About NRDC: NRDC Staff

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President
Frances Beinecke
Executive Director
Peter Lehner
Deputy Director
Patricia F. Sullivan
  Director of Programs
Wesley Warren
Western Director
Felicia Marcus



PROGRAM STAFF


Air & Energy
Program Director
Ashok Gupta

Kaid Benfield
Terry Black
Dale Bryk
Pierre Bull
Lane Burt
Sheryl Carter
Ralph Cavanagh
Audrey Chang
Brandi Colander
Donna DeCostanzo
Amanda Eaken
Lara Ettenson
Rishi Garg
David Goldstein
Nathanael Greene
Kristin Grenfell
Noah Horowitz
Justin Horner
Roland Hwang
Richard Kassel
Noah Long
Deron Lovaas
Luis Martinez
Peter Miller
Simon Mui
Colin O'Brien
Jim Presswood
Laura E. Sanchez
Patrice Simms
Tom Singer
Brian Siu
Luke Tonachel
John Walke
Devra Wang
Nick Zigelbaum

Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Campaign Director
Robert Perks

Lisa Catapano
Diane Doucette
Apolinar Gonzales
Robin McCarthy
Keren Murphy
Ann Notthoff
Victoria Rome
Melissa Waage

Center for Market Innovation

Jennifer Henry
Susan Leeds
Christine Luong
Sandra Lyutse
April Mo
Yerina Mugica
Cai Steger
Andrew Stevenson
Samir Succar
Jacqueline Wong

Climate
Director of Climate Programs
David Hawkins

Director of the Climate Center
Daniel Lashof

Peter Altman
David D. Doniger
Antonia Herzog
Laurie Johnson
Georgios Peridas
Michelle Quibell
Theodore Spencer
John Steelman

Health
Program Director
Linda Greer

Diane Bailey
Sarah Janssen
Jonathan R. Kaplan
Avinash Kar
Susan Keane
Kim Knowlton
Mayra Quirindongo
Daniel Rosenberg
Miriam Rotkin-Ellman
Jennifer Sass
Gina Solomon
Mae Wu

International
Program Director
Jacob Scherr

Elizabeth Barratt-Brown
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
Barbara Finamore
Joan Hu
Gao Jie
Ruidong Jin
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Zixin Lin
Mingming Liu
Kevin Mo
JingJing Qian
Jake Schmidt
Bo Shen
Allison Silverman
Alex Wang
Xiaoli Yan
Chenxi Yang
Ani Youatt
Anne Zhang

Land & Forests
Program Director
Sharon Buccino

Janet Barwick
Charles Clusen
Sylvia Fallon
Debbie Hammel
Nathaniel Lawrence
Amy Mall
Franz Matzner
Bobby McEnaney
Helen O'Shea
Rebecca Riley
Matthew Skoglund
Johanna Wald
Louisa Willcox
Sami Yassa

Legislation

Richard Ackerman

Litigation
Program Director
Mitch Bernard

Aaron Bloom
Allison Clements
Aaron Colangelo
Anjali I. Jaiswal
Charles Koob
Selena Kyle
Sarah Lipton-Lubet
Benjamin Longstreth
Nancy Marks
Michael Wall

Midwest
Program Director
Henry Henderson

Ann Alexander
Shannon Fisk
Nancy Metzger
Rebecca Stanfield
Dylan Sullivan
Andrew Wetzler

Nuclear
Program Director
Christopher Paine

Thomas B. Cochran
Geoffrey Fettus
Matthew McKinzie
Robert S. Norris

Oceans
Program Director
Lisa Speer

Alison Chase
Sarah Chasis
Karen Garrison
Alison Granshaw
Lawrence Levine
Leila Monroe
Laura Pagano
Bradford Sewell
Lisa Suatoni

Science Center
Program Director
Gabriela Chavarria

Susan Alter
Nathan Sandwick
Tara Connelly

Urban
Program Directors
Eric Goldstein
Joel Reynolds

Jessica Esposito
Timothy Grabiel
Allen Hershkowitz
Darby Hoover
Albert Huang
Mark A. Izeman
Michael Jasny
Taryn Kiekow
James B. Lounsbury
Adriano Martinez
Robin Marx
Damon Nagami
Melissa Lin Perrella
David Pettit
Laurance Rockefeller
Richard Schrader
Katherine Sinding
Zak Smith

Water
Program Directors
David Beckman
Nancy Stoner

Ronnie Cohen
Thomas Cmar
Jon P. Devine, Jr.
Noah Garrison
Amy Macaux
Michelle Mehta
Barry Nelson
Doug Obegi
Katherine Poole
Monty Schmitt

