Our Team

John Ullman President
Chung Kim Vice President
Rebekah Heckmann Secretary

Board of Directors

John Ullman Chair
Jed Fahey, Sc.D. Johns Hopkins University
Russell Hayden Harvard University
Julie Newman, Ph.D. Yale University
Paul Reillo, Ph.D. Rare Species Conservatory Foundation
Joseph Sempolinski Yale University

Rocky Anderson Former Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah
David Barclay Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
David Beschen GreenDisk, Inc.
Judy Braus National Audubon Society
Stuart Buckner, Ph.D. US Composting Council
William Chameides, Ph.D. Duke University
Leila Conners Petersen Tree Media Group
Ann Elsen Elsen Energy Associates
Matthew Emmett National Institutes of Health
Suzy Friedman Environmental Defense Fund
Carol Goodstein Rainforest Alliance
Merrilee Harrigan Alliance to Save Energy
Elenor Hodges Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
Roland Hwang Natural Resources Defense Council
Timothy Juliani Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Joseph Keyser GreenMan Communications
Sharon Krag, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Krill Rainforest Action Network
Kerry Krumsiek Carolina Recycling Association
Michael Mann, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Bruce Marsh, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Pauline Martinson I Love A Clean San Diego
David Mizejewski National Wildlife Federation and Animal Planet
William Moomaw, Ph.D. Tufts University
Julie Muir California Resource Recovery Association
Martin Ogle Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
Leana Pitkevits Johns Hopkins University
Charles Redman, Ph.D. Arizona State University
Capt Philip Renaud, USN(ret) Living Oceans Foundation
Celeste Royer California Regional Environmental Education Community
Stephen Schneider, Ph.D. Stanford University
Gary Skulnik Clean Currents, LLC
Stephanie Smith Alliance For The Great Lakes
Betsy Taylor 1Sky
Ellen Telander Recycling Association of Minnesota
Cynthia Thomashow Center for Environmental Education
Jennifer Thorne Amann American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Marcel Van Ooyen Council on the Environment of New York City
David Van't Hof Sustainability Advisor to Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski
Polly Walker, M.D. Johns Hopkins University
Darryn Waugh, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Lance Webster Earth Communications Office
Michele Weingarden Greenprint Denver

* Directors and advisors serve as individuals, organizations are listed for identification purposes only.

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Executive Officers

Rebekah Heckmann serves as the secretary for OurEarth.org. Rebekah completed undergraduate work in public health and Latin-American studies at Johns Hopkins University and received her MPH from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Currently enrolled as a first-year student at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Rebekah also works as a grant program associate for the At-Risk Populations Project at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP). After completing her medical education, Rebekah plans to become a physician who practices public health and contributes to the future of health policy as a means of providing comprehensive patient care.

This summer, Rebekah is thrilled to be working with Fundación Cimas del Ecuador (CIMAS), a not-for-profit organization that is committed to the study of Ecuador's environment, health, and development. While in Ecuador, Rebekah will engage in community-based participatory research activities, collaborating with the residents of Pedro Moncayo County to identify the health need priorities of that community. Ideally, the outcome of her research will aid CIMAS and other local organizations as they seek to achieve sustainable community-based health promotion activities. Upon her return to Minnesota, Rebekah plans to collaborate with Dr. Suárez-Torres (CIMAS) and various professors at the University of Minnesota to publish the information that she collects with the hope that it will provide the data needed to address health disparities in Ecuador. Additionally, her project will contribute to the development of a joint educational initiative supported by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health that is designed to train physicians and health care professionals who are competent to address international health disparities.

Board of Directors

Dr. Jed W. Fahey M.S., Sc.D. is a Faculty Research Associate in the Department of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also a plant physiologist who manages Johns Hopkins University's Brassica Chemoprotection Laboratory, where he has been involved in developing cruciferous plants as chemoprotective agents.

Dr. Fahey has been an invited lecturer of various classes at the University of Maryland, Texas A&M University, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He also has been an invited speaker at numerous international academic and business symposia including Seed Technology Workshops, International Horticultural Society Symposia, the International Symposium on Brassicas, the Moet-Hennessey Colloquium on Advanced Technology & Plant Breeding Strategy and the CNRS Antioxidant and Health Symposium. Dr. Fahey graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1975 and then earned a Master of Science degree in botany from the University of Maryland, and a doctorate in human nutrition from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.

