November 21, 2023
Margie Campaigne
I joined the local Sierra Club in the mid 1990’s and worked with the Great Lakes Committee. Sometime after that, I was recruited to join the ExCom. I chair the Biodiversity-Vegetarian Committee, helped with various aspects of our annual Environmental Forums, and am current editor of the Ecologue and board secretary. I enjoy being able to pursue my passion for the environment in a number of ways, all facilitated by being a member of the RRG and its ExCom.
Ron Garrow
Ronald Garrow, Akwesasne Mohawk Bear Clan, is the Founder and Executive Director of The Indigenous Peoples Center in Rochester, NY, a nonprofit organization supporting and promoting awareness of the Indigenous people’s culture, primarily the Haudenosaunee Culture (known as Iroquois). While creating and running The Indigenous Peoples center Ron serves on the Board of Directors for Kanatsiohareke, a Mohawk Community in Fonda, NY and works full time for NY State Department of Motor Vehicles. Ron grew up on the Akwesasne Indian Reservation of Upstate New York and currently lives in Rochester, NY near his children and grandchildren. Ron has worked with many individuals and local entities to bring positive change and celebrate the indigenous cultures that are present in the region. Having participated in many speaking engagements, interviews and public events Ron has many accomplishments and is a Mohawk language speaker.
John Kastner
Lifelong resident of Rochester, graduate of RIT BFA, worked thirty years as an illustrator, retired from the Memorial Art Gallery’s Creative Workshop after teaching there forty years, founding member The Committee to Save Seneca Park, 1977-1986. Sierra Club member since 1992, board member since 2012 in charge of tabling and calendar sales and chair of our annual tree giveaway event, an avid hiker, biker and paddler with a keen sense of responsibility toward preserving the planet for coming generations