Liz Cole has over 22 years of experience in providing planning, design and implementation services for a wide variety of public and private sector clients.  Her expertise lies in assisting communities with the development of projects that incorporate resource conservation and sustainable design principles.  Liz’s project involvement includes the facilitation of public workshops, coordination of permitting and regulatory requirements, and the identification of financing strategies.  She has been responsible for the development of regional greenspace, greenway and blueway systems, passive parks, town greens, educational facilities, Environmental Protection Department (EPD) funded water quality and watershed management plans, and green infrastructure demonstration facilities throughout the southeast.

Vered Kleinberger,
Executive Assistant

Vered spent the first part of her life in Marietta.  She then moved further south to the bustling Atlanta metropolis to broaden her horizons at Emory University.  Upon completion of a BA in Cultural Anthropology (with a focus in linguistics), the world beckoned.  Vered had her fill of the big city, so she moved to Burlington, Vermont.  With her options wide open, she took any interesting jobs that came her way.  These included scooping ice cream at Ben & Jerry’s flagship store, cooking for an amazing little restaurant named Stone Soup, serving on the crew (and then later as crew leader) for the Winooski Valley Park District, and helping the beginner skiers and snowboarders on the bunny slope at Bolton Valley.   However, she always knew that kids and education were her primary interest, so Vered moved back to Georgia and subbed full time for two years in the Pickens County School System.  She soon realized that staying indoors all day was not going to work out for her, so she began Educational Excursions, a non-profit organization that offers hands-on, interactive programs for students throughout Georgia.  She is still the Director of Educational Excursions, which has an exciting calendar already planned for this year!  Vered also works for the Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia, which has provided her with many opportunities to expand her knowledge of the non-profit world, as well as having a direct impact on preserving the beautiful North Georgia mountains while getting to know many of the wonderful folks who live in Pickens and the surrounding counties.

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