Dr. Julie Newman is the Director of the Office of Sustainability at Yale University. Before becoming Yale’s first sustainability director, Julie assisted with the development of the Office of Sustainability Programs (OSP) at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to her work with the OSP she worked for University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) while a graduate student at Tufts University. Julie’s fifteen years of experience in the field of sustainable development from community based experience overseas to university campuses has enabled her to build bridges with students, staff, faculty and administrators to facilitate the vision of a sustainable campus for Yale. Julie also holds a lecturer appointment with the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

In 2004 Julie co-founded the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium, to advance education and action for sustainable development on university campuses in the northeast and maritime region. Julie also co-coordinates a sustainability working group of the International Alliance of Research Universities. In addition, Julie is a co-editor of the new Sustainability: Journal of Record. Her research has focused on the role of decision-making processes and organizational behavior in institutionalizing sustainability into higher education.

Julie’s introduction to sustainable development was as an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan while working on water quality issues in inner-city Detroit and later in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Israel and Australia. She pursued her interest in this field by working as an environmental management volunteer with the Peace Corps in Guatemala. Since her return from Guatemala she has had the opportunity to work with colleagues around the world on issues of sustainability and institutional change.

Julie holds a BS in Natural Resource Policy and Management from the University of Michigan; an MS in Environmental Policy and Biology from Tufts University; and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of New Hampshire.

Dr. Paul Reillo is founding director of the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, a publicly supported 501(c)(3) wildlife conservation organization based in Loxahatchee, Florida. With a background in environmental engineering (B.A., Johns Hopkins) and ecological genetics (Ph.D., University of Maryland), Reillo has spent many years as a field-oriented research zoologist. Early in his career he traveled the world studying the genetics of terrestrial invertebrates and the role of natural selection in the evolution of color patterns and mating systems. Today he focuses on the demography and genetics of small populations of endangered wildlife, and develops restoration strategies for flagship species. When asked why he abandoned academic research to pursue a career in wildlife conservation, he replied, “I simply couldn’t continue esoteric, academic research on individual species, while all around me the forests and ecosystems they depended upon were vanishing.”

Over the past 17 years, Reillo and colleagues at the Rare Species Conservation have taken a practical, hands-on approach to biodiversity conservation, concentrating on endangered species that effectively leverage preservation of biodiversity-rich, tropical ecosystems. A dedicated and tireless conservation advocate, Reillo leads an atypical organization. Known for being “lean and mean”, Reillo’s team manages to accomplish what many larger conservation organizations cannot—real-time conservation solutions for habitats and species in peril.

David Barclay is the Executive Director of NESEA, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. NESEA advances the adoption and practical application of sustainable and low carbon energy practices in a 10-state region from Maine to Pennsylvania. Barclay has held management positions in the construction and manufacturing industries. He is the former president and national sales manager of a home furnishing company that he founded. His 10-year public sector service includes working as the senior aide to a state legislative leader and several high-level executive branch positions including transportation and economic development. He has a BS in Journalism and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Kansas.

Stuart C. Buckner, Ph.D. serves as the Executive Director of the U.S. Composting Council, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and expansion of the composting industry through research and education. Dr. Buckner has also served as President of the US Composting Council, as an advisor to the Japan Organics Recycling Association and the Environmentally Biodegradable Polymer Association (EBPA) of Taiwan, as a consultant for the US Grains Council, California Integrated Waste Management Board, Alameda County Waste Management Authority, as well as many private clients.

Dr. Buckner is also the president of Buckner Environmental Associates, a consulting firm which provides environmental consulting services specializing in composting and natural resources management. Work has been done in all areas of compost program development and implementation including planning, permitting, facility and systems design, procurement, operations management and product marketing. Research efforts have focused on process management, odor control, and composting system design and development.

Dr. William Chameides is the dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. Before joining the Duke faculty in 2007, Chameides was Chief Scientist at Environmental Defense and before that Regents Professor and Smithgall Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s Macelwane Award, and, “in recognition of extraordinary service,” was named a National Associate of the National Academies.

Chameides’ research focuses on the atmospheric sciences; elucidating the causes of and remedies for global, regional, and urban environmental change and identifying pathways towards a more sustainable future. His work helped lay the groundwork for our understanding of the photochemistry of the lower atmosphere, elucidated the importance of nitrogen oxides emission controls in the mitigation of urban and regional photochemical smog, and the impact of regional air pollution on global food production. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 scientific publications, and 6 books, and blogs at TheGreenGrok (www.TheGreenGrok.com/ ) and the Huffington Post ( www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-chameides/ ).

