OUR PEOPLE
OUR STAFF
Executive Director and Founder
KAREN KRIVIT, LSW
Karen (aka "Goat Mom") oversees all programming and is a licensed social worker with over 30 years of experience. Prior to founding PGP, she was a public health consultant for agencies in both New York City and Philadelphia. She has been a leader, innovator and teacher to policy makers and clinicians around optimizing services addressing public health issues such as poverty, trauma, disabilities, immigration, addiction and mental health in underserved populations. She is a retired triathlete and mosaic artist and loves tamarind!
Favorite goat: Ray because he loves me unconditionally and makes it easy to reciprocate. Also I love whom he is named after too!
PGP Neighborhood Family Garden Director
RAQUEL RAMSEUR-WEBB
Raquel is an experienced homeschool educator inspired by her family, and fueled by the natural world around us. Raquel has been actively involved with PGP since 2019, contributing as a volunteer and participating in our internship program as both a parent and grandparent. Her dedication to serving others spans a long and impressive history. In the spring of 2023, Raquel spearheaded a gardening project to involve our interns' families in farm activities, which has since flourished into the Neighborhood Family Garden, nourished by the Philly Goat Project.
“Through growing together and hands-on projects, our team aims to empower others to dig deep and discover their green potential. The Neighborhood Family Garden is here for everyone in the community to enjoy and cultivate together!” ~ Raquel
Favorite goat: Oliver’s loving nature makes him my favorite goat! He always seems to have a smile when you need it!
Development Coordinator
Glenna Walsh
With a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising, Glenna is passionate about providing accessible opportunities in nature with Philly Goat Project. Her work has taken her from New England through Denver to Silicon Valley, but as a native Philadelphian she is proud to bring her skills to advance the mission of PGP. Starting as a volunteer and long-time fan of the annual calendar, Glenna officially joined the team in July 2025 to lead major events like GOAToberFest & TreeCycle, gratefully getting to know the many volunteers and supporters who make these education, wellness, and community-building programs possible.
Favorite Goat: It's possible to have 13 favorites, but if I HAVE to pick, Kiyoshi. His namesake, personality, and ears are all iconic.
Director of Operations
LESLIE JACKSON, MBA
Leslie (aka ”Folxherder”) was born and raised in the neighborhood and is passionate about wellness, education and community building through nature, especially for people of color. She oversees the management of PGP’s people and goats and ensures that all of our guests have a wonderful time, no matter where we are! She is PGP’s leader in creating engaging community partnerships for programming and education across the city. In her former life Leslie worked at various fortune 500 companies, including Ford Motor Company, Prudential Insurance and Target, she has a wealth of corporate experience ranging from interpreting data to customer service. Leslie can often be found attending theater and leading Girl Scouts when she’s not with the goats!
Favorite goat: Kiyoshi because he's playful, fun, sweet and loving. (And Ivy because she's a boss lady like me!)
Business Manager
Mandi Kidd
Mandi is an educator by profession, but instead of organizing a classroom, these days she’s organizing the scheduling and finances of PGP. Mandi joined PGP in 2018 when her whole family began to volunteer. Her partner, Mark, helps lead the teen internship program, and her teenage children can regularly be seen volunteering at the farm. Mandi feels strongly that people feel better if they have more opportunities to connect to the natural world. That’s why she helps to seek out grants in order to find the financial resources so that PGP can reach more people. Prior to PGP, Mandi taught for 15 years in the Philadelphia School District and city charter schools, volunteered for 2 years in Honduras, and traveled around the U.S. and Central America.
Favorite goat: Holiday. Holiday watches carefully as people interact with the goats and each other, so it’s truly a compliment if she seeks you out for snuggles and scratches. I always try to give her a little special attention. I also strive everyday to be a little more like Violet who enjoys life to the fullest!
Teen Internship Program Coordinator
Pete Bruno
Our Board
Ameenah McCann-Woods, Member-at-large
Community Member, Health Program Manager and Public Health Program Analyst at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Julie Drendall, Member at Large
MSS, MLSP, Senior Technical Associate, Researcher and Writer, Intealth- full time
Evangeline Wang,
Board Chair
Project Manager, Jefferson Health
Stephen Leonardi, Member at Large
Human Resources Analyst, The Cigna Group
Gili Ronen, Secretary
Community Member
Our ADVISORY BOARD
Erik Urbaniak Community Member, Sustainability Coordinator for Lower Merion Township
Jae King Community Organizer, Neurodiversity Advocate, Social Justice Activist
Shirley Boulay Community Member, Member of PGP’s Fundraising Team
Melissa Bollmann-Jenkins Director of Community for Breast Cancer.org
Sabra Townsend Community Member, Director of Operations at Jefferson University Center for Autism and Neurodiversity, parent of an adult with special needs
Tamika Hines Teen Intern Parent, leader of Latinex Sports Program, employed by the Dept of Defense
Terry M. Henry, Esq. Legal Counsel to PGP, Former Director of PGP’s Board, Blank Rome Attorney for Philadelphia’s Outward Bound