State of the States 2012

Meet the Speakers

Judy Adler is a Senior Program Officer at the Turner Foundation and has been with the foundation since 2006. Judy manages the strategic direction of the Creating Solutions for Sustainable Living and Healthy Planet, Healthy Communities Programs. In this role, Judy recommends investments to the president and board to catalyze sustainable management of water and energy resources. With a background in environmental engineering, Judy formerly worked for the State of ’s Sustainability Division where she managed a team of engineers that helped businesses and institutions across the state reduce their environmental footprint. She also worked as a consultant with Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. (now AECOM) where she provided environmental services for industrial, municipal and federal clients. Judy is the current Chair-elect of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Georgia Environmental Leadership. Judy received a Bachelor of Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from University of at Chapel Hill. She is a licensed professional engineer and a Certified Energy Manager. Judy lives in Atlanta with her husband, Ted, and daughter, Iris.

Geoffrey Anderson is the President and CEO of Smart Growth America. Recently named by Partnership for Sustainable Communities as "One of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Sustainable Community Planning and Development," Geoff came to his current position after 8 years heading the Smart Growth Program at the US EPA. Geoff is a leader in the smart growth movement helping to found the movement as one of the authors of the foundational 10 smart growth principles. With an extensive list of publications, Geoff has served as an expert witness in front of the US Congress, has been interviewed and cited by , NewsWeek, the Washington Post, Fox News, NPR, and numerous other outlets and publications. Geoff received his Master’s Degree from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment with a concentration in Resource Economics and Policy.

May Boeve is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of 350.org, an international climate change campaign. On October 24, 2009, 350.org coordinated the most widespread day of political action in history, with more than 5,200 events in 181 countries all conveying the message: 350 ppm, the safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere. Previously, May co-founded and helped lead the Step It Up 2007 campaign, which helped to change the debate about global warming policy in the through grassroots action. May was the recipient of the Brower Youth Award in 2006 and is the co-author of Fight Global Warming Now. She lives in Brooklyn.

Beto Bedolfe has focused on international biodiversity conservation, protection of the marine environment, environmental health, and Southern social issues since 1992. He is a founding member of HEFN and a member of its Steering Committee. Prior to his current responsibilities, Mr. Bedolfe directed programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development, primarily in West and Southern Africa. He has lived in the Cape Verde Islands and Mozambique, and implemented short-term

assignments in Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome-Principe. From 1977 – 80, he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. Beto is a member of the board of directors of the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) Environment Fund and also serves as the chair of the Oceana board of directors. Previously he was a board member and treasurer of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity.

Becky Bond is the political director of CREDO Mobile. Becky has been at the forefront of the online to offline organizing movement since she joined CREDO in 2000, combining innovative technology, rapid response, measurable results, volunteer engagement and a passionate commitment to winning progressive victories. Organizing with CREDO, Becky has grown a community of 2.5 million activists who take action on issues ranging from defending choice to protecting net neutrality to fighting climate change and ending unjust wars. She also led the 2004 campaign to register one million anti-war citizens as well as the "Hell NO on 23" campaign, CREDO's victorious 2010 effort to crush Texas oil and save California's global warming law. Becky co- founded the Secretary of State Project in 2006 and currently serves on the board of the New Organizing Institute.

Tony Caligiuri is currently the Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Center where he manages the organization’s program work in the region. He also serves as the co-Chair of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, a coalition of more than 230 organizations from throughout the 7 state Chesapeake watershed committed to stronger protections for clean water in all of the local rivers and streams of the entire region. Prior to NWF, Tony served for 18 years as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD01), where he helped to guide the Congressman’s legislative and political agenda in the US House of Representatives. He has also led various political and conservation campaigns in Maryland, including his current service as chair of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, and a board member of the National Wildlife Federation’s Action Fund (c4). Tony graduated from Washington College on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where he still resides with wife and 2 children.

John Cavanagh directs the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the co-author of 12 books and numerous articles on the global economy, and has helped to build several citizens coalitions to pursue peace, justice, and the environment. He is a former official of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization. He serves on the boards of ProgressiveCongress.org, the Fund for Constitutional Government, the International Forum on Globalization, and other groups.

Donald Cohen is the Founder and Chair of In the Public Interest, a national resource center on privatization and responsible contracting. He is also the founder of the Cry Wolf Project, a nonprofit research network that identifies and exposes misleading rhetoric about the economy, regulation and government. He is the former political director of the -Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL- CIO. He was also the co-founder and president of the Center on Policy Initiatives, a San Diego-based research and policy center. He is a founding board member of the Partnership for Working Families, a national federation of metropolitan-based

research, policy and action centers. He is on the board of Green For All, the Ballot Initiatives Strategy Center and the Labor Project for Working Families.