Chameides’ past professional activities include serving as: Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research; Chief Scientist for the Southern Oxidants Study, a research program focused on understanding the causes and remedies for air pollution in the Southern United States; U.S.A. Study Director of CHINA-MAP, an international research program studying the effects of environmental change on agriculture in China; Chair of the National Research Council’s Committee of Air Quality Management in the United States, commissioned by the United States’ Congress to evaluate the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act; and Technical Advisor for the Ad Council’s Fight Global Warming campaign involving the production of television and radio public service announcements on the need for personal actions to help avert the dangerous consequences of climate change.

Ann Elsen has 23 years experience in energy policy formulation and the design and implementation of energy programs that improve environmental performance in all sectors of the economy. She specializes in work with local governments and communities to provide advocacy at the state and federal level, and to build sustainability initiatives that incorporate the interests of all stakeholders. Prior to founding Elsen Energy Associates, Ms. Elsen led state and local government efforts to develop and implement energy policy and climate protection policy, incentive programs, public/private partnerships and energy purchases. She has been an active participant in legislative and regulatory proceedings on electric utility deregulation, including comments and testimony on renewable portfolio standards, environmental disclosure, tracking of generation attributes, consumer education and consumer protection. She has also provided direct technical assistance to industrial and commercial energy end users on environmental compliance, energy purchasing, energy efficiency, best practices in renewable energy, and emissions markets.

Suzy Friedmann is a Project Manager, Agricultural Projects, for the Center for Conservation Incentives at Environmental Defense Fund, where she has worked since January 2001. Her work focuses on developing and implementing incentive-based conservation projects with farmers, conservation organizations, producer organizations, state and federal agencies, and other local partners with the goal of advancing cooperative conservation efforts on agricultural lands. Her particular areas of interest are water quality, nutrient management, and innovative approaches to manure and litter management.

Carol Goodstein is the Senior Manager of Publications & Marketing for the Rainforest Alliance, an international conservation organization based in New York. For most of the past ten years, Goodstein has served as in-house editor and advisor to the organization’s global offices and programs and been responsible for overseeing all publications including brochures, fact sheets, profiles, annual report, speeches, videos and other communication tools. She has conceptualized and executed the development of innovative marketing tools including www.rainforest-alliance.org/branding, a Web site section designed to help partner companies promote themselves in concert with the Rainforest Alliance, and the Virtual House, an online showcase of environmentally and socially responsible products with a virtual tree house featuring games designed by PBS.

Goodstein has written for organizations including the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, the World Wildlife Fund, the Council on Economic Priorities and the National Park Service. Her articles on the environment have appeared in publications including Natural History, Nature Conservancy, E and Elle.

Merrilee Harrigan, Vice President for Education, Alliance to Save Energy, has directed the Alliances’ educational programs for 19 years. Her accomplishments include developing the Alliance’s successful Green Schools and Green Campus Programs and directing their implementation in seven states and India, Ghana and Serbia. She has designed and conducted research on innovative approaches to consumer energy education and designed field tests and pilot projects that have established the effectiveness of consumer energy education in reducing energy consumption, both in the short and long term. Ms Harrigan has been trained in Community Based Social Marketing and has used its principles in program design over the past 15 years. Prior to her tenure at the Alliance, Ms. Harrigan educated consumers and students through the Tennessee Valley Authority, Edison Electric Institute, and the University of Massachusetts Energy Office.

Elenor Hodges has served as the Executive Director of Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment since 2000. Ms. Hodges has been working in the environmental field for over 18 years and has a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Education from George Mason University. She has extensive experience managing environmental education and community programs. Past work experience includes overseeing a national classroom education program at the National Wildlife Federation, environmental consulting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and coordinating an international youth training program.

Timothy Juliani is the Manager of BELC Relations and Senior Markets & Business Fellow at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. He manages the Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest US-based association of companies devoted to climate-related policy and corporate strategies, comprising 42 major corporations with combined market capitalization of $2.8 trillion. He also participates in the Pew Center’s analytic work on climate-related markets and investment issues and is a staff representative for the Center’s involvement in the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP). Mr. Juliani first came to the Pew Center in May 2005. He has also worked at the U.S. EPA to develop a voluntary corporate partnership program to reduce high global warming potential gases.

