Steering Committee:

	Corrine L. Van Hook, Communications & Outreach Manager | E-mail Corrine manages communications, outreach, and supports fundraising efforts at Bay Localize. She helps coordinate and support key programs like Communities for Resilience and Green Your City as well as program development and strategic planning. Corrine's passion for social justice stems from youth and education, disadvantaged populations and people of color, and equitable opportunity. As a former IDEAL Scholar, she witnessed and continues to witness the compelling impact of investing in youth and disenfranchised communities so that leadership can reflect the real diversity it seeks to serve. She has developed her talents working with the Rockwood Leadership Institute, Greater New Beginnings Youth Services, and through contracting with various organizations. Corrine holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. She hopes to learn, educate, and urge communities to be more proactive in functioning within their environment so we can create and maintain sustainable futures.
	Kirsten Schwind, Co-founder and Program Director | E-mail Kirsten holds a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy from Swarthmore College and an M.S. in Natural Resources Management from the University of Michigan. She authored Bay Localize's Community Resilience Toolkit and co-authored Tapping the Potential of Urban Rooftops, which won an award from the American Planning Association's California Chapter. Kirsten is deeply involved in local energy policy and formerly served as the Chair of the City of Berkeley's Energy Commission. At Bay Localize Kirsten takes the lead on community resilience workshops and updating the Toolkit, consulting on local energy policy, and managing organizational operations and development. She also has worked extensively in food systems and international trade policy at other nonprofit groups, including as Program Director at Food First, and once served as shop steward for her union. Kirsten worked for several years in Latin America in human rights and the environment, and is fluent in Spanish.
	Adam Bad Wound, Development Advisor | E-mail Adam, a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, is the Grants Manager at NatureBridge, a nonprofit organization that inspires personal connections to the natural world and responsible actions to sustain it by connecting young people to the wonders of science and nature in the world’s best classrooms—our national parks. He founded the Lakotamedia Foundation to promote Siouan knowledge through digital, mobile, and social media technologies. Its primary project is Lakotapedia, a wiki-based community that promotes Lakota arts, culture, history, language, and traditions through volunteer knowledge sharing. Adam has a B.A. with double majors in Multicultural Studies and Religion from St. Olaf College; M.A. in Higher Education from Teachers College, Colombia University; and an M.A. in Education and Sociology from Stanford University. He’s also a Certified Naturalist from the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
	Aaron Lehmer, Co-founder & Communications/Green Your City Advisor | E-mail Aaron co-founded Bay Localize and managed its Green Your City program, published Bay Localize News, and helped coordinate outreach, communications, and fundraising efforts. He currently co-manages House Kombucha, a family-owned, local green business founded by his wife, Rana Lehmer-Chang. Aaron continues to serve on Bay Localize's Steering Committee, and also serves on the Oakland Food Policy Council and Earth Island Institute's Program Committee. Aaron holds an M.A. in Globalization and the Environment from Humboldt State University and a triple B.A. in Anthropology, Philosophy, and Environmental Studies from Iowa State University. He also worked for the Ella Baker Center's Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, Circle of Life, Earth Island Institute, Grassroots Globalization Network, ReThink Paper, and with the Student Environmental Action Coalition. His commentaries have been featured on AlterNet, KPFA, and NPR, in the Earth Island Journal, Sacramento News & Review, Permaculture Activist, Energy Bulletin, Oakland Tribune, and the S.F. Bay Guardian. Aaron lives in Oakland and is an avid gardener, hiker, music addict, singer, and amateur astronomer.
	Ingrid Jacobson, Chair/Strategic Advisor | E-mail Ingrid coordinates and executes education programming for entrepreneurs in the Bay Area as the Education Manager for ICA (Inner City Advisors). An educator for over 10 years, beginning as an elementary school teacher, curriculum developer for sustainable financial education for workforce development, and currently teaching young mothers to prepare for the GED. In addition to her work in education, she has worked as a project manager for an affordable housing organization where she managed all aspects of development of innovative non-profit tax credit model for solar financing. She has also facilitated many convenings of thought leaders in the arenas of economic development and sustainability. Her education includes a BA from UW-Madison, an MBA and a Master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability in Sweden.
	Nile Malloy, Movement Building & Foundation Relations Advisor | E-mail Nile is a movement builder and organizer committed to social, economic, and ecological justice. He is currently Program Director for Communities for a Better Environment. He recently served as the Freedom from Oil campaigner at Rainforest Action Network. Outside of campaigning against big corporations on environmental standards, criteria and policy, he is deeply invested in local solution-based projects in the Midwest and in the Bay Area to revitalize urban centers. He also has wide-ranging background as a teacher and has taught at the New College of California in the Activism and Social Change Program. He holds a B.A. in Urban Anthropology and African American Studies from the University of Michigan and an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation with a focus on local and global environmental justice projects. An aspiring writer and poet, Nile resides in Oakland.
	Rosa Esperanza González, Popular Theater Artist | E-mail Rosa is a popular educator, writer, and visual and performing artist. She serves as the Green Academy Program Manager at Green for All, and recently served as coordinator of popular education for the Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action (PILA). She designs curricula and facilitates theater-based workshops and townhall meetings for critical community dialog. Rosa is also a member of headRush, a psycho-political performance and popular education crew dedicated to inspiring working class communities through a blend of spoken word and teatro-style political satire. In 2002, she wrote and directed her first play, "My Camino Real," produced by Los Del Pueblos Actors' Lab. She writes to evoke spirit, inspire young people, and honor her ancestors. Rosa has a Masters in Latin American Studies from Stanford University and a Masters in Teaching from the Arts in Education program at the University of San Francisco.