Lew Daly is Director of the Sustainable Progress Initiative and a Senior Fellow at Demos, a public policy think tank based in New York City. He leads Demos's Beyond GDP project, a multiyear research and advocacy strategy supporting implementation of alternative indicators for sustainability and well-being at the federal and state levels. He also manages a research project on economic alternatives to mass-consumerism. Lew is the co-author of a new report, "Beyond GDP: New Measures for a New Economy" (Demos 2012). His books include Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking our Common Inheritance (with Gar Alperovitz), and he has also worked extensively in the field of religion and social policy, most recently as chief consultant to the Economic Crisis Study Team of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Paula Daniels is Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Los Angeles, Food Policy and Special Projects in Water. She specializes in sustainable food and water policy, including urban runoff management, water re-use, and regional food systems. As a former Los Angeles Public Works Commissioner Paula developed and led a suite of green infrastructure policies, best practices and tools, and a food policy framework. She is founding chair of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. Until her appointment by Mayor Villaraigosa to the Board of Public Works, she had a long career in civil litigation as a trial attorney, mediator and arbitrator. Actively engaged in California environmental policy issues for over 20 years, Paula was also commissioner with the California Coastal Commission, and a gubernatorial appointee on the governing board of the California Bay-Delta Authority.

Michael Dimock has worked in the agricultural sector for seventeen years. After working for a multinational agribusiness company in Europe and California, Michael turned his focus to sustainable agriculture and high value marketing strategies to ensure that small and medium size producers would survive amidst global corporate consolidation. From 1992 to 2006, he founded and directed, Ag Innovations Network, which provides strategic planning and consensus building services to rural communities, farming and food companies, and government agencies focused on sustainability. From 2000 to the present he has been a central player in the international Slow Food Movement, both as Chairman of Slow Food USA (until January of 2006) and as a member of the Slow Food International Board. He has also been Chairman of the Board of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, the state’s oldest organization dedicated to sustainable family farms. Michael is a national voice and a blogger on issues of sustainable food, farming, and communities. He came to the ROC Fund following his leadership, as a grantee, of the ROC effort to build a statewide leadership network. Michael holds a B.A. in history from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Steve Eldred has worked in the San Diego Regional office for The California Endowment since 2001. He currently leads The Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities strategy for San Diego County, with a targeted focus in the City Heights neighborhood in central San Diego. This strategy is a comprehensive, 10- year commitment to support fundamental policy and systems changes at local and state-levels to build healthy communities where children are healthy, safe, and

ready to learn. The strategic vision for healthy communities is to achieve significant improvements in issues such as childhood obesity, youth violence, and access to prevention-oriented health care through improvements in physical, social, and economic environments and through systemic integration of efforts among health, human service, education, and other systems of care that impact opportunities for health among children and their families.

Steve Fenberg is founder and executive director of New Era and New Era Colorado Foundation, a leading voice for young people in politics in Colorado. Steve founded New Era Colorado just after graduating from the University of Colorado with a degree in Environmental Policy and Peace and Conflict Studies. The organization was founded for the purpose of providing more opportunities for young people to get involved in a more “hands-on democracy” by being active in the Colorado electoral and policy process. The organization has registered tens of thousands of young people to vote, developed hundreds of new leaders, and successfully passed policy on the local and state level, including the legislation that created online voter registration in Colorado. Steve is involved in several other organizations and is on the steering committee of the Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable, an organization with the mission of strengthening civic engagement through better coordination among nonprofits throughout the state.

Gwendolyn Flynn is Community Health and Education Policy Director with Community Health Councils, a non-profit community-based, health policy advocacy organization in Los Angeles, California. Her background includes more than ten years’ experience addressing social justice issues in various capacities. She joined the staff of Community Health Councils, Inc. in 2001 working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national REACH initiative to eliminate chronic disease disparities in racial and ethnic populations. As Policy Director with Community Health Councils, she develops and oversees strategies that improve access to nutritious food and physical activity opportunities through polices that change institutional practices, promote local investment, and improve existing resources in South Los Angeles. Ms. Flynn represents Community Health Councils on various committees and boards including Roots of Change Stewardship Council, the Food Commons, California Convergence, and Los Angeles Food Policy Council. She is an American Public Health Association member.