Mr. Juliani earned his M.A. in International Economics, Energy and Environment at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. During that time, he also worked as an independent consultant, writing an analysis of energy cooperation within ASEAN for USAID and the SARI-Energy program. Mr. Juliani is also currently writing the official institutional history of Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Before his graduate work at SAIS, Mr. Juliani worked for several years in the non-profit community in Seattle. In addition to his M.A. from Johns Hopkins, he completed a post-baccalaureate program at the University of Washington, and graduated with a B.A. in Religion, magna cum laudee with Highest Honors, and a minor in Medieval History from Middlebury College in Vermont.

Joe Keyser is the President of GreenMan Communications, an environmental and media communications firm based in Arlington, Virginia. Joe has been known by many monikers over the years, once as "America's Compost King," while at the American Horticultural Society, and later as the "GreenMan" owing to his eponymous newspaper column, radio "EcoMinutes," and his award-winning "GreenMan Show" on cable television. Until 2006, Joe was the environmental education specialist for the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection, where he developed a series of public outreach programs that won more than 40 international, national, and regional awards.

Joe holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Georgetown University, serves on the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education, and teaches classes for the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, among other venues. He and his wife, Dr. Linda Migl Keyser, an Assistant Professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, have tended an edible landscape and habitat garden on their rooftop in Arlington for more than 20 years.

Dr. Sharon Krag received a B.S. in chemistry and biology from Texas Lutheran College, received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University, and completed postdoctoral work at the Center for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She joined the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 1976. She served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research at the Bloomberg School for fifteen years. She is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Her research focuses on glycobiology; in particular, her lab studied lipid intermediates (dolichol) in N-linked glycosylation, an important process in cell-surface interactions. Her current work involves strategies to increase glycan occupancy in glycoprotein therapeutics. She teaches a required course in responsible conduct of research and taught courses in Molecular Biology of Disease and Public Health Biology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is an Executive Editor of BBA-General Subjects.

Jennifer Krill is the program director for Rainforest Action Network (RAN). Joining RAN in 1999, Jennifer served as an organizer on the group’s campaign to eliminate products from old-growth forests in the US. Jennifer organized external pressure campaigns and boardroom negotiations that resulted in commitments from several companies—including Home Depot, Lowe’s, Menards, Lanoga and Boise Cascade. She was elevated to director of RAN’s Old Growth campaign in 2002, serving in that position until taking the reins of the organization's Zero Emissions campaign in 2004. Jennifer’s expertise includes developing media and public relations strategies, grassroots organizing, outreach strategies, and formulating successful policies. Before joining RAN, she worked at Earth Island Institute's Sea Turtle Restoration Project and for Greenpeace. Jennifer received bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Architecture and History from Ball State University in 1995.

Kerry Krumsiek is the Executive Director for the Carolina Recycling Association (CRA). He has worked in the recycling industry for over 18 years and became the Executive Director of the Association in February of 2003. Starting in 1994, Krumsiek worked for the Marriott Corporation for eight years as a facilities manager in the divisions of higher education and corporate services. He arrived in North Carolina in May of 2000, where he worked as solid waste and recycling manager for Nortel Networks located in Research Triangle Park. Formerly a resident of New Mexico, Kerry developed two of the state’s first recycling programs. Beginning in 1989, he worked for the (New Mexico) Lincoln County Solid Waste Authority, one of the first regional solid waste authorities formed in the Southwest, where he developed the county’s first drop-off and buy-back recycling system. Three years later, Kerry created an award-winning waste management program at New Mexico State University, utilizing in-house, on-campus collection and processing systems for the new recycling and composting operations. As a founding member of the New Mexico Recycling Coalition (NMRC), Kerry served as NMRC’s President and first Executive Director.

Dr. Michael E. Mann is a member of the Penn State University faculty, holding joint positions in the Departments of Meteorology and Geosciences, and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (ESSI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC).

Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Applied Math from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. degree in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University. His research focuses on the application of statistical techniques to understanding climate variability and climate change from both empirical and climate model-based perspectives. Current areas of research include paleoclimate data synthesis and statistical climate reconstruction using climate "proxy" data networks, and model/data comparisons aimed at understanding the long-term behavior of the climate system and its relationship with possible external (including anthropogenic) "forcings" of climate. Other areas of active research include development of statistical methods for climate signal detection, and investigations of the response of geophysical and ecological systems to climate variability and climate change scenarios.

Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on the "Observed Climate Variability and Change" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report. He has been organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences 'Frontiers of Science' and has served as a committee member or advisor for other National Academy of Sciences panels. He served as editor for the 'Journal of Climate' and has been a member of numerous international and U.S. scientific advisory panels and steering groups. Dr. Mann has been the recipient of several fellowships and prizes, including selection as one of the 50 leading visionaries in Science and Technology by Scientific American, the outstanding scientific publication award of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and recognition by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) for notable citation of his refereed scientific research. He is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed and edited publications..

Pauline Martinson oversees the development and implementation of recycling and waste reduction, pollution prevention, resource conservation, and community enhancement projects for I Love A Clean San Diego (ILACSD). She directed the development of ILACSD’s comprehensive Recycling online database and the re-design of ILACSD’s website. Prior to ILACSD, Pauline worked for successful local and multi-national corporations in account management. Pauline holds a degree in environmental management, is a certified SCUBA instructor, and has a vast hands-on knowledge of San Diego’s marine and coastal environment and the myriad environmental challenges facing this region. Pauline enjoys taking dive trips with her husband, excursions to dog beach with their two dogs, practicing yoga, and playing tennis.

David Mizejewski is presently with National Wildlife Federation, where he teaches the American public how to help wildlife and connect with nature in their own neighborhoods and beyond. David is also a national media personality. He is the host and co-producer of Backyard Habitat on Animal Planet, a television series airing since 2005 that shows people how to transform their yards and gardens into thriving habitats for birds and other local wildlife. David has also made numerous other television appearances, including on ABC’s Good Morning America; NBC’s Weekend Today Show and iVillage Live; HGTV’s Gardening by the Yard and Curb Appeal; Fox’s Mike and Juliet Show; CNN’s Headline News. He is a regular guest on The Martha Stewart Show.

David has been interviewed and profiled in many local and national publications, including Entertainment Weekly, Out, Sunset, Organic Gardening and National Wildlife magazines as well as U.S.A Today, The Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, and countless local newspapers. He also does numerous radio appearances annually and has been featured on NPR’s Marketplace and All Things Considered, Martha Stewart Sirius Radio and dozens of major market radio stations in programming running the gamut from morning commute shows to evening news to weekend talk formats.

Prior to working for National Wildlife Federation and hosting shows on Animal Planet, David worked as a naturalist at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Georgia and Long Branch Nature Center in Virginia and directed an urban forestry grant program for the National Tree Trust in Washington, DC. He holds a degree in Political Science with a co-major in Human and Natural Ecology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. William Moomaw is Professor of International Environmental Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he founded the International Environment and Resource Policy Program and co-founded the Global Development and Environment Institute. He is also Senior Director of the, interdisciplinary, university-wide, Tufts Institute of the Environment. He is a physical chemist, who works to translate science and technology into policy terms using interdisciplinary tools. He was a coordinating lead author of the Year 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chapter on greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and has been a lead author of previous IPCC reports. He provides advice to fuels and power sector companies and governments on environmentally significant issues. He was the first director of the Climate Energy and Pollution program at the World Resources Institute, and directed the Center for Environmental Studies and taught chemistry at Williams College. As a Congressional Science Fellow, he worked on legislation that eliminated the use of CFCs to protect the ozone layer in a cost effective manner, and worked on energy and forestry legislation. Moomaw currently also serves on the Board of Directors of Earthwatch (a conservation research and education organization), Consensus Building Institute and Clean Air-Cool Planet (addressing climate change and air quality). He recently co-edited with Barbara Baudot a book on population and the environment entitled, People and their Planet: Searching for Balance, and with Lawrence Susskind of MIT and Kevin Gallagher, Transboundary Environmental Negotiations. He has also co-edited nine volumes of papers for the Program on Negotiations at Harvard Law School. He is currently working to develop an international reactive nitrogen pollution assessment program. He has also facilitated sessions with negotiators of international treaties, other diplomats and government, business and non-governmental representatives.

