Nominating Committee candidate
I joined the Sierra Club in 2000 while living in Ithaca after meeting a fellow member involved with the Finger Lakes Group. He invited me to join and I soon became Vice Chair of the Group, then Chair for three years. I have since founded and chaired the Farm & Food Committee to address the industrialization of our food systems in New York State and support sustainable farming practices. In addition, I have served as the website manager, newsletter editor, and a number of other leadership positions in both the Finger Lakes and Susquehanna Groups, including Group Delegate to the Executive Committee. I also work actively to oppose the approval of high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State, an issue that especially affects my community in one of the apparent targeted Counties for initial permitting, and am active with the Water Sentinels. Furthermore, I work well with fellow activists and staff, am an effective team player, and encourage nonmembers concerned about public health and the environment to join the Sierra Club and get involved. I bring to the Executive Committee the energy and ideas that it so desperately needs in order to achieve our Chapter’s conservation, legislative, and political goals.