IFA Staff

Meet the People Behind IFA's Work

Dave at Mom's Funeral.

Dave Seastrom

Board President
Dave has been a long-time forest advocate and member of the IFA Board of Directors.  A resident of Brown County, Dave is passionate about the protection of Indiana’s forests and dedicated to IFA’s mission to preserve and restore Indiana’s native hardwood forest ecosystem.

dave@indianaforestalliance.org

Melody Dunn

Business Director

Melody holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a master’s degree in Management & Leadership from Western Governors University. She has a love of nature in all her forms. Collecting fossils and stones from creek beds is one of her favorite types of afternoon activity.

melody@indianaforestalliance.org

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Dr. Jonathan Munro

Volunteer Director – Forests for Indy

A full-time anesthesiologist, Dr. Munro is a member of the IFA Board of Directors, Jonathan is dedicated to IFA’s urban forest preservation program and has become the organization’s subject matter expert and spokesperson on Forests for Indy. 

jonathan@indianaforestalliance.org

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Lora Kemp – Volunteer Director – Wild Indiana

Lora is a passionate advocate for Indiana’s publicly-owned state forests. She represents IFA in public meetings and hearings on matters related to the state forests and provides public comments on issues related to logging, burning or other forest management proposals from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.

loralee@indianaforestalliance.org

Naveen Chigurupati – Volunteer Director – ArcGIS Mapping and Data Analytics

Naveen holds a Master’s degree from Purdue University and assists IFA with land mapping and other computer system management needs.

naveen@indianaforestalliance.org

Consulting Staff

Deidre Pettinga, Ph.D.
Business and Strategy Advisor

Jerome Delbridge
Arborist and Urban Forest Preservation Advisor

IFA's Board of Directors

Officers

Dave Seastrom, President, Unionville

Elizabeth Mahoney, Vice President, Indianapolis

David Haberman, Ph.D., Vice President, Bloomington

Larry Kane, Secretary,                    Carmel

Lora Kemp, Treasurer, Spencer

Nina Mutone, Indianapolis

W. Russell (Russ) Sipes, Indianapolis

Annette Johnson,Indianapolis

Jonathan Munro,Indianapolis