Meet Our Staff

Kevin brings a broad range of experience, based on a sixteen-year career in leading science and children’s museums. These have included the California Science Center, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and, most recently, Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, CT, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. In each, Kevin developed innovative ways to deliver complex technical subjects in engaging ways, delighting visitors and taking the discovery experience beyond the walls of the museum. Kevin’s initial entry to the museum world came from his work in IMAX film production and exhibition. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema/Television and is keenly aware of the importance of technology and collaborative efforts in making the Teatown experience among the very best.

Emily Edmonds-Langham joins the Teatown team as Director of Education after a thirteen-year stint at the American Museum of Natural History, where she most recently served as the Manager of Elementary Education. She also worked at the New York Botanical Garden as an instructor in the Edible Academy for many years, after getting into garden education via an internship with the Native Plant Trust in Framingham, MA. She is passionate about hands-on science learning, conservation education, and getting dirty.

In her current role, she steers the Education Department’s work in serving family, adult, and youth audiences. Whether in the classroom herself or supporting the growth of her colleagues, Emily strives for scientific rigor and playfulness in equal measure in all of the work of her division.

Emily is a graduate of the Environmental Conservation Education masters program at NYU Steinhardt and Smith College, where she studied English Language and Literature as well as Environmental Science and Policy.

Susie has served in institutional advancement roles across the spectrum of nonprofit organizations in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for more than two decades, including independent schools, graduate schools, research centers, foundations, philanthropic resource centers, and the Episcopal Church’s pension services group. She has raised funds, designed and managed communications and stewardship programs, educated clients on complicated financial matters, conducted qualitative and quantitative research, and trained staff to speak with the media. She holds a M.S. in nonprofit management from The New School–Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, and a B.A. in sociology from Wells College. Susie is committed to bringing best practices in fundraising, communications, stewardship, and management, and she’s passionate about creating sustainable and resilient communities.

Amy Karpati is an ecologist and educator. She’s previously worked as a conservation biologist and environmental advocate in the New Jersey Pinelands and as an ecological consultant on various projects. She is currently a faculty member at Columbia University where she teaches in the Masters in Sustainability Management program through the School of Professional Studies. Her teaching is positioned at multiple intersections: ecology and sociology; the natural and built environments; biodiversity and human sustainability. Amy also serves as the chair of her community’s Environmental Advisory Council, advising on matters related to natural resource protection, landscaping with native plants, and green design in the built environment.

Amy previously worked at Teatown as the Science & Programs Director and has joined the team again as the Senior Science Advisor, directing ecological research and monitoring on the preserve and guiding the organization’s approach to biodiversity conservation. Amy holds a Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolution and a bachelors in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University, as well as a masters in Adolescent Education from Pace University.