Meet Jill and Mary
A mix of innovative minds and spirited individuals, committed to bringing compost education to future generations.
Jill Doyle
Jill is a Montessori teacher of 28 years thus far. She is proud to have helped start the first public Montessori School in South Carolina, Montessori Community School of Charleston. She has 3 beautiful children and is a proud Navy wife whose husband has been deployed multiple times. Jill has traveled to 300+ National Parks and Monuments, including Guam. Jill loves waterfalls and chocolate.
Jill has earned her National Board Teacher Certificate for the third time. Jill was the CO VFW teacher of the year. She has attended many learning opportunities such as the Mesa Verde: Four Corners Institute with National Geographic. Jill was the Ms. Virginia in the President Academy for History Teachers in 2001. Jill is an alumni of Xavier University with a Bachelors in Education in Montessori ages 6-9 and a Masters in Education for Montessori ages 9-12. One of her mentors was Carole Ann O’Neil who studied under Mario Montessori in Italy. Jill is honored to have known her.
Mary Mauzy, MPH, PhD
Mary, a current Colorado Springs resident, was born and raised in northern Montana. Her greatest experiment is underway: raising two amazing boys. Waste reduction is an ongoing passion. She is always happy to promote composting and waste reduction in between hiking, golfing, gardening, and whatever the latest project is.
Mary was awarded the Bausch and Lomb Science Award from Fairfield High School and gratefully attended the 2000 National Youth Science Camp as a Montana representative. She received her BS from Montana State University (Go Bobcats!) and enjoyed summers interning at the McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls, MT. She spent 5 years in Minnesota, earning her MPH & PhD from the University of Minnesota (Ski-U-Mah!).