INSTITUTIONAL STAFF & STAFF ASSISTANTS

Administration & Finance
Director of Finance and Operations
Judith Keefer

Umar Al-Uqdah
Brian Anderson
Hiawatha Barno
Robbie Oxnard Bent
Angela Calderon
Annette Canela
William Christie
Dorothy Clune
Matthew Cohen
Genie Colbert
Jeffrey Cruz
Kathy Eason
Angeliki Elefteriou
Mercedes Falber
Brian Gourley
Anthony Guerrero
James Hands
Lauretta Hoffler
Sung Hwang
Brian James
Rodrigo Jaramillo
Eunice Jean-Paul
Valerie Keane
Rene Leni
Shih-Chang Lu
Apurva Muchhala
Vivekanandarajah Nadarajah
Leonard Patterson
Shravya Reddy
Ann Roach
Stephanie Sandor
Milagro Suarez
Vivek Varughese
Brad Wells
Samantha Wilt

Communications
Director of Communications
Phil Gutis

Douglas Barasch
Rita Barol
George Black
Julia Bovey
Anthony Clark
Scott Dodd
Lisa Goffredi
Janet Gold
Daniel Hinerfeld
Serena Ingre
Alexandra Kennaugh
Erin Kiley
Francesca Koe
Jessica Lass
Kathryn McGrath
Josh Mogerman
Michael Oko
Jennifer Powers
Adrianna Quintero-Somaini
Kim Ranney
Kate Slusark
Jennifer Sta. Ines
Will Tam
Lisa Whiteman
Laura Wright
Eric Young
Li Yang

Special Project Advisor
Stephen Mills

Development
Director of Development
John Murray

Director of Major Gifts
Priscilla Bayley

Directors of Special Projects
Jennifer Iselin Chapin
Annie Weis

Director of Foundation Relations
Robert Ferguson

Director of Gift Planning
Michelle Mulia-Howell

Jennifer Alley
Coretta Anderson
Natasha Berman
Spencer Campbell
John Cavanagh
Elizabeth Corr
Justin Courter
Darlene Davis
Caitlin Driscoll
Sarah Edwards-Schmidt
Lillian Fernandez
Nancy Golden
Shari Greenblatt
Rita Itwaru
Patrick Kiely
Ying Li
Elizabeth McNulty
Peter Meysenburg
Emily O'Neill
Shaniqua Outlaw
Matthew Perrin
Michelle Quinones
Carlita Salazar
Orlena Scoville
Lynne Shevlin
Missy Toney
Julie Truax
Nicole Verhoff
Joyce Wong

Membership & Public Education
Director of Membership and Public Education
Linda Lopez

Jean Bowman
Maria DeRiggi
Amy Greer
Alexandra Hernandez
Katharine Houston
Jordan Kessler
Gina Trujillo
Marie Weinmann
Joyce Yeung

Staff Assistants
Jackie Albarran
Sonah Allie
Evelyn Arevalo
Dylan Atchley
Jose Barcelona
Michelle R. Ben-David
Lauren Bern
Sarah Brailey
Larisa Bravette
Anita Brennan
Willa Bugnon
Ynés Cabral
Rita Calvo
Tianya Coachman
Jamie Consuegra
Lisa Copland
Lasans Crawford
Jennifer Daly
Juliann Diaz
Jennifer Emerson
Linda Escalante
Debra Faulkner
Ubaldo Fernandez
Alba Garzon
Katherine Gibson
Sevi Glekas
Sherry Goldberg
Molly Greenwood
Courtney Hamilton
Sharon Hargrove
Thomas Hayes
Jennifer Heibult
Jennifer Henry
Cecilia Herrera
Elizabeth H. Heyd
Hoober Hu
Carol James
Gerard Janco
Susanne King
Erik Laaken
Andrea Martin
Kelly McGonigle
Elaina De Meyere
Dustin Meyer
Mollie Nye
Margaret Oakley
Lily Oster
Li Ping
Adrianne Prettyman
Penny Primo
Caroline Pronovost
Roseann Rock
Melanie Seigel
David Sheppard
Justin Sherman
Auden Shim
Renata Silberblatt
Stephanie Startz
Heather Stratton
Rachel Sohmer
Ran Tao
Catherine Vega
Suzanne Vyborney
Sharianne Walker
Desrene Walton
Monique Waples
Benjamin West
Craig Dylan Wyatt
Xiaoli Yan
Suzanne Young
Yao Zheng
Xiya Zhang



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