Eli Dickerson

Eli Dickerson is the Director of Education at Park Pride. In this role, Eli leads organization-wide curriculum development that increases understanding and awareness of the importance of parks and enhances community capacity to engage in parks and spearhead improvement efforts. Eli also serves as the manager of the Park Stewardship Academy, a leadership training program for Friends of the Park volunteers that is entering its 3 annual cohort.

Eli has been a fixture in the environmental world in Atlanta since 2005. He has a passion for native plants, champion trees and habitat restoration/preservation. His background includes volunteer management, ecological restoration, fundraising, environmental education and mentoring budding young environmentalists. He is excited to leverage his skills to address intersectional environmental issues while working to educate park goers, and also preserve and activate local parks.