Our Mission
Green Interchange’s mission is to plant trees and establish and sustain natural systems for healthier communities, economies, and quality of life. We plant trees near roadways, waterways and in other public and private spaces. We currently operate in Tennessee with a vision of offering our programs nationally in the future. Learn more about our mission, our work, and our impact.
Board of Directors
Jim Delanis, Board Chair
Over 40 years of experience in resolving business disputes by litigation, arbitration or mediation. Specialties: Business litigation including contract disputes, banking and commercial paper, trade secrets, intellectual property, state procurement, Tennessee tax and administrative litigation, arbitration and mediation. |
Nikki Smith, Board Member
Smith is a Nashville native with a Master of Science in Sustainability from Lipscomb University. She specializes in relationship building and has spent more than eight years leading recruitment and engagement efforts for organizations in the healthcare space. She has also supported environmental non-profits with marketing and fundraising efforts for the betterment of our community. |
Matthew Rogers, Board Member
Matthew Rogers is a 7th generation Franklinite, cryptocurrency advocate, author and serial entrepreneur turned ecopreneur after two decades of startups within the tech & branding world. His latest venture lies in standardizing and franchising mid-market municipal electronic recycling programs across the United States. |
Peyton Haley, Board Member
Peyton is a financial advisor with Raymond James. He is a Nashville native who graduated from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville with a degree in Finance. In addition to Green Interchange, he currently serves on the board of the Tennessee chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. |
Ryan Easterly, Board Member
Ryan is a Lebanon, TN native. After serving in the United States Air Force, he spent 20 years in the hospitality industry in Nashville & Louisville. It’s there that he discovered his passion for serving others and has worked with the American Cancer Society, Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, CASA, Humane Society and Habitat for Humanity to name a few. He has spent the last 13 years building some of the biggest brands in the spirits industry while lending a helping hand to those causes, he cares the most about. He initiated the social media parody, The Daily Snake Report, to bring awareness to urban ecosystems and the plants and wildlife those spaces sustain. Ryan and his wife Anne reside in his childhood home with their 3 pups and cat. |