Susan Frank is Executive VP of The Better World Group, a policy and communications consulting firm, and is known statewide for her expertise in public policy development, coalition management, and lobbying/advocacy. From 1999 to 2007, Susan worked for the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation, serving as President/CEO and VP, Public Policy. Prior to that, Susan served as President/CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce in Palo Alto, Calif., for eight years. Susan has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Calif. League of Conservation Voters since November 2005, currently serving as Vice Chair. In January 2012, she joined U.S. Green Building Council-Northern Calif. Chapter Board of Directors and in March 2011 joined the Calif. Green Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors. Susan is a graduate of Stanford University.

Paul Gallay has worked for over 25 years to protect the environment and support local communities, as a non-profit executive, public official and educator. For thirteen years, Paul worked for the New York State’s Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation. After leaving government, Paul served as Westchester Land Trust’s executive director from 2000 to 2008. WLT helped protect thousands of acres of sensitive land and successfully pushed for sounder, more sustainable development practices. Before joining Riverkeeper in July 2010, Paul served nearly two years as president of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, helping MCHT open its preserves to the public and engage more deeply with local communities. Paul graduated from Columbia Law School in 1984. His undergraduate degree is from Williams College. Paul grew up in Thornwood, near the Kensico Reservoir, where he learned to fish. His new home, as Riverkeeper, will be in the Village of Ossining.

Carlos Garcia, As a donor engagement officer, Carlos works closely with donors to assist them in achieving their philanthropic goals by providing research, strategic planning and a variety of other professional services. Carlos has more than a decade of experience in philanthropy. Prior to joining Silicon Valley Community Foundation, he served as donor relations director for St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation in . He was also associate director of philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy, where he worked with institutional funders to secure support for conservation projects in California, nationally and internationally. Before moving to the Bay Area, Carlos was director of annual giving for California Hospital Medical Center Foundation in Los Angeles. He also worked as an account executive for a public relations firm, where he coordinated campaigns for notable clients such as The J. Paul Getty Trust. Carlos holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Lea. In his free time, he enjoys hiking throughout the Bay Area, theater, reading and travel.

Robert García is a civil rights attorney who engages, educates, and empowers communities to achieve equal access to public resources. He is Founding Director and Counsel of The City Project, a non-profit legal and policy advocacy organization based in Los Angeles, California. He received the President's Award from the American Public Health Association in 2010 for helping make human health and the built environment a social justice imperative. Hispanic Business Magazine recognized him as one of the 100 most influential Latinos in the United States in 2008, "men and women who are changing the nation." He has influenced the investment of over $41 billion in underserved communities. He graduated from Stanford University and Stanford Law School, where he served on the Board of Editors of the Stanford Law Review.

Andrew D. Gillum, a Florida A&M University graduate, was elected to the Tallahassee City Commission in February 2003, re-elected August 2004 and August 2008. He currently serves as Mayor Pro Tempore and has served two previous terms. Gillum’s roles have also included: Chairman–Capital Region Transportation Planning Agency, lead commissioner for the Long Range Community Based Planning and the Financial Viability Target Issue Committees, and co-commissioner for the Health and Human Services Target Issue Committee. Andrew is the National Director of Youth Leadership Programs and the Young Elected Officials Network with People For the American Way Foundation. Andrew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Schott Foundation for Public Education and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Florida League of Cities – Florida Municipal Investment Trust.

Dave Goshorn received his Bachelors degree in biology from Bucknell University and his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the University of Delaware. He spent the next three years at the University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, Ga. as a post-doctoral faculty member conducting research on juvenile flounders and drums. In 1992, Dave came to work for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service in the Striped Bass Project. In 1995 he moved into DNR’s Resource Assessment Service as Chief of the Living Resource Assessment Program. In 2003, Dave was named as Director of DNR’s Resource Assessment Service. Since August 2007, Dave has been serving as Director of DNR’s Office for a Sustainable Future, which is striving to move Maryland toward a sustainable future by identifying and helping to implement

environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable practices and processes into both DNR programs, as well as programs cutting across all Maryland state agencies.

Andrea Guerrero is the Executive Director of the Equality Alliance of San Diego County, a community empowerment organization that is focused on voter engagement, issue advocacy, and leadership development. The goal of the Alliance is to mobilize marginalized and disenfranchised communities in San Diego to engage in the electoral process and help drive a social justice agenda to bring about transformative change. Before joining the Equality Alliance, Ms. Guerrero was the Field & Policy Director at the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties. Prior to the ACLU, she practiced immigration law. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley Law School (J.D.), University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs (M.A.), and Stanford University (B.A.).