Martin Ogle holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University and Virginia Tech, respectively. Mr. Ogle has been Chief Naturalist for the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority since 1985. During this time, he has developed a number of new features including solar energy and energy efficiency features and education, a demonstration organic garden, and a number of community events. Since 1990, Mr. Ogle has promoted a widespread understanding of the Gaia Theory – the scientific view of Earth as a single living system – through lectures and courses at the park, schools, universities, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S.D.A. Graduate School, libraries, and other venues. Mr. Ogle was born and raised much of his younger life in South Korea. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Arlington, Virginia.

Leana Pitkevits currently works as the Living for the Future Program Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF). Her work at the CLF focuses on campus sustainability, understanding and addressing the food system’s contribution to climate change and water quality issues, specifically within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. She received a Masters in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Johns Hopkins in 2007 and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 1998. Prior to working for the CLF, she spent many years as an environmental educator for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Friends of the National Zoo and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Her current affiliations include member of the Johns Hopkins Sustainability Committee, Chair of the Energy Conservation sub-committee of the Bloomberg School of Public Health Environmental Stewardship Committee, member of the Patapsco-Back River Tributary Team and Friends of Patterson Park member and volunteer.

Dr. Charles Redman has been committed to interdisciplinary research since as an archaeology graduate student he worked closely in the field with botanists, zoologists, geologists, art historians, and ethnographers. Redman received his BA from Harvard University, and his MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. He taught at New York University and at SUNY-Binghamton before coming to Arizona State University in 1983. Since then, he served nine years as Chair of the Department of Anthropology, seven years as Director of the Center for Environmental Studies and, in 2004, was chosen to be the Julie Ann Wrigley Director of the newly formed Global Institute of Sustainability. In July 2007, Redman became the inaugural director of ASU’s School of Sustainability. Redman's interests include human impacts on the environment, sustainable landscapes, rapidly urbanizing regions, urban ecology, environmental education, and public outreach. He is the author or co-author of 14 books including Explanation in Archaeology, The Rise of Civilization, People of the Tonto Rim, Human Impact on Ancient Environments and, most recently, co-edited three books: The Archaeology of Global Change, Applied Remote Sensing for Urban Planning, Governance and Sustainability, and Agrarian Landscapes in Transition. Redman is currently working on building upon the extensive research portfolio of the Global Institute of Sustainability to develop the new School of Sustainability which is educating a new generation of leaders through collaborative learning, transdisciplinary approaches, and problem-oriented training to address the environmental, economic, and social challenges of the 21st Century.

Capt Philip Renaud, USN(ret) has served as the Living Oceans Foundation Executive Director since 2004. Prior to joining the Living Oceans Foundation, he served 25 years in the U.S. Navy as an Oceanographic Officer. Captain Renaud’s final assignment in the Navy was Commander, Naval Oceanographic Office, responsible for operations of the Navy’s seven deep ocean survey vessels. Phil Renaud has earned master’s degrees in Oceanography, Meteorology, Business Administration, and Strategic Studies. The focus of Living Oceans Foundation is to conduct scientific analysis of coral ecosystems, create high resolution baseline habitat maps, and design networks of Marine Protected Areas. At the helm of the Living Oceans Foundation, Phil Renaud is establishing cutting-edge programs of remote sensing and SCUBA surveys of global coral reef ecosystems with the primary objective of advancing coral reef conservation initiatives.

Celeste Royer is the Director of the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network. The CREEC Network’s mission is to develop a communication network which provides educators with access to high quality environmental education resources to enhance the environmental literacy of California students. Celeste collaborated with many environmental educators to create and launch the CREEC Network in 1997 with the support of the CA Department of Education. She served as a Regional Manager for several years and then became the Statewide Director in 2005. Celeste provides direct support to all 20 CREEC Coordinators in the project and works closely with the local educational agencies that house the CREEC Network in 11 different regions. She has formed many partnerships with federal, state, and local agencies and businesses to support the work of the CREEC Network to provide educators with the access they need to high quality EE resources. Celeste was the Coordinator of the Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School in San Luis Obispo County for 12 years prior to assuming her statewide leadership role in environmental education.

