OMG Board and Team

Board Treasurer

Board Member - Dave Taghipour is the Founder of All Eco Design Center, a family owned, full service green design/build remodeling company with a design showroom in Wheaton. A local business in Wheaton for over 25years with  a passion for Beautiful He...

Board Member - Kathleen Michels, PhD (Neurobiology), a resident of Wheaton MD has more than 30 years  experience conducting, managing and reviewing biomedical research related to global public health. In  addition, she was one of the founding members...

Board Vice Chair - 10+ years healthcare administration experience across multiple functional areas including strategic planning, program management, logistical operations, communication, and human resource management. Graduate of the University of So...

Board Secretary - Tiffany Banks, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Communication at Montgomery College where she has been a faculty member since 2015. Dr. Banks brings over 10 years of experience in higher education and takes pride in providing hig...

Board Member - Alia Taqi is an architectural professional with over 7 years of experience in the field. She has multiple degrees in architecture and sustainability and utilizes her expertise to educate, empower and support community change. If she is...

Board Member - Leah Haygood has more than 30 years of experience in the environmental, ESG and corporate responsibility fields. Leah founded BuzzWord, Inc. in 1999 to provide services to companies responding to increasing stakeholder demands for info...

Board Member - Ed Murtagh is a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer.  Mr. Murtagh has extensive experience in sustainable construction and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) building practices, including energy management, indoor air quality...

Board Member - Janet Yu has been in the restaurant business in Montgomery County for over 20 years, and today she operates Hollywood East Café, a bustling, Cantonese/Hong Kong-style Chinese restaurant in Wheaton Mall. Janet describes Hollywood East C...

Board Chair - Reuven has a background in ecology and has conducted research on an array of ecosystems and sensitive species focused on preservation, restoration and protection.  He is an experienced environmental educator utilizing his broad base of ...

Team (Operations Coordinator) - Brenda Arriaza is a first-generation college graduate with a BS in Biology from Old Dominion University. Passionate and dedicated about the outdoors, She enjoys being in nature, learning about marine ecosystems, conser...

Team (Grants, Strategies) - Tia holds a B.A. in English and an M.S. in Environmental Management and has more than 12 years of general administration work, with an emphasis on report preparation, day-to-day operations management, communication, and da...

Team (Graphics) - Jeannette Feldner of Letterforms Typography & Graphic Design is a graphic designer and community activist who lives in Wheaton, Maryland. She has 35 years of design experience, loves the outdoors—hiking, biking, and walking arou...

Team (Clean Headwaters, SAPPlings) - Laura Barnitz is a communications professional and a fiction writer who lives near the Northwest Branch trail and Wheaton Regional Park in Colesville. In addition to serving as the Montgomery County Coordinator fo...

Executive Director - Wendy Howard of WH Consulting has over 30 years of experience working in the Information Technology field.  She specializes in streamlining IT systems to conserve natural resources and increase productivity.  A native Washingtoni...