Stephen Herzenberg has been KRC Executive Director since the organization began in 1996. He holds a PhD in Economics from MIT. Before joining Keystone, Steve taught at Rutgers University and worked at the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the U.S. Department of Labor. At USDOL, he served as assistant to the chief negotiator of the labor side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement. Steve’s publications on Pennsylvania can be accessed online at www.keystoneresearch.org. His publications for national audiences include Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education, 2005; "Reinventing the U.S. Labour Movement, Inventing Postindustrial Prosperity: A Progress Report," International Labour Organization, 2005; New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Postindustrial America, Cornell/ILR press, 1998; and U.S.-Mexico Trade: PullingTogether or Pulling Apart?, Office of Technology Assessment, September 1992.

Glenda Humiston was appointed by President Obama on August 23, 2009 to serve as the California State Director at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development. She brings over 25 years of experience working on public policy development and program implementation supporting rural development and sustainable communities to the Agency. She previously served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia, as Executive Director of a nonprofit advocating farmland preservation and value-added agriculture development. From 1998-2001 she serves as Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment at USDA. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master's degree from the University of California at Davis.

Major General Anthony Jackson retired from the U.S. Marine Corps on January 1, 2012. His most recent assignment was as Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West. Prior to that he was the Director of Operations and Logistics, U. S. Africa Command. His other General Officer assignment was as the Deputy Commanding General, Marine Forces Central Command. As an infantry officer he has commanded at every officer rank. He has a BA and MA in History from San Jose State University and was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters (HC) by the California State Universties Board of Trustees and San Jose State University. He is married and he and his wife, Susan have two sons. MajGen Jackson and his wife reside in Fallbrook, California.

Sujatha Jahagirdar is the Political Director of the Student Public Interest Research Groups. In this role she oversees PIRG Energy Service Corps, a national AmeriCorps program to mobilize college students around community service projects to improve local energy efficiency. Prior to this position, Ms. Jahagirdar served as the Program Director for the Student PIRGs' New Voters Project during the 2008 election cycle. She previously served as the Clean Water Advocate for Environment California and also coordinated CALPIRG's Water Watch Community Organizing Program, served as a campus organizer at the University of California Los Angeles. Ms. Jahagirdar graduated with distinction from Yale University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science.

Quentin James is the National Director for the Sierra Student Coalition, the youth arm of the Sierra Club. There, Quentin directs the twenty year old organization to train, empower, and organize youth to run effective campaigns that result in tangible environmental victories and develop leaders for the environmental movement. In 2008, Quentin served as the Deputy Youth Vote Director in Ohio for the Obama Campaign, where he helped organized 315,000 college students at 32 colleges and universities. In 2009, Quentin joined Congresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick's legislative staff on Capitol Hill serving as a staff assistant and legislative correspondent, and afterwards served as the Executive Political Aide for Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins at Green for All. Quentin's work has been featured in many national outlets, books, and publications such as Ebony, Parade, the Tavis Smiley Show and Tina Rosenberg's New York Time's Bestseller "Join the Club." Currently Quentin serves as one of the youngest national board members for the NAACP, helping direct the 103 year old organization's youth and young adult engagement.

Edith Jessup (Edie) grew up in Porterville, California, and graduated from Pomona College with a BA in Sociology. Edie has worked eclectically over her career, primarily in advocacy and direct service work with neighbors who happen to be poor, and thereby hungry, homeless, and without health access. Her focus is on creating an arena where people can, in their own voice, advocate for themselves. Edie is committed to restoring the food system and food justice and is a longtime food and nutrition advocate. She worked as the Hunger and Nutrition Coordinator for Fresno Metro Ministry for nine years. In 2006, Edie became Director of the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program for Fresno County, in partnership with the Fresno County Department of Public Health, and California State University, Fresno. In 2009, Edie was hired at the Regional CCROPP office as the Program Development Specialist, currently focusing on regional food access and safe places to be active. Edie presented “Food Security, Poverty, Race and Nutrition Related Disease” on aspects of community change and chronic disease at the American Heart Association’s Minority Health Summit and Health Disparities Conference in Atlanta. She is the recipient of the NAACP Image Award 2003; Way of Peace Award, and Fresno Center for Nonviolence 2006 Award.