Stephen H. Schneider, Ph.D., M.S. the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, has been a professor of Biological Sciences and Professor by Courtesy in the Department of Civil Engineering at Stanford University since September, 1992. He is a Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment. In 1975, he founded the interdisciplinary journal, Climatic Change and continues to serve as its Editor. Dr. Schneider was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2002. He has served on numerous National Research Council committees, including the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change and the Institute of Medicine Committee on Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty. He has been a Coordinating Lead Author in Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1997, and was a Lead Author in Working Group I from 1994-1996. He was also a lead author of the IPCC guidance paper on uncertainties. He was a member of the California Climate Change Advisory Committee to advise the Governor and state agencies on climate change policy. Dr. Schneider received both the National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation and the Edward T. Law Roe Award of the Society of Conservation Biology in 2003. Dr. Schneider's current global change research interests include: climatic change; climatic modeling; global warming; ecological and economic implications of climatic change; integrated assessment of global change policy; uncertainties; dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, and abrupt climate change. Dr. Schneider received his Ph.D. in 1971 in Mechanical Engineering and Plasma Physics from Columbia University.

Gary Skulnik co-founded Clean Currents, LLC after several years of working in the non-profit environmental field as an advocate for clean energy solutions to global warming. He founded the Clean Energy Partnership in 2004, a non profit green business group based in Maryland, where among other things, he led efforts to market global warming solutions to small businesses. Gary formerly worked with both The Sierra Club and Greenpeace in a legislative capacity to promote sustainable energy alternatives. A graduate of Vassar College and University of Miami Graduate School, he has a background in public relations and marketing, as well as television news writing, including CNN's Headline News. Gary is well known to energy field due to his renewable energy knowledge and testimony on the subject in legislative and regulatory settings.

Stephanie Smith serves as education program manager for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Her responsibilities include outreach to students of all ages. Responsible for developing and implementing Great Lakes educational curriculum and programming for the Alliance, Stephanie recently developed Great Lakes in My World, a comprehensive K-8 educational resource. She also implements the Great Lakes Adopt-a-Beach program and the Illinois and Indiana September Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup events.

Stephanie received a master's degree in environmental science, with a concentration in environmental education, from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, N.H. She also earned a teaching certificate in middle school general science. After graduate school, Stephanie taught hands-on 8th grade science in Lowell, Mass.

Betsy Taylor is a co-founder and Board President of 1Sky. She is also a philanthropic consultant, public speaker and author on climate and sustainability issues. She founded and served as president of the Center for a New American Dream, a national organization that helps Americans live and consume wisely for a better world. During her tenure, the Center was featured in the media over 1,000 times, built an action network of over 100,000 citizens, launched the Responsible Purchasing Network, an association of socially and environmentally responsible purchasers representing over $50 billion in buying power, and earned numerous awards including winner of the Washingtonian Magazine’s top fifty places to work in the D.C. metropolitan area. Betsy has appeared frequently on national television and radio and is the author of three books including co-author of Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the 21st Century. She previously served as Executive Director of the Merck Family Fund, Stern Fund, and Ottinger Foundation and has consulted with numerous foundations & donors including the Energy Foundation, Quixote Foundation, and Better Tomorrow Fund. She serves on several non-profit and foundation boards. Ms. Taylor’s philanthropic consulting & organizational leadership focus on innovative strategies for addressing climate change and creating a rapid pivot toward a sustainable and more equitable society. She has an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a B.A.from Duke University.

Ellen Telander graduated in 1996 with a BS in Environmental Health from Colorado State University and continued her education in Solid Waste Management at the University of Minnesota. Ellen was the Executive Director at Minnesota Waste Wise, a Minnesota Chamber program that helps businesses reduce waste voluntarily. Her work for Minnesota Waste Wise included developing the largest district-wide compost project for School District 196. She also designed and created the most successful state-wide recycling program for mercury switches from scrap cars. The program model is now used on a national level to manage mercury switches. Another successful voluntary program created was the It's in the Bag program which recycles nearly 500,000 pounds of bags each year in Minnesota. The program created 30+ meaningful jobs for adults with disabilities.

Ellen currently resides as the Executive Director position at the Recycling Association of Minnesota. One of the new programs she created is called Message in a Bottle. This away from home recycling program recycles from gas stations, car wash facilities and other 'away from home' locations. This program is currently being expanded to many parts of Minnesota as a viable way to recycle otherwise disposed of recyclables.

