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Curtis Da'Von
Curtis Da'Von is spearheading our work to address air pollution in the Mon Valley and ensure utilities in western Pennsylvania provide safe, affordable, lead free drinking water. Curtis has been a servant leader in the Pittsburgh community for over 15 years. Curtis was born and raised in Homewood, attended the old Holy Rosary School, would later attend Pittsburgh Central Catholic, and then majored in Communications with a religious studies minor at Youngstown State University.
Curtis is a lifelong member of the Pittsburgh NAACP. Throughout his travels in communities in Allegheny County, Curtis
Ian Louda
Ian is a passionate environmentalist who joined the Philadelphia Field Canvass in the summer of 2016 after graduating from Temple University with a degree in Film and minors in Environmental Studies and Creative Writing. As a photographer for Public Interest GRFX, he covered a broad range of social and environmental activism but felt the need to affect the issues more directly - so he began canvassing.
After serving as a Field Manager for more than a year and briefly running the Washington, D.C. Field Canvass, Ian became the Philadelphia Canvass Director in April 2018. When he's not holding
Maurice Sampson
Maurice M. Sampson II has been a grass roots environmental activist dating back to the 70s. He fought to pass of local ordinances requiring Environmental Impact Statements for all housing developments ( Cherry Hill NJ , 1971) saving 200 acres from suburban development, to oppose highway bond issues (1973),Tocks Island Dam on the upper Delaware (1972-73), floating nuclear power plants (1975), and to support creation of the New Jersey Pinelands preservation 1974-77. He founded the Youth Environmental Society (New Brunswick, NJ), a statewide youth environmental organization that network high
Kathie Knorr
Kathie joined Clean Water Action in 1991 as the phone canvass office manager and administrator. Most likely she will be the first person you meet when you walk into the Pittsburgh office! Two of the things that keep her here are her love of working with people who share her passion for protecting the environment and the casual atmosphere. Her outside interests include gardening, watching the sunset, and attending her son Dylan's sporting events.
Kerem Gokmen
Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Kerem started at Clean Water Action in January 2001 as a phone canvasser & has spent his entire career with the organization at the Pittsburgh office, taking on Canvass Director duties in the Fall of 2012. Over the years Kerem has organized members in the state on a variety of issues & campaigns, ranging from protecting the exceptional value streams, the pesticide notification act, right to know reports & fracking in recent years. Aside from Clean Water Action, Kerem has been on the airwaves of public radio station WYEP Pittsburgh since 1997, producing &