Michael Kieschnick is President and CEO of CREDO Mobile and CREDO Action, though his business card title is Activist. He has an unusual set of experiences which encompass essentially every sector of the economy – academia, church, private business, nonprofit, foundation, and electoral campaigns. Environmental concerns are a common, but not unique, thread. He has undergraduate degrees in biology and economics from Stanford, wrote a master’s thesis on solar economics, and attended Harvard on an NSF fellowship proposal on A Return to the Biophysical Foundations of Economics (though his PhD

dissertation was easier and more practical – on the effect of state tax policy on manufacturing investment decisions). His first full time job was as an economist for the Environmental Protection Agency, followed by a stint at Gov. Jerry Brown’s economics advisor (from 1980-1982), and then a series of entrepreneurial endeavors, including Working Assets (now CREDO) which he co-founded twenty seven years ago. CREDO’s business model relies on reselling the product or service offerings of others (today, primarily mobile service), differentiating them by philanthropy and activism. Since inception, the company has donated more than $70 million to progressive nonprofits and has used its activism to contact selected decision makers (calls, letters, faxes, petitions, inperson meetings) over 40 million times. The company today has an activism email list of over 2.5 million. Michael serves on a number of boards, including the League of Conservation Voters. In off hours, he has long taught at either UC Berkeley or Stanford, and is currently a lecturer at Stanford, teaching an undergraduate seminar on microfinance. Michael lives in Palo Alto with his wife Frances, an Episcopal priest.

Roger Kim is the Policy Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). APEN organizes and builds the leadership of Asian immigrant and refugee communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN has successfully developed cutting-edge community organizing models in the Laotian refugee community in Richmond and the Chinese immigrant community in Oakland. APEN’s grassroots members have won several significant environmental justice campaigns and, through APEN’s Vote Action program, have educated and turned-out several thousand Chinese and Laotian voters in their native languages on key ballot issues.

Bill Lee joined American Rivers in 2008 and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for External Relations. In those roles Bill is in charge of the day-to-day operations for AR and, as part of the Executive Team develops the long-term strategies for the organization. Bill also leads American Rivers’ government relations efforts. Prior to coming to American Rivers, Bill worked at the Trust for Public Land handling state government relations and ballot question campaigns. Bill worked with conservation partners to encourage state and local legislators and voters to approve dedicated funding measures for land conservation. Before that Bill served as the Chief of Staff for the Massachusetts Attorney General, overseeing internal operations, public policy, and government relations for the chief law enforcement and public protection agency in the Commonwealth. Bill also served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan D.A.s office. He has worked on several Presidential campaigns, statewide elections in Massachusetts, and on the last real Boston Mayoral race. Bill holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School, and a BA from Georgetown University.

David McCauley directs ADB’s climate change programs at the project, country and regional levels. He also serves as focal point for work on reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (or REDD), coordinates ADB climate efforts with external parties, serving as spokesperson for ADB on climate. He has served as a senior consultant to UNDP, UNEP, the World Bank, and others. He has lived and worked in the Asia-Pacific region for over 20 years. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the Ford Foundation, Harvard Institute for International Development, East-West Center, International Resources Group and USAID. He holds a PhD in Resource Economics from the Univ. of Hawaii and undergraduate training in environmental policy, biology and meteorology.

Stephanie McClellan is the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Outreach for the Atlantic Wind Connection, a transformative offshore wind energy transmission project in the Mid-Atlantic. Prior to joining Atlantic Wind Connection, she served as Policy Director to Governor Jack A. Markell of Delaware and as his offshore wind policy advisor. She also served as the Delaware Department of Natural Resources's

Clean Energy Economy Policy Advisor. She holds a doctoral degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy and a Masters degree in Community Economic Development. Before joining the Mrkell administration, she was an elected member of county government in Delaware, focusing on energy conservation and renewables, and an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Delaware.

Rob McKay is the President of the McKay Family Foundation, which supports community-based organizations working for long-term social, political, and economic progress. Rob, along with his brother and parents, established the Foundation in January 1992. In recent years, the McKay Foundation has made grants to groups in California, Oregon, and New Mexico working on economic development, media, and voter engagement issues.

Phil McGrath is a fifth generation farmer from Oxnard, California. McGrath Family Farm grows year round – thanks to the Mediterranean-type climate of the region – and produces organic strawberries and baby vegetables, legumes and flowers. The range of on-farm products is attractive to their loyal customers and advantageous to the farm’s sustainable growing methods of crop diversity and rotation. Most all products are picked the same day as delivery, with a guarantee that nothing is over 24 hours old. The farm operates a farmstand and is open to the public, and specializes in farm education for children. The practical lessons learned on farm serve Phil well in his work with various regulatory agencies and boards. He is a leading voice for the farm community of Ventura County.

