Spotlights

Melis Ökter is an environmental scientist and coastal planner aiding local governments in developing sea level rise and coastal hazard policies. Currently a coastal planner at Dudek, she helps [...]

Lisa Baldinger is the newest member of the East Bay Regional Park District’s (EBRPD) Government Affairs Team. She joined EBRPD in 2014 as a Social Media and Legislative Affairs Intern and is now [...]

Joyce Ganthavorn graduated from U.C. Riverside with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. She has worked on several environmental projects which includes reducing SFUSD’s water usage [...]

Ruby Tumber spends a lot of time at work, even when she's not in the office. That's because she works for the East Bay Regional Park District, the country's largest regional park system, and [...]

Alison Brown is a Bay Area-born environmentalist. Her identity was shaped in part by the ethos of the sustainability-minded culture that permeates California.

Sandra Acevedo-Hanns is the founder & CEO of iGreen Media Group. Today, Sandra’s commitment is to be known as one making a difference. Her passion to communicate with people has marked her path [...]

Nicole Gaetjens is a transplant from Hawaii working full-time as the Sustainability Coordinator at Mills College in Oakland, California. Her role includes a bit of everything – from supervising [...]

Sandra has two decades of diverse leadership experience in the non-profit and public sectors; she has also worked as a public radio news anchor, and as a theater performer, director, and [...]

Jennifer Stern is an Environmental Stewardship Analyst at the City of Oakland where she promotes environmental stewardship of Oakland’s public spaces and supports volunteers who have adopted [...]

Ahna Kruzic is a community organizer turned activist-researcher from rural southern Iowa. Ahna has worked as researcher, community organizer, coalition-builder, and more.

Betsy Rosenberg is an award-winning national broadcast journalist and a green media trailblazer. With 25 years of radio news experience and a track record as a social visionary, popular [...]

Juliet Christian-Smith is a Senior Climate Scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists' Western States Office. She was recently named an “expert to watch” on climate, energy, and water [...]