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Partial List of Alumni

Green Corps Class of 1998 graduate Bernadette Del Chiaro, now the Energy Advocate for Environment California, speaks with Gov. Schwarzenegger about the need for clean energy in California.

Wilderness and Wildlife
 
• Sean Babington, Campaign Associate, Earthjustice (GC'06)
Liz Butler, Organizing Director, Forest Ethics (GC '96)
• Liz Gimson, Associate Director, The Conservation Campaign, Trust for Public Lands (GC'03)

• Frank Gorke, Director, Environment Massachusetts (GC'00)

• Caitlin Higgins, Outreach Director, Alaska Conservation Alliance (GC'04)

Sarah Hodgdon, Deputy Director, Sierra Club (GC '94)
• Sarah Matsumoto, Deputy Director, Endangered Species Coalition (GC '99)

• Tom Mooers, Executive Director, Sierra Watch (GC '93)

• Emily Platt, Executive Director, Gifford Pinchot Task Force (GC '01)
• Melissa Waage, Campaign Manager, Natural Resources Defense Council (GC '02)

Global Warming and Energy
• Derek Brockbank, Grassroots Outreach Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation (GC '04)
• Bernadette Del Chiaro, Energy Advocate, Environment California (GC '98)
• Tyler Edgar, Climate and Energy Campaign Director, National Council of Churches (GC '05)
• James Moore, Energy Advocate, VPIRG (GC '01)
• Colleen Sarna, Cool Cities Campaign Coordinator, Sierra Club (GC '02)
• Gregg Small, Executive Director, Climate Solutions (GC '93)

• Roger Smith, Connecticut Campaign Director, Clean Water Action (GC '02)

• Kate Smolski, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace (GC '02)

Environmental Health and Justice
• Lisa Archer, National Coordinator, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Breast Cancer Fund (GC'01)
• Susan Comfort, Vice President for Finance, Environmental Working Group, (GC '94)
• Jim Dawson, Field Coordinator, Washington Toxics Coalition (GC'01)

• Vanessa Marvin, Organizing Coordinator, The Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing (GC'01)

• Vanessa Pierce, Executive Director, HEAL Utah (GC '03)

• Paul Schramski, Director, Pesticide Watch (GC'05)

• Alyssa Schuren, Executive Director, Toxics Action Center (GC '02)

Citizen Engagement and Democracy
• Edie Gilliss, Washington State Director, Progressive Majority (GC '00)
• Arshad Hasan, Executive Director, Democracy for America (GC'04)
• Glenn Hurowitz, Founder, Democratic Courage (GC '02)
• Sarah Jaynes, Executive Director, Washington Progress Alliance (GC '93)
• Kimberly Larson, Deputy Political Director, U.S. PIRG (GC '96)
• Pete Maysmith, Executive Director, Progressive Future (GC '93)
• Melanie Nutter, Deputy District Director, Office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, (GC '94)

• Adam Ruben, Political Director, MoveOn.org PAC (GC '93)
• Heather Smith, Executive Director, Rock the Vote (GC '99)
        

Corporate Campaigns
• Sarah Alexander, Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch (GC '03)
• Josh Buswell-Charkow, Sierra Campaigner, ForestEthics (GC '03)
• Dan Favre, Organizer, Gulf Restoration Network (GC '06)
• Eva Hernandez, Organizing Director, Dogwood Alliance (GC '05)
• Patti Lynn, Campaign Director, Corporate Accountability International (GC '97)

• Leila Salazar, Campaign Director, Rainforest Action Network (GC '99)







Alumni Profiles

“Choosing to do the Green Corps program was a decision that truly changed my life’s path.  Green Corps helped me to understand what it means to be an organizer, challenged me to commit my life to this work, and taught me the skills to be successful at it.  As the director of Rock the Vote, I consistently rely on the skills I first learned at Green Corps as well as the alumni who serve as colleagues and mentors to me.”

- Heather Smith, Executive Director, Rock the Vote, Green Corps Class of 1999

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