Ahmina Maxey is the Associate Director of the East Environmental Action Council in Detroit, MI. She directs the Stand Up! Speak Out! program, the advocacy arm of EMEAC. Stand Up! Speak Out! and its programs and activities advocate for environmental justice in Southeast Michigan through policy initiatives while encouraging community involvement through youth and adult education and training. Maxey is an experienced environmental organizer and has educated City Council members on measures to improve Detroit’s air quality. Maxey played an integral role in organizing the United States Social Forum. She served as a co-chair on both the national and local outreach committees, working to bring 20,000 people to the Forum. She was also the lead coordinator for the “Clean Air, Good Jobs, and Justice” march during the forum which brought together over 1,200 environmental justice activists and organizers from across the country. Prior to joining EMEAC, Ms. Maxey worked as a Research Assistant for the Multicultural Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She earned her Bachelor of Science in the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan in 2007.

Nick Nigro is a Solutions Fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). He is responsible for research, analysis, and communication of transportation technology and policy solutions for reducing greenhouse gases. Since joining C2ES in 2010, he has authored four whitepapers on electric vehicles and federal transportation legislation, managed a comprehensive report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. transportation, and spearheaded a multi-year initiative on accelerating nationwide electric vehicle deployment. He has served on advisory panels for reports by Indiana University and the Commission on Environmental Cooperation.

Wendy Patton is the senior project director for the State Fiscal Project. She has a B.A. from Kent State University and a master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied regional economics. Wendy has worked for AFSCME International, the Ohio Department of Development, the Columbus Urban Growth Corporation and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center. At Policy Matters, Wendy works on budget and tax issues as part of the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative.

Brenda Platt has worked 25 years at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance fighting trash burners and promoting waste reduction, recycling and composting, particularly recycling-based jobs. She currently directs ILSR’s Sustainable Plastics project and co-chairs the Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative. Her report, Stop Trashing the Climate, documents that zero waste planning is vital for combating climate change. She has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The George Washington University and holds a MD license to operate commercial composting facilities. Brenda chairs the Environmental and Legislative Affairs Committee of the US Composting Council. She is a founding member of the GrassRoots Recycling Network and a past board member of the National Recycling Coalition and the Container Recycling Institute.

Matt Rodriquez leads CalEPA–the Air Resources Board, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, State Water Resources Control Board, and the Depts of Toxic Substances Control and Pesticide Regulation. He has 24 years of environmental experience. As Chief Assistant Attorney General in 2008 he enforced waste disposal laws and other regulations His legal team defended Calif.’s vehicular GHG rules against the auto industry. He served as a Deputy AG from 1987-99 advising the Calif. Coastal Com., the State Lands Com., and the SF Bay Conservation and Development Com. In 1999, he was appointed Senior Assistant AG for the Land Law Section. Prior to joining the DOJ, Matt was a city attorney for Hayward and Livermore. Matt’s BA in History is from U.C. Berkeley and JD from Hasting.

Karen Ross was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 12, 2011 by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Secretary Ross has deep leadership experience in agricultural issues nationally, internationally, and here in California. Prior to joining CDFA, Secretary Ross was chief of staff for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Before her time at the United States Department of Agriculture, Secretary Ross served more than thirteen years as President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), based in Sacramento. She also served as the Executive Director of Winegrape Growers of America, a coalition of state winegrower organizations, and as Executive Director of the California Wine Grape Growers Foundation, which sponsors scholarships for the children of vineyard employees. Among Secretary Ross’ many achievements at CAWG was the creation of the nationally-recognized Sustainable Winegrowing Program, which assists wine grape growers in maintaining the long-term viability of agricultural lands and encourages them to provide leadership in protecting the environment. From 2001 to 2009, Secretary Ross served on the California State Board of Food and Agriculture. She was chair of the Ag Vision Subcommittee, which initiated the California Ag Vision process that resulted in a report issued

in 2010 proposing a strategic plan for the future of the state’s agriculture and food system. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/agvision/

Melissa K. Scanlan is the Water Law and Policy Scholar at the University of Wisconsin Law School and the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. She is leading a pilot project to link the Law School into the new Center for Water Policy at the School of Freshwater Sciences, and is collaborating on interdisciplinary water research teams. She teaches water law and policy. Prior to joining UW, Professor Scanlan served as a lead consultant involved in launching the interdisciplinary Center for Water Policy in 2011. Over a decade earlier, she received a competitive Equal Justice Works Fellowship (formerly NAPIL) and an Echoing Green Fellowship to found and direct Midwest Environmental Advocates, Wisconsin's first non-profit environmental law center.

