● Our Team
Proven Builders
and Creators
The Plenary, Co. is driven by a core team of multidisciplinary leaders working with a fast-growing community of 100+ specialists, experts, and creative collaborators.
The Plenary, Co. is an ever-growing community of multidisciplinary leaders and changemakers committed to creativity, informed futures, and the constant re-imagination of what's possible. From our full-time staff, to our advisors, directors, creatives, contributors, partners, patrons, volunteers, community members, and more — our work is fueled by collaboration.
The Plenary, Co. is run by a small, core team of staff, interns, and volunteers who work closely with the organization’s leadership to drive our programs forward.
⬤ Team
As a small-but-mighty organization, our incredible team of part-time staff, interns, and core contributors provide support, wear many hats, and play active roles in every project.
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Amy is an incredibly talented writer and changemaker who has worked across journalism, human rights, museums, and food storytelling, among others. She contributes to our I Am A Scientist program.
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Danielle crafts our I Am A Scientist Field Guides, content creation, story building, and more.
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Deena is shapes our community engagement, membership, and communications strategies. She leads the development of materials and offerings to make sure our wonderful community stays looped into and supported through all of our happenings.
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Esther drives creative strategy to ensure that our transmedia initiatives are engaging and inspiring. She leads conversations on how to craft world class digital spaces and innovations to make our work as expansive, beautiful, and thoughtful as possible.
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Sam is an artist and designer with multifaceted experience on both the creative and engineering sides of production. In addition to contributing original works as a collaborating artist, Sam leads the team’s development of world class standards for design processes, visual impact, built spaces, and creative engagement strategies.
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Samar supports our community engagement and marketing efforts through mission-aligned partnership relations, community gatherings and happenings, and managing our Educator Ambassador and RISE communities.
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Tresa supports our team’s internal processes, operations, administration, and communications, as well as supporting our donor relations strategy. She makes sure our team and supporters stay connected with each other and our mission.
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As a particularly fluffy member of the team, Rosie is our go-to for facilitating intros, making people laugh, and making sure that any ball that gets dropped is quickly picked up.
⬤ Contributors
The following individuals (and in some cases, their teams) play critical roles as project-specific contributors, key partners or contractors, recurring creative collaborators, and/or ongoing organizational support.
⬤ Key Advisors
Our initiatives are informed by research, popular media, community conversations, and of course, the wisdom and insights of our advisors. While we work with subject matter experts on each initiative, our key advisors further inform our projects or guiding principles through shared knowledge and feedback.
Note: while valued advisors, these individuals do not have final say over – and cannot be held responsible for – the content produced by The Plenary.
⬤ Past Contributors
At The Plenary, Co., there are no small roles or expiration dates on meaningful contributions to our mission. We deeply appreciate the support, time, and energy provided by our volunteers, interns, and part-time contractors over the years and are proud to continue to celebrate their contributions to making our initiatives possible.
⬤ Shout-Outs
From advising project directions to helping to run our events to providing feedback on new initiatives, our volunteers help keep us going strong.