About NRDC - NRDC Staff

For bios of the scientists, lawyers and policy experts on NRDC's program staff, see our Expert Finder.

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

PROGRAM STAFF


Air & Energy
Program Director
Ashok Gupta

Ann Alexander
Kaid Benfield
Terry Black
Dale Bryk
Lane Burt
Sheryl Carter
Ralph Cavanagh
Audrey Chang
Donna DeCostanzo
Lara Ettenson
Edward Farquhar
Leah Fletcher
Rishi Garg
David Goldstein
Nathanael Greene
Kristin Grenfell
Janet Hathaway
Noah Horowitz
Roland Hwang
Richard Kassel
Deron Lovaas
Luis Martinez
Colin O'Brien
Jim Presswood
Laura Sanchez
Patrice Simms
Tom Singer
Luke Tonachel
John Walke
Devra Wang

Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Campaign Director
Robert Perks

Lisa Catapano
Diane Doucette
Harris Epstein
Apolinar Gonzales
Robin McCarthy
Ann Notthoff
Victoria Rome
Melissa Waage

Center for Market Innovation
Program Director
Richard Duke

Susan Leeds
Christine Luong
April Mo
Yerina Mugica

Climate
Director of Climate Programs
David Hawkins

Director of the Climate Center
Daniel Lashof

David D. Doniger
Ryan Fernandez
Michael Goo
Antonia Herzog
Elizabeth Martin
Fran Pavley
Michelle Quibell
Theodore Spencer
John Steelman

Health
Program Director
Linda Greer

Diane Bailey
Jonathan R. Kaplan
Avinash Kar
Susan Keane
Mayra Quirindongo
Miriam Rotkin-Ellman
Jennifer Sass
Gina Solomon
Mae Wu

International
Program Director
Jacob Scherr

Elizabeth Barratt-Brown
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
Rui Fan
Barbara Finamore
Joan Hu
Timothy Hui
Ruidong Jin
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Yi Luo
Melanie Nakagawa
JingJing Qian
Bo Shen
Allison Silverman
Alex Wang
Ani Youatt
Yanfang Zhou

Land & Forests
Program Director
Sharon Buccino

Janet Barwick
Charles Clusen
Sylvia Fallon
Debbie Hammel
Nathaniel Lawrence
Amy Mall
Franz Matzner
Bobby McEnaney
Johanna Wald
Louisa Willcox
Sami Yassa

Legislation
Legislative Director
Karen Wayland

Richard Ackerman
John Loy
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Litigation
Program Director
Mitch Bernard

Aaron Bloom
Thomas Cmar
Aaron Colangelo
Anjali I. Jaiswal
Charles Koob
Selena Kyle
James B. Lounsbury
Nancy Marks
Benjamin Longstreth
Steven Smith
Michael Wall

Midwest
Program Director
Henry Henderson

Shannon Fisk
Nancy Watson
Andrew Wetzler

Nuclear
Program Director
Christopher Paine

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

Science Center
Program Director
Gabriela Chavarria

Sarah Janssen
Kim Knowlton
Georgios Peridas

Urban
Program Directors
Eric Goldstein
Joel Reynolds

David Beckman
Jessica Esposito
Noah Garrison
Timothy Grabiel
Allen Hershkowitz
Darby Hoover
Cara Horowitz
Albert Huang
Mark A. Izeman
Michael Jasny
Ari Kahn
Adriano Martinez
Robin Marx
Michelle Mehta
Damon Nagami
Melissa Lin Perrella
David Pettit
Laurance Rockefeller
Nathan Sandwick
Richard Schrader
Katherine Sinding

Water & Oceans
Program Director
Lisa Speer

Alison Chase
Sarah Chasis
Ronnie Cohen
Jon P. Devine, Jr.
Roberta Elias
Karen Garrison
Lawrence Levine
Barry Nelson
Doug Obegi
Kristina Ortez
Laura Pagano
Katherine Poole
Monty Schmitt
Bradford Sewell
Melanie Shepherdson
Nancy Stoner
Kate Wing

