Green Schools Advisory Group


Together, as ASBO's Green Schools Advisory Group, John Gayetsky and Kathy Prosser will provide districts with the training and consultative solutions needed to implement green, sustainable strategies and IEQ concerns.  John and Kathy have assisted several school districts across the U.S. achieve environmental excellence and receive national recognition through the EPA’s Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Awards program.  Contact them today to learn more about how they can help you cut costs, drive revenue and improve performance and health on your journey to creating high performance learning environments.

 

ImageJohn Gayetsky

Environmental Program Specialist  

ASBO is pleased to have John Gayetsky as the association's environmental management specialist, providing extensive technical and management expertise to districts committed to achieving environmental excellence. John brings a wealth of experience in school environmental quality to this position. For the past 15 years, he has served as an engineer, industrial hygienist, and technical advisor to the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Division of Safety & Hygiene. In that capacity, he developed programs, policies, and legislation aimed at preventing environmental health and safety problems in Ohio schools while working closely with individual K-12 districts to help them identify and resolve all forms of environmental health and safety issues. John is passionate about protecting the health and safety of America's K-12 students, teachers, and staff through the creation of high-performance learning environments. In 2003, his passion and hard work earned him a national Special Achievement Award from the U.S. EPA for his commitment to creating healthy school environments across Ohio through implementation of EPA's IAQ Tools for Schools program. With John's assistance, dozens of Ohio school districts have successfully implemented the Tools for Schools program, with three gaining national prominence by earning EPA's Environmental Excellence Award. In addition to his work with the Tools for Schools program, John has also been a key contributor and partner with the U.S. EPA in the development and implementation of the EPA's Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT), available to more than 14,000 school districts nationwide.

John was a co-author and technical advisor in the development of Jarod's Law, Ohio's sweeping reform legislation prescribing higher school safety and health inspection standards statewide. He also served, at the invitation of Ohio Governor William Strickland, as the environmental health and safety advisor to the Governor's Advantage Ohio Regulatory Reform Initiative identifying improvement opportunities throughout Ohio's school construction and renovation process. John is a frequent guest speaker on school environmental health and safety management topics at state and national events and conferences. He has been a guest lecturer in the School of Engineering at the Ohio State University and an instructor for the Ohio Center for Occupational Safety and Health. He currently serves on the ASBO Environmental Aspects Committee and is a contributing author on topics related to green high-performance schools for ASBO's School Business Affairs magazine. ASBO is pleased to have John Gayetsky as the association's environmental management specialist, providing extensive technical and management expertise to districts committed to achieving environmental excellence.
 
John brings a wealth of experience in school environmental quality to this position. For the past 15 years, he has served as an engineer, industrial hygienist, and technical advisor to the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Division of Safety & Hygiene. In that capacity, he developed programs, policies, and legislation aimed at preventing environmental health and safety problems in Ohio schools while working closely with individual K-12 districts to help them identify and resolve all forms of environmental health and safety issues.
 
John is passionate about protecting the health and safety of America's K-12 students, teachers, and staff through the creation of high-performance learning environments. In 2003, his passion and hard work earned him a national Special Achievement Award from the U.S. EPA for his commitment to creating healthy school environments across Ohio through implementation of EPA's IAQ Tools for Schools program. With John's assistance, dozens of Ohio school districts have successfully implemented the Tools for Schools program, with three gaining national prominence by earning EPA's Environmental Excellence Award.
 
In addition to his work with the Tools for Schools program, John has also been a key contributor and partner with the U.S. EPA in the development and implementation of the EPA's Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT), available to more than 14,000 school districts nationwide.
 
John was a co-author and technical advisor in the development of Jarod's Law, Ohio's sweeping reform legislation prescribing higher school safety and health inspection standards statewide. He also served, at the invitation of Ohio Governor William Strickland, as the environmental health and safety advisor to the Governor's Advantage Ohio Regulatory Reform Initiative identifying improvement opportunities throughout Ohio's school construction and renovation process.
 
John is a frequent guest speaker on school environmental health and safety management topics at state and national events and conferences. He has been a guest lecturer in the School of Engineering at the Ohio State University and an instructor for the Ohio Center for Occupational Safety and Health. He currently serves on the ASBO Environmental Aspects Committee and is a contributing author on topics related to green high-performance schools for ASBO's School Business Affairs magazine.

 

ImageKathy Prosser

Environmental Program Facilitator  

ASBO is pleased to have Kathy Prosser as the association's environmental program facilitator, providing direct assistance to districts in the implementation and coordination of their environmental management programs.
 
Kathy has more than 20 years of experience in program management, implementation, and evaluation through her work with both non-profit and private organizations. Her background in health education laid the foundation for her work in implementing education and training programs on lung health and the indoor environment, recruiting and facilitating volunteers for committees and projects, establishing program partners and sponsors, and conducting program promotional activities.
 
Her experience with indoor environmental issues began in 1995 with the introduction of the U.S. EPA's IAQ Tools for Schools program. During her 11-year tenure with the American Lung Association of Ohio, Kathy was responsible for facilitating training workshops that led to the implementation of the IAQ Tools for Schools program. Tools for Schools tied in naturally with her work in asthma and lung health as she was passionately involved with coordinating asthma management workshops for health care professionals and the implementation of asthma management programs for school age children, including the Open Airways for Schools program.
 
While at the American Lung Association she served on the Schools Subcommittee of the Ohio Indoor Air Quality Coalition focused on providing school stakeholders with the resources and training necessary to implement the IAQ Tools for Schools program.
 
Kathy's organizational, management, and people skills have afforded her the ability to build and manage new programs and foster the teams necessary to effectively implement them throughout her professional career. In her role as the environmental program facilitator, Kathy looks forward to helping school districts educate their staff, recruit program champions, and improve the environmental quality of their facilities through the implementation of effective and sustainable environmental management programs.


Find out how John and Kathy can help your district.