Meet the team

Lead Beekeeping Instructor

In 1999, during a farm apprenticeship in Wisconsin, Tim entered an apiary for the first time. He could feel the buzzing of the bees all the way in his bones and knew at once that beekeeping was for him. He's been involved with Huneebee from its inception, volunteering as a beekeeping instructor. Prior to joining Huneebee full-time, Tim worked as an environmental educator in New Haven and as a circus arts and theater teacher in his hometown of Middletown, CT. Tim loves answering any and all questions about bees, and has had children as young as four help him at the hives.

Junior Beekeeping Instructor

Alex Graduated from the Beekeepers in Residence training program in the Summer of 2019. She is a graduate of the Eli Whitney Technical High School class of 2021 and a student at Gateway Community College. She was recommended to Huneebee Project by her therapist. Alex is a resident of New Haven, is always ready to learn, and has interest in Graphic Design. Alex has helped with photographing the gardens and honey bee hives, contributing to Huneebee Project social media accounts, and co-leading community hive checks and community presentations. Her primary responsibilities include maintaining the hives in the Arthur Street Garden. In her spare time, she enjoys making posters of different things and photoshopping the photographs she takes.

Director of Clinical Services

Native to the New Haven area, Alexia is a licensed clinical social worker. Alexia practices as a psychotherapist and works at Huneebee as the Director of Clinical Services, coordinating and supporting the Beekeepers in Residence training program’s mentors and mentees. Her clinical experience includes a variety of individual and family psychotherapy and group interventions within the context of in-home, inpatient, and outpatient settings. With an organic love for nature and sunshine, Alexia has discovered a deep appreciation and admiration for bees and their calming, powerful, and resilient qualities. Alexia obtained her MSW from New York University.

Executive Director

Kellyn is a social impact playmaker, dedicated to mobilizing people, projects, and capital to solve our most pressing challenges. Before assuming the role of Huneebee Project ED, she spent over a decade in social sector leadership, catalyzing over $100M in public and private funding toward positive social and environmental impact, supporting the build out of new projects, teams, and organizations, and creating narrative change with dozens more. A New Haven transplant, Kellyn is passionate about urban pollinator stewardship, as well as advocating for foster-involved youth as a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Kellyn holds an MSc in Social Business & Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Resume Specialist

Yvette grew up in South Carolina and moved to Connecticut in 2017 to pursue a fellowship at Yale Child Study Center. She obtained a bachelors in Experimental Psychology and Master of Social Work from USC Columbia. She is passionate about personal and professional development and enjoys helping others identify their strengths through resume building and exploration. Yvette finds beekeeping to be a great way to relax, learn, and spend time with nature and is grateful for the opportunity to work with Beekeepers in Residence trainees in the natural environment.

Volunteer Beekeeping Instructor

Sophia is a pollinator enthusiast focused on mentoring new beekeepers and highlighting the interconnection of beekeeping with environmental science, agriculture, nutrition, economic advancement, and leadership development. She has a public policy background and has assisted in devising legislative action and initiatives that address the plight of pollinators in decline and the challenges of beekeeping. Sophia was born in Jamaica and spent her formative years enjoying honey from her uncles bee hives and chewing honeycomb when she couldn’t get bubble gum. She is married with four children that she loves bringing to the bee yard with her.

Seasonal Beekeeper and Beekeeping Instructor

Taylor began beekeeping in the Spring of 2020. What started as a fun backyard hobby quickly became a life-altering passion. Beekeeping has enriched Taylor's life in immeasurable ways and opened doors she may otherwise have never noticed. Through beekeeping, Taylor started paying closer attention to the ecological world around her. This new awareness encouraged Taylor to connect and learn with others and helped nurture her relationship with Connecticut's local flora and fauna. With a nod to beekeeping, Taylor now works for an ecological landscaping company providing land restoration services in Northwest CT. Taylor has been working with Huneebee Project since 2022. Taylor feels that the magic of beekeeping is meant to be shared and feels immense gratitude for having a role as a beekeeping instructor with Huneebee.

Founder & Director of Development

Sarah is a licensed clinical social worker with experience providing trauma-focused child and family therapy in both NYC and New Haven, in addition to free social work services to families with Manhattan Family Court and foster care involvement. After relocating to Connecticut in 2016, Sarah quickly discovered beekeeping and beeswax candle making. She set out to bring the bees’ magic to youth and young adults in the New Haven area. Sarah has her MSW from New York University, a certificate in Integrative Trauma Studies from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, and completed a fellowship in Advanced Clinical Social Work at the Yale Child Study Center in June 2019. She was named to CT Magazine’s 40 under 40 and is a 2024 Master Beekeeper candidate at Cornell University.