Board/Officers

Joe Sehee, Executive Director, is founder of the GBC and a leader in the green burial movement since 2002. A senior fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program and a Sustainable Santa Fe Commissioner, Joe also consults conservation organizations and cemetery/funeral concerns on using burial/scattering grounds as a strategy for protecting natural areas.

Brian Flowers, President, is the Cemeterian and Green Burial Coordinator for Greenacres Memorial Park and Moles Family Funeral Homes and Crematory in Washington State. Brian developed and oversees operations for the first Natural Burial Ground in an existing traditional cemetery to be certified by the Green Burial Council.

Stephen Christy, Director/Secretary, is the principal of Stephen Christy, LLC, a firm that specializes in land planning, sustainable landscape architecture, and historic landscape restoration. He has been affiliated with the Lake Forest Open Lands Association for two decades, serving much of that time as its Executive Director.

Alan Creedy, Director, is a certified public accountant who has worked in the field of funeral service for more than three decades. Co-founder of Trust 100, Alan is a widely recognized figure in the industry. He is also the current chairman of the Funeral Service Foundation.

Adam McLain, Director, is the Director of Operations for The Nature Conservancy's Indiana Chapter. Adam worked in the for-profit business world for 10 years before transitioning to the non-profit conservation sector. His enthusiasm for the protection of wildlife and wild places stems from a lifelong love of the outdoors and the recreation and enjoyment it has provided him and his family.

Barb Milton, Director, is Vice President of Community Relations for Flanner-Buchanan, the largest privately held funeral/cemetery company in the United States. Barb is the "green" point person for the firm and has been instrumental in helping it embrace more eco-friendly practices and products in its funeral centers and cemeteries.

Timothy Smith, Director, is an attorney who has been involved with eco-certification efforts for many years. A former leader in the organic food movement, Tim was also a board member of the Sustainable Furniture Council and currently serves as CEO of Hainsworth; a company that manufacutures 100% wool caskets.