Program Partners:

Al Weinrub, Local Clean Energy Alliance Coordinator | E-mail Al Weinrub has served as volunteer coordinator of the Local Clean Energy Alliance since 2010, organizing regular Alliance meetings, planning our annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities conference, recruiting new members, and assisting with policy campaign efforts. He authored Community Power: Decentralized Renewable Energy in California, has conducted energy policy briefings for a number of organizations, and serves on the Sierra Club California Energy-Climate Committee. He lives in Oakland.

Interns, Project Volunteers, and Research Associates:

Tatiana Chaterji, Communities for Resilience Intern | E-mail Tatiana is the Office Management intern for Bay Localize. Tatiana works at the intersection of popular education, creative expression, and healing. Trained in various modalities of applied theatre, she believes in the liberatory potential of the dramatic form to address violence and collective trauma. She cross-trains in the domains of music, capoeira, and improvisational theatre. As much as she can, Tatiana lives in her second home of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and collaborates with artists and performers. She comes to Bay Localize with sensitive urgency about environmental issues, inspired by ground-level efforts that emerge from those in our global family who bear the greatest burdens of climate change and scarcity of resources. Her background in non-profit administration is in the immigrant rights movement, with sustained presence in Boston’s Haitian community. Her undergraduate thesis in Government and Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality (Harvard, 2008) incorporated Participatory Action Research in considering citizenship, borders, cultural belonging, political participation, and transnational solidarity in the Haitian diasporic context.

Bianca Taylor, Multimedia and Outreach Intern | E-mail Bianca is the Multimedia and Outreach intern for Bay Localize. Although she loves to travel, has lived abroad, and is fluent in French, she understands the importance of thinking globally, but acting locally. Recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, Bianca has worked with several non-profits that focus on environmental sustainability and community development. While serving as Assistant Program Director of the Restoration Initiatives Project at the Earth Island Institute, she became interested in grassroots environmental issues, specifically the intersection between environmental sustainability and social justice. As an intern with the Foundation for Sustainable Development, Bianca expanded her skills in social media strategy, public relations, and marketing in the nonprofit sector. When she’s not in the office, Bianca loves to read, spend time outdoors, and explore the great music and food the Bay Area has to offer!

Board of Advisors:

	Allyse Heartwell, Co-founder and Local Food Systems Advisor Allyse holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University, where her studies focused on international environmental issues. She currently serves as an Online Campaigner for 350.org, and previously worked as Coordinator of the Buy Fresh, Buy Local program at the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. She worked on media and community outreach for Bay Localize and served on the Steering Committee for over two years. A relatively recent Bay Area transplant, she now focuses her interest in sustainability on the local level and is involved in many activities relating to peak oil, urban agriculture, and localization. She lives in San Francisco, where she gardens, volunteers for Alemany Farm, and walks a lot.
	Dave Room, Co-founder and Community-Centered Media Advisor Dave Room co-founded Bay Localize, a public benefit organization that inspires and supports Bay Area residents in building resilient communities, and coordinated the Local Clean Energy Alliance. He was instrumental in the start up phase of Post Carbon Institute, playing a key role in donor cultivation, the End of Suburbia screening campaign, and engagement with local groups. He was also a frequent interviewer on Global Public Media. Dave's most important identifier is Melia's Papa. On stage, Melia's Papa uses storytelling and solo performance theater (The Monkey Trap) to awaken and activate mainstream audiences, people of color, and youth. Dave is leading efforts to use new media and social media for social change and political advocacy through his new social enterprise BALANCE Edutainment. Dave coined the term "Energy Preparedness" and was on the Oil Independent Oakland by 2020 task force. He has B.S in Electrical Engineering with a Power Systems focus and a M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University. Follow Dave on Twitter.
	Ingrid Severson, Co-founder and Rooftop Resource Systems Advisor Ingrid is the former organizer and project leader of Bay Localize's Rooftop Resources Project and served on the Steering Committee for three years. She gained experience in the environmental field through undergraduate studies at San Francisco State and New College of California. She pursued a hands-on approach to Deep Ecology with extensive travels and environmental programs in Latin America. Ingrid is a certified Permaculture Designer and is competent in Spanish. She has worked with Sonoma County Conservation Action, the Sierra Club Bay Chapter, and independently in various video productions promoting environmental awareness. She has also held a professional therapeutic massage practice for eight years. Ingrid lives in Oakland and enjoys exploring the natural treasures within the Bay Area.
	Katherine "Kat" Steele Kat is a permaculture activist, designer, educator, and founder of the Urban Permaculture Guild in Oakland. She facilitates workshops on natural building and permaculture as well as publicly speaks about eco-social design, city repair, and the power of placemaking. Trained in Ecovillage Design with the Findhorn Foundation of Scotland, Natural Building with Kleiwerks International, and Permaculture Design with the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, she also holds an MA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University. She presently serves on the board of another Bay Area nonprofit organization devoted to peace, justice, and sustainablity, the NorCal Chapter of Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) in Berkeley. She recently became one of a 1,000 Climate Project trainees, empowered to present a version of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth slide presentation. Kat lives in Oakland and is devoted to localization, believing it to be a key strategy towards sustainability and thriveability.
	Kay Cuajunco, Food Justice & Urban Ag Advisor Kay is an ecofeminist, scholar, and activist. She assisted with Bay Localize's "Grow Local" campaign to promote urban agriculture, its Scraps to Soil composting initiative at Laney College, and with general community outreach. Kay is committed to creating environmental and social equity systems that are inclusive of underserved communities. She believes their participation helps sustain a vibrant and collaborative learning community. She helps foster community resilience through the use of multimedia and transformative narratives, forging solidarity around our connections to the Earth and our rights and responsibilities that flow from them. Kay is currently pursuing her Masters in Political Theory at San Francisco State University where her research focuses on the intersections of race, class, and gender, and the negative impacts of neo-colonialism on the environment. She is passionate about our ability to create change globally by building movements locally. Kay enjoys yoga, capoeira, riding her bike, and creative vegan dishes.
	Kevin Bayuk Kevin started as an artist and filmmaker, explored an eight year meander as a technology entrepreneur (in an attempt to fund films) and has now graduated into a life as an activated advocate for ecotopian living. Currently he leverages his skills and relationships to develop organizations and projects that regenerate healthy ecosystems and socially just environments. In addition to advising Bay Localize, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Urban Alliance for Sustainability and Daily Acts. Kevin also facilitates permaculture trainings and shares his skills in organic gardening and composting in playshops and community workshops.
	Leah Fessenden, Urban Ag and Green Infrastructure Advisor Leah served as a Green Your City intern and fellow for nearly two years, coordinating volunteer work days with Bay Localize's affiliated garden and community projects, assisting with green roof policy development, and equipping local enthusiasts with tools and resources to get started on their own projects. She also played an instrumental role in launching our Grow Local urban agriculture campaign. As a student in Environmental Management at Merritt College, she is well-versed in green building, and has gained a great deal of hands on experience with living roof systems, particularly through a greenhouse project at the department's headquarters, the Self-Reliant House. Leah lives in Oakland and is an avid fan of quality afternoon coffee.
	Linda Currie, Climate Action Advisor Linda led Bay Localize's Green Faith in Action project, outreaching to faith-based communities to help congregants make their homes more energy efficient. She has been coaching groups of people around the East Bay to lower their carbon footprints through a program called "The Low Carbon Diet." She has worked with the Berkeley Public Schools, City of Berkeley, the YMCA, Berkeley's Energy Commission, First Presbyterian Church, the Ecology Center and the City of Albany. She also serves as a board member for Green Sangha, a chapter-based nonprofit dedicated to inspiring awakened action on various environmental fronts. Linda lives in Berkeley with her family and can be found biking around town, hanging clothes on the line, muttering to squirrels and occasionally painting.
	Dan Antonioli Dan is a green construction specialist with over twenty years of experience in general construction and ten years in ecological design, alternative construction, and green building. He has a background in green building, natural building, permaculture, and ecovillage design and development. He's a licensed general contractor, a registered green builder with Build It Green, and has memberships with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), the American Solar Energy Association, the Northern California Solar Energy Association, and the Eastern Oregon Renewable Energy Association. He's currently creating an inner city ecovillage in Oakland and a five parcel intentional community in Laytonville, California.
Consultative Advisors: Kevin Danaher, Co-founder, Global Exchange Kirstin Miller, Program Director, Ecocity Builders Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes, Director, SFSU Urban Studies Dept. John Talberth, Senior Economist, World Resources Institute