Board/Officers

Joe Sehee, Executive Director/President, 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 Property Environment Rights Center "enviropreneur" fellow, Joe also consults conservation organizations and cemetery/funeral concerns on using burial/scattering grounds as a strategy for protecting natural areas.

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.

Mike Mitchell, Treasurer/Director, Treasurer, is a licensed funeral director and Vice President of Mitchell Funeral Homes. A former environmental planner with a specialty in soil bioengineering and watershed management, Mike has a BS in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Policy Management.

Joe Canaday, Director, is Manager of the Hippensteel Funeral Home in Lafayette, Indiana, and founder of the Green Burial Society of Indiana. Joe led the effort to create Indiana’s first green burial ground, The Preserve at Spring Vale, which was one of four projects recognized by the Indiana Conservation Partnerships in 2009 for “highlighting buffer areas between urban lands and wildlife use areas.”

Terry Heatlie, PWS, is a habitat restoration specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Great Lakes Habitat Restoration Program. Terry has more than 20 years’ experience in ecological resource assessment in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, planning, permitting, site planning, monitoring, and enforcement.

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.

Paul Rahill, Director, is President of Matthews International Cremation Division, where he has spearheaded many sustainability initiatives. He has served for 15 years as the environmental advisor/liaison for the Cremation Association of North America Board of Directors. Paul also develops and implements seminars, training, and certification programs for the cremation industry.

Rob Rosenheck, Director, is a filmmaker, photographer, and author whose projects have involved him with the Center for Environmental Health and the Tribal Association for Solid Waste Management Emergency Response. A member of the GBC organizing board, Rob is also a Senior Fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program.