Larry Shapiro is associate director for program development at the New York City-based Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF). He is board president of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and the Environmental Integrity Project. Mr. Shapiro directed the New York Public Interest Research Group’s (NYPIRG) environmental programs from 1988 through 1999. Among his successes are campaigns to prevent construction of the Brooklyn Navy Yard incinerator; force the shutdown of Fresh Kills, the largest landfill in the world; and urge New York Governor George E. Pataki to order promulgation of what at the time were the toughest power plant emission standards in the country. Mr. Shapiro received his B.S. with honors in Conservation of Natural Resources from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.

As the owner of Climate Strategy Partners, Alicia Sieger advises clients seeking to achieve significant and strategic impact on climate mitigation in the U.S. Prior to founding Climate Strategy Partners, Alicia managed the energy and climate portfolio for The Eric & Wendy Schmidt Family Foundation. Alicia has over a decade of experience building early stage ventures in the technology and energy sectors. She holds a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a B.A. in Environmental Policy & Cultural Anthropology from Duke University. She has two beautiful young daughters that keep her laughing and sleep deprived.

Zeke Spier has been working at Social Justice Fund for five years. Over that time, he has engaged hundreds of people as donors and helped to move millions of dollars to grassroots organizing in the Northwest. Last year he helped create Social Justice Fund’s first Environmental Justice Giving Project. Zeke has experience both as a manager in the corporate sector and as a community organizer, working on issues from the just reconstruction of New Orleans to criminal justice issues in Philadelphia. He is currently sits on the Steering Committee of the Seattle chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy. Zeke was born in Portland, Oregon, and enjoys reminiscing about his cross-country bicycle trip on his 2-mile ride to work.

Michael Schmitz, Exec. Dir. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA - ICLEI includes 1,227 local government members in 70 countries (600 in the US) committed to climate action, clean energy, and

sustainability. Michael is an attorney and non-profit leader with business experience and over 2 decades of work at the federal, state, and local levels. Before ICLEI, he was Principal of Go Forward Consulting and served as Executive Director of CLEEN, a statewide coalition of environmental and public health organizations advocating for protection of California’s clean water and environmental health. Prior, he was counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus for environmental, trade, and economic development. He holds a BA and MA from Stanford, JD from UC Hastings, and an MA degree in Urban Planning from UCLA.

Nathaniel Smith serves as Director of Partnerships and Research for Equitable Development at Emory University’s Office of University- Community Partnerships (OUCP). In this capacity Nathaniel facilitates engaged scholarship opportunities with external and community organizations to achieve balanced, sustainable and inclusive development throughout the metropolitan Atlanta region. Among his many acknowledgments, Mr. Smith was selected for the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) 2000 Emerging Leaders Program; the Outstanding Young Person of Atlanta Award in 2003, Georgia Trend Magazine’s 40 under 40 list in 2006 (cover), The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Up and Comers” List in 2006, and the 2007 Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Based Developers (AHAND) 2007 Affordable Housing Champion Award.

Since October 2008, María José Soler is the head of the Planning Department at Mexico City’s Environmental Ministry. She is responsible of designing and implementing planning tools, such as Mexico City’s Environmental Agenda, the Green Plan and the Metropolitan Environmental Sustainability Agenda. Previous to her current position, she was the head of International Cooperation Projects Department, at Mexico City´s Environmental Ministry, where she was responsible for the follow up of projects with international funding or technical support, as well as fund raising. She also has participated in the design and execution of several water, solid wastes and soil related projects at the Project Department of the Ministry, and coordinated the activities of several forums and congresses such as the IV World Water Forum and the 28th Inter-American Conference of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering. María José is an Environmental Engineer and has an MSc in Sustainable Management of the Water Environment, from Newcastle University, United Kingdom. She is also a fellow associate of the Leadership for Environment and Development Program (LEAD International).