INSTITUTIONAL STAFF & STAFF ASSISTANTS

Administration & Finance
Director of Finance and Operations
Judith Keefer

Umar Al-Uqdah
Brian Anderson
Hiawatha Barno
Angela Calderon
Annette Canela
Amy Chan
William Christie
Dorothy Clune
Matthew Cohen
Genie Colbert
Jeffrey Cruz
Brendan DeMelle
William Dornbos
Kathy Eason
Leslie Edmond
Angeliki Elefteriou
Mercedes Falber
Seba Fuller
Claxton Francis
Brian Gourley
James Hands
Lauretta Hoffler
Sung Hwang
Rodrigo Jaramillo
Marlon Jones
Sandra Kolakowski
Rene Leni
Shih-Chang Lu
Leonard Patterson
Ann Roach
Stephanie Sandor
Milagro Suarez
Brad Wells
Samantha Wilt

Communications
Director of Communications
Phil Gutis

Douglas Barasch
Rita Barol
George Black
Julia Bovey
Anthony Clark
Kelly Cox
Lisa Goffredi
Janet Gold
Daniel Hinerfeld
Serena Ingre
Alexandra Kennaugh
Erin Kiley
Francesca Koe
Jessica Lass
Kathryn McGrath
Shanti Menon
Josh Mogerman
Craig Noble
Hamlet Paoletti
Jennifer Powers
Adrianna Quintero-Somaini
Kim Ranney
Kate Slusark
Jennifer Sta. Ines
Will Tam
Lisa Whiteman
Laura Wright
Eric Young

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
Christina Angelides
Chris Bisoni
Spencer Campbell
Justin Courter
Darlene Davis
Caitlin Driscoll
Sarah Edwards-Schmidt
Lillian Fernandez
Nancy Golden
Shari Greenblatt
Rita Itwaru
Ying Li
Elizabeth McNulty
Jennifer Meyer
Peter Meysenburg
Emily O'Neill
Shaniqua Outlaw
Matthew Perrin
Michelle Quinones
Mercedes Rubio
Carlita Salazar
Lynne Shevlin
Julie Truax
Joyce Wong

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

Jean Bowman
Sarah Bright
Maria DeRiggi
Amy Greer
Katharine Houston
Jordan Kessler
Jennifer Kozlowski
Gina Trujillo
Marie Weinmann
Joyce Yeung

Staff Assistants
Jackie Albarran
Sonah Allie
Emily Alves
Evelyn Arevalo
Natasha Badagliacco
Alice Baker
Jose Barcelona
Elizabeth Beall
Lauren Bern
Kathryn Boudouris
Larisa Bravette
Erika Brekke
Willa Bugnon
Ynés Cabral
Petra Caines
Jamie Consuegra
Jennifer Daly
Juliann Diaz
Erin Dies
Linda Escalante
Rui Fan
Debra Faulkner
Alba Garzon
Sevi Glekas
Samantha Glenn
Alyssa Go
Sherry Goldberg
Molly Greenwood
Courtney Hamilton
Sharon Hargrove
Thomas Hayes
Jennifer Heibult
Alexandra Hernandez
Cecilia Herrera
Elizabeth H. Heyd
Hoober Hu
Carol James
Gerard Janco
Valerie Keane
Susanne King
Erik Laaken
Morgan Levy
Andrea Martin
Phyllis McCain
Kelly McGonigle
Amelia Nuding
Margaret Oakley
Lily Oster
Crossley Pinkstaff
Penny Primo
Caroline Pronovost
Alyssa Robb
Roseann Rock
Orlena Scoville
Melanie Seigel
David Sheppard
Justin Sherman
Auden Shim
Renata Silberblatt
Stephanie Startz
Rachel Sohmer
Ran Tao
Catherine Vega
Suzanne Vyborney
Sharianne Walker
Desrene Walton
Monique Waples
Craig Dylan Wyatt
Suzanne Young
Yao Zheng



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