Staff

Joseph Pirozek is the head researcher and co-founder of The Parkday Organization, Inc. He Graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 2004 with a B.A. in Environmental studies. He is currently employed as a recreation leader for a county parks department. Joseph is an outdoor enthusiast, and his love of the outdoors has been cultivated by this project. As an advocate of natural sciences/environmental education, parkday has allowed him a new outlet for these passions.

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Brian Belanger is the head developer and co-founder of The Parkday Organization, Inc. An avid outdoorsman, Brian has spent many a weekend visiting and researching first hand the parks of New Jersey. Educated at Ocean County College as well as the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Brian has used his varied programming skills in PHP and MySQL on this project. Also as an advocate of Open Source software Brian recommends the use of Mozilla.

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Kelly Skellinger is the Staff Writer and Editor for The Parkday Organization, Inc. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. in January of 2003, with a degree in Communications and Theatre. Her studies primarily focused on print media and a wide variety of literary, artistic and scholastic writing mediums. Today she relentlessly pursues a writing career. She resides in New Jersey.

Teresa Granato is the Publicist of The Parkday Organization, Inc. She graduated Cum Laude from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, with a degree in English: Writing, and a minor in Communications. She is currently attending Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ, for her Masters in Liberal Arts. Teresa is also working as advertising and public relations professional at a local company.

Kimberly Skellinger is the natural health and lifestyle educator of the parkday staff. She graduated in December of 2005 with a Degree in Foods and Nutrition from the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown New Jersey. She is begining to develop a well rounded background in both holistic and clinical nutrition. She is now on a journey to discover a less toxic, more natural way of living and nurturing ones body and soul by using natures gifts responsibly instead of abusing them.

Steven Pirozek is the Photo Editor for the Parkday Organization. He constantly travels throughout New Jersey observing nature through the lens of his camera. Steven graduated with honors from Cittone Institute with a MCSA. He is currently an IT professional for a major hospital in the metropolitan area.

Brice M. Morgan is a writer/recreation researcher for The Parkday Organization. Morgan ,a resident of Seaside Park, is currently pursuing an undergradute degree at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Brice has been a regular attendee of Parkday outings since 2003. He looks foward to providing members unique and exciting, ideas of things to do, and places to explore in parks of New Jersey.

Michael Mansolino is from Mt. Laurel, Burlington County. He graduated in 2004 with a B.S in Environmental Studies from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He is currently employed as an Environmental Scientist with an environmental engineering company. Mike has a passion for nature and how nature works. His favorite part of New Jersey is the Pine Barrens. He is familiar with the Pines for most of the Burlington and Atlantic Counties, and takes trips through the woods,often, in search of new knowledge.

Crystal Brandt is a naturalist/education coordinator for the Parkday Organization. She graduated in 2004 with a B.S in Environmental Studies from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She is currently employed as an Environmental Scientist. She loves to be outdoors and experience all it has to offer.

Brian Wardell is from Point Pleasant Borough, Ocean County. He is currently a senior at the Ramapo College of New Jersey, looking to receive his B.A. in the field of Communication Arts in the Spring of 2007. He is familiar with the aspects of both design and interactive media. With the knowledge of graphic editing software and web development tools, he is determined to be a dedicated part of the Parkday Web Development team.

Robert Wary is currently a finishing up his bachelor's degree at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he is studying Information Systems. An avid outdoorsman, he has always had an interest in different areas of nature. He hopes to build his knowledge by helping the organization grow technologically.