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Julie Risser
Edina, MN
Julie served as a Clean Water Action Minnesota board member from 2005-2008 and was active in MERP (Metropolitan Emissions Reduction Project), which focused on reducing the number of coal-fired power plants in the Twin Cities. She left the board to serve on Edina’s Energy and Environment Commission from 2007-2014. There, she chaired the Air and Water Quality Working Groups, and she co-authored the “Energy and Environment” chapter for the 2008 Edina Comprehensive Plan. In 2016, she joined Clean Water Action Minnesota’s Political Committee
Andy Bauer
Portland, CT
Andy Bauer became a life-long fan of Clean Water Action when he became an activist in CT's 1998-2002 Campaign to Clean up the “Sooty Six” power plants. In 2005 he founded and continues to Chair the Portland Clean Energy Task Force. He believes that aggressively deploying clean energy and energy efficiency technologies can blunt the threat that climate change presents to future generations. Andy has spent thousands of hours promoting programs that help people reap the multiple benefits that clean & efficient energy options deliver. In 2014 he
Marisa Perales
Austin, TX
Marisa Perales is a partner in a small environmental law firm that advocates against polluters and in favor of the public's interest throughout Texas. The firm addresses all sorts of environmental issues that arise in Texas, including municipal, hazardous, and radioactive waste storage and disposal; water quality and air pollution; endangered species protection; and incompatible land uses. Ms. Perales also serves as board president of Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund. Believing that environmental advocacy must lead with equity and
Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds
Newark, NJ
Wynnie-Fred is the Executive Director of the Weequahic Park Association, a Park Conservancy and Environmental Justice organization. She was appointed by the Mayor of Newark, NJ and the Municipal City Council to the Newark Environmental Commission on October 2015. She is a member of the Newark Water Group, a grass-roots think tank and advocacy organization that advocates for better oversight of Newark’s Watershed, located in the NJ Highlands, and its Water and Sewer System, and also a New Jersey Clean Water Action Board Member.
Sarah Naiman, PhD
Natick, MA
Sarah Naiman is currently a PhD Candidate at Cornell University in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. She received her B.S. in Environmental Science from Loyola University Chicago where she began her research on Latine environmentalism and environmental justice. Over the last 6 years, Sarah has collaborated with researchers, students, practitioners and community members to conduct interviews, surveys, and focus groups for various organizational and academic projects including: 1) gaining a baseline understanding of how U.S