Levin Sy is the Executive Director of Engage San Diego a regional network of organizations working in historically underrepresented and socially responsible communities coming together to exchange ideas, share resources and cooperate to win policy and civic engagement victories for change. Engage San Diego facilitates groups leaving their narrow issue silos to come together by providing the necessary infrastructure to foster real collaboration and success. A proven grassroots organizer and community leader, Levin fights for the political empowerment of communities of color and youth and served as the founding Project Director of the APIA (Asian Pacific Islander American) Vote! Project. Levin also organized community support for a fair and inclusive redistricting process in his hometown of San Diego, California. He mobilized a broad coalition of African American, Latina/os and Asian Pacific Islander

Americans to impact School Board, City Council, County and State redistricting efforts. Levin’s efforts to enforce bilingual ballot provisions of the Voting Rights Act in San Diego County led to the Department of Justice Voting Rights Section’s Memorandum of Understanding with San Diego County ensuring the availability of Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino and Vietnamese language voting materials. The bilingual language advisory committees were created as a direct result of his work to ensure continued Section 203 enforcement. As the founder of the San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans, Levin built a coalition of nearly forty organizations dedicated to advocating for the rights and empowerment of the Asian Pacific Islander American community. Levin also co-founded the Southwest Center for Asian Pacific American Law (SCAPAL), the first nonprofit legal service provider in San Diego focused on serving the diverse APA community.

As Strategic Advisor to the R20, a diverse alliance of subnational governments, Terry Tamminen is helping with policy, design and implementation of climate resilient economic development projects. He is also Founder and Executive Director of Seventh Generation Advisors. He became Secretary of CalEPA in Nov., 2003 and later Cabinet Secretary and Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor. He was the architect of many groundbreaking policies, including California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the Hydrogen Highway Network, the Million Solar Roofs initiative and California’s landmark Climate Change Action Plan. An accomplished author, Terry's latest book is Watercolors: How JJ the Whale Saved Us.

Diane Takvorian has led the struggle for social and environmental justice for over 30 years. She is Executive Director and a Founder of Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), an environmental justice organization based in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Founded in 1980, EHC works to protect public health and the environment threatened by toxic pollution through efforts that create a just society. EHC’s community organizing and policy advocacy work with disenfranchised communities have eliminated many health risks and enabled thousands of residents to develop into community leaders. In 2010 Takvorian was appointed by President Obama to the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

Virgil Welch is Special Counsel to Mary D. Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board. Prior to joining ARB, he was an attorney at Environmental Defense Fund in Sacramento where he focused on legal and policy efforts related to the implementation of Assembly Bill 32, the Calif. Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Virgil has worked on numerous environmental and energy policy issues before the California Legislature and a number of state regulatory agencies. He also served under the former Chief Justice of Tanzania, Francis Nyalali as a liaison to the United States government on human rights and judicial reform issues. He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy in Austin, Texas.

Monica Wilson is GAIA’s U.S. & Canada Program Director. She joined GAIA in 2002, and from 2006-2010 served as international co-coordinator, expanding work in Europe and the U.S.; supporting robust members’ meetings and collaborations in five regions; overseeing increasing engagement with issues of waste and climate; and fostering strong partnerships with recycling advocates and practitioners. In 2010, she turned her focus to the U.S. & Canada, including

partnerships with organized labor and other allies. Prior to GAIA, she worked in the U.S. to hold Shell Oil accountable for human rights and environmental abuses in Nigeria. Monica serves on the board of the Grassroots Recycling Network.

Daphne Wysham is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and is the founder and co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN). She has worked on research, writing and advocacy at the intersection of climate change, human rights, fossil fuels, international finance, carbon markets and sustainable economies since 1996. She is currently conducting research around ways in which alternative metrics to the GDP, such as the "Genuine Progress Indicators", can be used to build a more sustainable society, and developing a green jobs strategy with labor allies challenging the Canadian tar sands.

Dr. Emily Young is Senior Director of Environment at The San Diego Foundation, where she works with community volunteers, donors and other foundations to direct charitable giving to the region’s critical environmental needs. Her work at The Foundation is focused in three areas: conservation of globally significant, biodiversity hotspots in Southern California, community based efforts to eliminate toxics and revitalize green space, and regional efforts to address climate change through mitigation and adaptation. Before she joined The Foundation, Dr. Young was an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, where she taught courses on environment and society, geography, and Latin America. She also lived and worked in Baja California, Mexico, where she conducted field research on wildlife protection, community-based conservation, and sustainable development in coastal areas of Baja California. Along with professional work, Emily has volunteered and served on boards for a variety of environmental organizations and advisory committees. Dr. Young was recently awarded the 2011 Nicholas P. Bollman Award, which recognizes Smart Growth Leaders Who Inspire through Values and Actions.