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About IKE
IKE was established in May of 1999 by Tom Neltner. It is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that works to reduce environmental threats to children's health.
Vision
Improving Kids’ Environment envisions a society that allows children to reach their full potential by:
Protecting children from recognized, serious environmental health threats; and
Providing families, and others with a responsibility for the health and development of children, the information they need to protect children in their care from environmental health threats, including threats that are potentially serious but are poorly understood.
Mission Statement
Improving Kids’ Environment (IKE) is a non-profit, advocacy coalition that facilitates tangible and significant improvements to children’s health through reductions in environmental threats to children. IKE will help children reach their full potential by working with citizens, non-profit organizations, governments, businesses, and others to:
Identify environmental health threats to children;
Ensure that parents and others who help children have effective access to information about these threats and the means to prevent them;
Support the activities of those organizations striving to remove, reduce, and communicate these threats; and
Promote practical means to remove or reduce recognized, serious threats that are not being addressed effectively.
IKE Staff
IKE's Executive Director is Jodi Perras. Jodi has a strong background in communications and in environmental issues, particularly water quality. Prior to joining IKE, she had her own consulting business focused primarily on helping municipalities comply with water quality laws. She spent a portion of her career in state government in the 1990s when she was with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. She also spent time with the city of Indianapolis where she helped craft the Long Term Control Plan to reduce sewer overflows. She can be reached at 317-677-4760 or jperras@ikecoalition.org.
IKE's Administrative Assistant is Chris Seyffarth. Chris is pursuing a Master's Degree at IUPUI in Public Health. He is a graduate of Purdue University where he majored in Movement and Sports Sciences. He can be reached at ike@ikecoalition.org.
For more information on IKE, check out the following links.
Organizational policies
IKE's Conflict of Interest Policy.