Health Professionals
Lucy Boulanger
Lucy is a Board member of New Mexico Physicians for Social Responsibility. She is trained in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and epidemiology. She has worked with the Centers for Disease Control, the New Mexico Department of Health, and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service. Lucy has organized and led campaigns related to health, energy, and the environment in numerous New Mexican communities, and is a member of the Governor's Climate Change Advisory Group. lucy@newenergyeconomy.org
Mallery Downs
Mallery is a public health nurse and a health promotion specialist. She is program manager for the Community Environmental Health Program at the College of Pharmacy at the University of New Mexico, doing federally funded community-based environmental health research. Mallery is currently past-president and the chair of the Environmental Health section for New Mexico Public Health Association. downs@salud.unm.edu
Educators
Eva Thaddeus
Eva is an elementary school teacher who has taught at a variety of grade levels, and founded the dual language program at Adobe Acres Elementary in the Albuquerque Public Schools. She holds a BA in biology, a Masters in Education, and is a published author. Eva is organizing the Albuquerque "Cool Cities" campaign for the Sierra Club, and a poster and essay contest for school children titled "Our Climate, Our Future." evathad@nmia.com
Transportation
Charles Bensinger
Charles is an author and co-founder of Renewable Energy Partners of New Mexico. He has worked to promote renewable energy and non-petroleum fuels and is a member of the board of directors for the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. Mr. Bensinger also serves as an outreach representative for the Center for Clean and Affordable Energy in Santa Fe. newworld@timewindow.com
Lauren Ketcham
After graduating from Ohio University, Lauren moved to New Mexico in 2003. In 2005, she graduated from New Mexico State University, where she received a Masters in Sociology and Public Administration, specializing in environmental sociology and social movements. Before joining Environment New Mexico, she worked as a program evaluator and research assistant at NMSU and volunteered extensively on environmental issues affecting southern New Mexico. lauren@environmentnewmexico.org
Renewable Energy
David Griscom
A native New Mexican, David Griscom received his undergraduate degree from UNM's Anderson School of Management, and his MBA from Monterey Institute of International Studies. Mr. Griscom was a US Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, where he designed a solar energy program for remote health centers, schools, and community buildings, as well as a Micro-enterprise community bank for women entrepreneurs. Prior to joining the Regional Development Corporation, Mr. Griscom served as Associate Director and Executive Director for the North American Institute, a trilateral public policy organization. Mr. Griscom is currently the statewide Director for the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), and also manages RDC's Clean Energy program, where he works with stakeholders to develop model projects in renewable energy statewide. dgriscom@rdcnm.org
Policy
Sandy Buffett
is the Executive Director of Conservation Voters of New Mexico. She has consulted with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the World Resources Institute, the UN Environment Program, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Sandy is a 1987 graduate of Sandia High School in Albuquerque. Sandy holds a B.A. in Political Science from the Colorado College and an M.A. in international environmental policy from American University. sandy@cvnm.org
Efficiency/Utilities
Gail Ryba
Gail currently works as an energy consultant and manages another non-profit group, the Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy. Gail holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Caltech and worked at Sandia National Laboratories until 1999 researching fuel cells. gnryba@cybermesa.com
Business Leaders
Tom Singer
tsinger@nrdc.org
Bob Mang
New Voice of Business
rmang@sisna.com
Buildings/Architecture
Ed Mazria
Ed Mazria is an internationally recognized architect with a long and distinguished career. His architecture and planning projects span over a thirty-year period and each employs a cutting-edge environmental approach to its design. His published material includes technical papers, articles for professional magazines, and a number of published works including The Passive Solar Energy Book. Mr. Mazria is co-founder of the Architecture 2030 Challenge and lectures throughout the world about the importance of improving the efficiency of the building sector to address global warming. mazria@mazria.com
Howard Kaplan
Howard Kaplan is an architect who is working to educate the public, architects, and builders about the importance of improving building efficiency. He helped co-found the New Mexico Chapter of the U.S. Green Builders Council and recently founded the Center for Advanced Sustainable Architecture (CASA). h.kaplan@casa-center.org
Faith Community
Joan Brown
Joan is the President of Partnership for Earth Spirituality and is a Franciscan sister who works in Ecology Ministry through the Social Justice Office of the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe and through the Partnership. She is the co-founder of the sustainable strawbale community Tierra Madre. Kansas farm roots, living and working with the economically poor, the inspiration of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, Thomas Berry, and Master's Degree in Cosmology, Religion and Philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies form her thought and work. joankansas@juno.com
Ranchers and Farmers
Robert Lumpkin
Robert is a retired teacher who has also worked as a ranch hand in the cattle business. He has worked with PIRG of New Mexico, the Center for Clean and Affordable Energy, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Robert headed up a telephoning, letter writing and hearing campaign in Eastern New Mexico to pass the state Rewable Portfolio Standard. roberttucnm@msn.com
Hunters and Fisherman
Jeremy Vesbach
After graduating from high school, Jeremy took up study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated from a program called "Biological Aspects of Conservation"—which was a field of study designed by NM Wildlife Federation founder Aldo Leopold. He moved to Albuquerque in 2002, after several years of working as a journalist and volunteering his time for conservation causes in Missoula, Montana; Bozeman, Montana; and Portland, Oregon. He is now the Executive Director of New Mexico Wildlife Federation. jvesbach@yahoo.com
Native American Community
Elouise Brown
Elouise is the President of Doodá Desert Rock, a group of Navajo activists that was formed to prevent a new coal-fired power plant near Farmington. Sithe Global Power has proposed a 1,500-megawatt coal-burning power plant, which would emit over 12 million tons of carbon dioxide, ozone, mercury and other pollutants into the air each year. The Navajo Nation is already plagued by pollution produced from the two existing coal-fired power plants in the area, which are among the dirtiest in the country. Elouise is a Navajo army veteran from Littlewater, New Mexico (located in the northeastern regio nof the Navajo Reservation). She is a lifelong advocate for human rights and indigenous rights, and is a cultural traditionalist. thebrownmachine@hotmail.com
Youth
Keegan King
League of Young Voters
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