Director – Andrew Smith
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Andy has been creating websites since the mid ’90s back in the day when computers were the size of a baby Aldabra tortoise. He is a master at digital marketing, and is a critical piece to GREEN’S ability to reach Internationally via the worldwide web.
All of our videos, fundraisers, and educational programs are viewable because of Andy.
Andy has a passion for the preservation of the native plants and trees found at GREEN Wildlife Center. He is our horticultural apprentice, and takes an active role with tech outreach opportunities.
Learn more about Andy on his website, facebook, and youtube channel.
Vice-President and Onsite Curator– Janet Starr Hull, PhD, CN
Dr. Hull is the on-site curator for GREEN Wildlife Center. Dr. Hull holds degrees in International Geography, Environmental Science, Toxicology, and Holistic Nutrition. She is a university environmental science professor and author, and writes educational curriculum programs for GREEN.
Using her education experience and her ongoing research on current environmental changes and cultural patterns, she designs educational outreach programs to teach all ages about the current threats to the survival of endangered species, worldwide.
Learn more about Jan on her website, facebook, and youtube channel.
Secretary and Educational Outreach Advisor – Jenna Serrano
Jenna has always had a passion for nature, fitness, and the great outdoors! She grew up on a 150 acre ranch in east Texas where she rode horses and raised cattle and chickens. She learned how to water ski on Lake Sam Rayburn at the age of 3!
She graduated with a degree in Spanish and minor in Business Administration from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX in 2008.
Jenna is an avid adventurist! She loves water sports, fishing, camping, traveling, experiencing different cultures, and “roughing it.”
She has over 15 years experience in business administration and project management working with large financial corporations and construction companies. She remains involved in nature, fitness, and outdoors daily. She started “A Walk in the Park” for the LRGV in 2022 to help promote outdoor recreation in public parks. Jenna is also a co-owner of a VIP Off-Grid Solar company helping people with resource conservation and energy independence.
To date, Jenna has held the position of Secretary for GREEN since 2009. She does everything from bookkeeping to event planning and coordination, and project management with GREEN. She loves every minute of it!
Learn more about Jenna on her website, instagram, and youtube channel.
Horticulture and Native Habitat Advisor – Alvin Dunn
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Dunn’s expertise is the product of decades of meandering throughout the Central American rainforests and throughout Mexico where he started propagating a variety of native plant species. He is a walking encyclopedia for native flora and fauna.
In the 1980’s, he and his brother owned and operated one of the largest bird breeding operations in the United States. Housing confiscated birds from the USDA to animals given to them from zoos and wildlife centers, Dunn has vast experience with birds, native Texas wildlife and plants, and is an expert in micro habitats and ecosystem diversity.
Managing one of the largest palm tree farms in Texas and Southern United States, Alvin brings his vast knowledge of plant diversity to GREEN’s team. He continues to enrich our animal enclosures and over-all facility with plants from the Amazon Rainforest, Mexico, and native Texas. From palm trees to turks cap, mallows, and verbena, our facility benefits because it is located in the migratory pathway of the Monarch butterflies.
Dunn is securing GREEN’s future to increase the Monarch population by planting what they eat on their migratory journey through the Rio Grande Valley.
Treasurer – Carmen Leyva
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Carmen is a Rio Grande Valley native, and moved back to her home town of Harlingen, TX from California.
She studied psychology, secretarial and paraprofessional studies at TSTI, which is now TSTC.
Her work experience began as a Troop Organizer for the Girl Scouts. She managed a RV Park for 10 years where she was secretary and treasurer for the corporation that owned the RV Park.
She then began a carrier marketing petroleum into Mexico from the United States and as the first woman in this field, she went on to operate her own energy marketing company.
Carmen traveled extensively throughout Mexico throughout her carrier, but as a single mom, she started working for Home Depot to be at home with her only daughter. She spent 3yrs. as a Kitchen Designer, 3yrs. in Millworks, and 12 years as a PASA (Pro Assigned Sales Associate) working with contractors. Home Depot is where she met Kelly and Janet from GREEN after they first located GREEN Wildlife Center in San Benito.
She was asked to join GREEN’s Board of Directors as Treasurer in 2022.