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OUR PEOPLE

The Leadership Team

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Leslie Alden

Co-Founder,

Executive Director

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Susan Wright

Co-Founder,

Senior Advisor

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CJ Koepp

Communications Consultant

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Denise Donaldson

Marketing and Communications

Our Advisors

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Herb Behrstock

United Nations Association

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Gil Friend

CEO, Natural Logic

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Paul Hawken

Founder, Project Drawdown and Regeneration

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Shawn Marshall

CEO, Peninsula Clean Energy

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Susan Wright

Sustainability Program Manager, San Mateo County

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Patty Cook

Senior VP, ICF International

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Maura McKnight

Executive Director, Business Council on Climate Change

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David Johnson

AIA, NCARB, VP, AGI Avant Group

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Nils Moe

Executive Director, Urban Sustainability Directors Network

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Bruce Riordan

Director, Climate Readiness Institute, UC Berkeley

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Lauren Wylie

Sustainability Director, Oliver Wyman

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Carleen Cullen

CEO, Drive Clean Bay Area

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Kate Gordon

Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary J. Granholm, Department of Energy

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Cynthia Koehler, JD

Executive Director, WaterNow

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Laura Neish

Executive Director, 350 Bay Area

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Bill Weihl

Founder & Executive Director, Climate Voice

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Abby Young

Principal Environmental Planner, BAAQMD

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Cyane Dandridge

CEO, Strategic Energy Innovations

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Ann Hancock

Founder & Chief Strategist, The Climate Center

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Kirsten Liske

Vice President, Community Programs, Ecology Action

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Debbie Raphael

Director (ret.), San Francisco Department of the Environment

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Mark Westwind

The Praxis Group

We are grateful to our past team members, and to our generous and dedicated volunteers!

Charlie Chesney

​Lynda Deschambault

Kiki La Porta (Descom Studios)

Joel McKinnon

Alejandro Moreno

Anjali Ponnekanti (Research Associate)

Mike Robinson

Louie Schwartzberg (Moving Art)

Mark Westwind

Chris Yalonis

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Act Now Bay Area team

About us

We're making sure that everyone can find the information they can use, the groups they can join, and the actions they can take — using the best science, innovations, and funding tools.

Act Now Bay Area cofounders

Our story

Act Now Bay Area (formerly Drawdown Bay Area) was inspired by the catalogue of climate solutions and the science and data developed by the Project Drawdown team led by Paul Hawken. 

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Support our work

We're scaling our work to reach more people, more often, with vital messages about how they can be a part of the solution right here, right now. Together, the Bay Area can make a world of difference.

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