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Sylvie Ashford

Schneider Sustainable Energy Fellow, Western Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Sylvie Ashford works on building decarbonization, electricity planning, and other clean energy issues in California. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked as a research assistant at policy think tanks in the Bay Area and Washington, D.C., and completed her capstone…

Josh Axelrod

Senior Advocate, Nature Program
Josh Axelrod focuses on issues including public land protection and conservation, renewable energy siting on public lands, limiting oil and gas development on public lands, energy transmission, and climate policy. Since joining NRDC in 2013, Axelrod has also developed expertise…

Sandy Aylesworth

Director, Pacific Initiative, Oceans Division, Nature Program
Sandy Aylesworth advocates to combat illegal fishing and for responsible offshore wind development. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked at the U.S. Department of State and was a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow at NOAA's Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs…

Emily Barkdoll

Northeast Regional Director, Resilient Communities, People & Communities Program
Emily Barkdoll provides policy and advocacy expertise to help cities and states in the Northeast advance their climate goals through building and activating partnerships, advancing holistic policies and climate solutions that provide strong health, economic, and social benefits, and seeing…

Max Baumhefner

Senior Attorney, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Max Baumhefner works to make our nation’s cars, trucks, and buses zero emission vehicles. He focuses on electrifying the transportation sector in a manner that also accelerates the transition to a smarter, more affordable electric grid powered by renewable resources…

Merrian Borgeson

Director, California Policy, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Merrian Borgeson champions stronger climate policies by providing analysis and strategic guidance to help us shift to efficient, renewable energy. She works closely with policymakers and stakeholders at the state, regional, and national levels. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked…

Sheryl Carter

Director, Power Sector, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Sheryl Carter oversees NRDC’s work in the power sector—transforming the energy system to reduce its public health, environmental, and climate impacts, as well as increase energy equity and affordability. Carter, who serves on the Electric Power Research Institute Advisory Council…

Christopher Casey

Senior Attorney, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Christopher Casey advocates to advance climate and clean energy policy priorities in New York as a member of NRDC's Eastern Energy and Sustainable FERC project teams. Currently, he focuses on NYISO wholesale electricity markets, power and gas system planning, increasing…

Ralph Cavanagh

Energy Co-Director, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Since joining NRDC in 1979, Ralph Cavanagh has focused on removing barriers to cost-effective energy efficiency and on the role that electric and natural gas utilities can play in leading a clean energy transition. From 1993 to 2003, he served…

Alison Chase

Senior Policy Analyst, Oceans Division, Nature Program
Alison Chase helps craft and advocate for effective state and federal policies that will protect and restore ocean and coastal health. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked for a number of environmental organizations including the League of Conservation Voters and…

Mohit Chhabra

Technical Lead and Advisor, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Mohit Chhabra provides analysis and strategic guidance to policymakers and other stakeholders at the state, regional, and national levels. He is currently working on redesigning electricity pricing to facilitate decarbonization and enhance affordability, developing cost-effective pathways to reduce greenhouse gas…

Donna De Costanzo

Director, Eastern Region, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Donna De Costanzo advocates for the implementation of policies that increase energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment as well as promote sustainable communities and smart growth, with a primary focus on New York State and New York City. Prior to…

Julia de Lamare

Advocate, Clean Energy, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Julia de Lamare works to advance the clean energy transition in California in an affordable, equitable, and cost-effective manner. To achieve these outcomes, she advocates at state regulatory and legislative forums. As the California team's legal expert, De Lamare supports…

Melanie Dueñas

Program Assistant, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Melanie Dueñas works on climate and clean energy advocacy efforts with NRDC’s Eastern Energy and Sustainable FERC Project teams. She supports efforts that push for energy efficiency and decarbonization across sectors. In particular, she is passionate about financing solutions for…

Jacqueline Ennis

Policy Analyst, Climate & Clean Energy Program
Jacqueline Ennis uses data and modeling to support and design deep decarbonization policies at the state and federal levels. She works on policy efforts involving clean hydrogen development, NRDC’s clean energy advocacy in the West and Midwest, and transportation electrification…