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N R PA U P DAT E

Meet the New
NRPA Equity
Advisory
Panel
By Jennifer Cox

RPA's Equity Advisory
Panel provides feedback
and subject-matter expertise to inform the strategic direction
of all NRPA's programs and initiatives. The panel will serve as a sounding board for new ideas and practices
that help ensure equity remains a
core theme of NRPA's work.

American communities, about the
importance of water safety and
education. She has also grown
the Recreation and Nutrition program, from serving ess than 4,000
meals per summer to serving almost 10,000 meals.

Stephanie Gidigbi
Director of Policy & Partnership,
Healthy People Thriving
Communities, Natural Resources
Defense Council
Gidigbi leads the NRDC's infrastructure portfolio and supports
the Strong, Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge
(SPARCC), a $90 million initiative,
advancing equitable infrastructure
investment. She served as a political
appointee at the U.S. Department
of Transportation for President
Obama, advancing the administration's economic opportunity agenda and brings more than a decade
of international, federal, state and
local government experience to
NRDC's Urban Solutions team.

Ronda Chapman
Executive Director, Groundwork
DC & Principal, RLC Consulting
Chapman strives to incorporate
elements, such as restorative justice, nutrition and mindfulness,
into community well-being. Over
the past 30 years, she has managed
sustainability programs for municipal governments, trained green
organizations on diversifying the
environmental movement and advised a range of agencies on racial
equity and community engagement. In 2018, Chapman founded
RLC Consulting, which focuses on
facilitating organizational change
efforts that enhance meaningful
equity and inclusion best practices,
diversification of staff and community engagement.
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Pamela Linn, FASLA PLA
Landscape Architect, Milwaukee
Public Schools Department of
Recreation and Community
Services
Linn is dedicated to addressing social equity and resilience
through design. She believes
community engagement is critical to successful, equitable park
planning and includes neighbors
and stakeholders in decision
making and implementation of
projects that affect their neighborhoods. Over her more than
20 years of experience in public
practice, she has earned numerous awards.

Candice Holbrook, CPRP
Recreation Program Manager,
Burlington Parks, Recreation &
Waterfront Department
Holbrook manages Burlington
Parks, Recreation & Waterfront
Department's Center of Recreation & Education, which houses
the Senior and Youth Center. She
is currently pursuing water safety
efforts in collaboration with the
Greater Burlington YMCA to help
educate everyone, including New

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Hannah Malvin
Senior Representative for
Partnerships, People Outdoors,
The Wilderness Society
Malvin focuses on connecting
Americans with public lands by reducing barriers to access, support-

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