professional landscape architect, certified arborist and Director of Landscape Restoration for Innovation with the Arbor Day Foundation….
Michael D. Hankin
Mike is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Brown Advisory serving alongside Logie Fitzwilliams. Mike served as CEO of Brown Advisory from June 1998—when the firm became private and independent—until the leadership transition to Co-CEOs in January 2025. Brown Advisory is an investment management and strategic advisory firm servicing private clients, endowments, foundations and institutional clients throughout…
Dick Blackburn
Richard Blackburn brings over 40 years experience in scaling organizations through a career handling the sale of media and communications properties. He met Tom Stoner, co-founder of Nature Sacred, through dealings with Stoner Broadcasting and worked with him through the sale of American Radio. …
Nichole Battle
Since June 2013, Nichole Battle as served as the Chief Executive Officer at Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (“GEDCO”). She originally started her career with GEDCO in 2006 as the Director of Real Estate Development. As CEO, Nichole oversees the senior services, community services, and homeless and supportive services lines of business. …
Edward Dunn
Eddie is a strategic advisor with Brown Advisory—a leading investment firm—lending investment guidance to private and institutional clients. Prior to joining Brown Advisory, Eddie practiced law with the Baltimore law firm of Piper & Marbury. For Nature Sacred, Eddie lends executive insights and thoughtful acumen to help guide our organization forward….
Kitty Stoner
Kitty Stoner is Co-Founder of Nature Sacred. In 2023, she and Tom celebrated 50 years of marriage. She is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Additionally, she has received recognition for her work from the American Horticultural Society and was awarded Outstanding Philanthropist in Maryland….
Chuck Foster
Chuck brings over 30 years experience in conservation, education and nonprofit executive management. A lifelong Chesapeake Bay lover, Chuck served as the Chief of Staff at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Chuck has been a long-standing advisor to Nature Sacred, lending strategic organizational direction and guidance on future growth. …
Jack Bloodgood
As a leading architect, art enthusiast and editor, Jack Bloodgood embodied the concept of “design thinking” long before it became a trend as in recent years. He innately understood how architecture and landscape should be designed to serve its users—its people and communities—in meaningful, impactful ways. Jack always fought for those in the greatest need—and played…
Chelle Stoner
Chelle Stoner is a true renaissance woman, working as a independent film producer, entrepreneur, and real estate professional. Chelle brings her vast experience of writing, producing and filming documentaries, as well as her creative problem solving skills to Nature Sacred….