Jennifer Thorne Amann is a Senior Associate in ACEEE’s Buildings and Equipment Program. Since joining ACEEE in 1997, she has authored dozens of publications and articles on residential appliances, commercial lighting, equipment installation practices, emerging residential and commercial building technologies, and the progress of market transformation initiatives, among others. In addition, she is lead author of ACEEE’s popular Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, now in its ninth edition. Her current work includes promoting improved commercial building performance, exploring behavioral approaches to improving energy efficiency, valuing the energy and non-energy benefits of whole house retrofits, analyzing the impacts of stronger appliance efficiency standards, and exploring new targets for market transformation efforts. She also leads program development for the annual National Symposium on Market Transformation. She brings to ACEEE several years experience in the environmental technology field including evaluation of state, federal and private energy and environmental technology deployment programs, research on options for international cooperation on environmental technology issues, and analysis of the impacts of regulatory policy on technology development. She also has experience in community organizing and education on a variety of environmental and consumer issues. Jennifer earned a Master of Environmental Studies degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Trinity University.

Marcel Van Ooyen earned degrees in Social Ecology from the University of California Irvine and from the Seattle University School of Law specializing in Environmental Law. After graduating form law school, Mr. Van Ooyen worked for the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council in Washington State, where he conducted the environmental review of proposed power plants. Upon moving to New York City, Mr. Van Ooyen worked for the New York City Council as the Chief of Staff to City Council Member Gifford Miller and then as Legislative Director for the City Council. As Legislative Director, Mr. Van Ooyen, ensured the passage of over 30 environmental Local Laws, including the city’s landmark green buildings legislation, lead bill, clean air codes, environmental purchasing laws, and many more. Mr. Van Ooyen now serves as the Executive Director of the Council on the Environment, and environmental non-profit in the Mayor’s Office, which promotes community gardens, environmental education, recycling and waste reduction and operates the Greenmarket/farmers’ markets.

Dr. Polly Walker is the Associate Director for the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and Research Associate in Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College, Harvard Medical School and received a Masters in Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her career has included clinical pediatrics; science and math teaching in the public schools; initiating and coordinating successful land preservation campaigns in Baltimore County, Maryland; initiating and organizing the first household hazardous waste collections in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland; and helping launch the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, now in its 12th year.

Dr. Walker’s current responsibilities are coordinating projects, research and programs for the Center for a Livable Future, as the Associate Director; and serving a one of the two primary course instructors for the CLF on-line course, “Food Production, Public Health and the Environment.” She helped found the Johns Hopkins Ad Hoc Committee for the Greening of Johns Hopkins, a university committee for increasing environmentally sustainable practices at the university that has now been replaced by the official JHU Sustainability Committee.

Dr. Darryn Waugh is the Morton K. Blaustein Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include understanding the fluid motions and composition of Earth's atmosphere and oceans. This research is focused on understanding global environmental issues, including stratospheric ozone depletion and climate change.

He has participated in several NASA-lead international aircraft campaigns examining stratospheric ozone depletion and has participated in international assessments, including being lead author of a chapter in the most recent WMO/UNEP ``Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion''. Waugh graduated from the University of Waikato, NZ in 1985. He earned his Ph.D. at Cambridge University in 1991.

Lance Webster helped found and run Earth Communications in its startup years (1989-90), has served on its Board of Directors, and is now it's Administrator. He also served as VP of PR for Eco Expo in the early 1990's. He has spent more than 12 years working in various aspects of public information with the PBS television network, has worked and led seminars for Landmark Education Corp., and also currently serves as Executive Director for the Television Publicity Executives Committee (TPEC) and edits the annual TPEC Media Guide used by all television network publicists. Lance teaches public relations and public speaking courses for the UCLA Journalism & Public Relations extension program, and is a long-time member and some time officer with Toastmasters International. His own business, LW Communications, focuses on personal productivity and communication training and corporate executive media training.

Michele Weingarden joined Mayor Hickenlooper’s Office as the new Director of Greenprint Denver this past September. Weingarden brings a wealth of experience to the position, having most recently served in U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's San Francisco office as her advisor on environmental issues statewide and as her liaison to local governments, businesses and the public in nine Northern California counties.

Prior to working as advisor to Senator Boxer, Weingarden served as a coalition builder and community organizer for political campaigns and environmental nonprofit organizations. As Senior Account Executive for Stearns Consulting and Campaign Manager for Save the Bay, Weingarden developed and implemented strategic plans and led campaigns to advance environmental policies in the City and County of San Francisco. Earlier, she served as Coalition Organizer for the Sierra Club’s California field office and Illinois chapter. She also served on the board of the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters.

Weingarden has a master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin.