Board Of Directors
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Sam BerkSamuel Berk is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has worked as the Advocacy Coordinator for the Westside Center for Independent Living and as an attorney and adjunct faculty member at the Western Law Center for Disability Rights at Loyola Law School. He currently maintains a private practice in Cambridge with an emphasis on disability benefits cases. He served as the Green Cambridge treasurer for four years and is on the Green Cambridge finance committee and several ongoing Green Cambridge projects.
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Mike ConnollyMike Connolly is a lawyer and state representative with a deep commitment to environmental sustainability. A board member since 2013, Mike was instrumental in the Net Zero campaign, leading the charge on the Connolly Petition as it became known. He also organized several rallies and events in support of preserving the Silver Maple Forest.
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Suzanne Englot, ClerkSuzy is an attorney with a background in climate and energy law and policy, and works as an environmental health and safety consultant at The Isosceles Group in Boston. She is a graduate of Gettysburg College and the Haub School of Law at Pace University, and a brand new Cantabrigian.
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Cory Firstenberg, TreasurerCory is an IT Project Manager at Safety Insurance in Boston and a passionate climate and renewable energy advocate. He is a graduate of Boston University and entering his 3rd year as a Cambridge resident.
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Cynthia HibbardCynthia is a semi-retired Vice President and Air & Climate Practice Leader at CDM Smith, an environmental engineering consulting firm. Cynthia has served on the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Greenhouse Gas Technical Advisory Committee; is a contributing author to The Climate Registry, Local Government Operations Protocol (LGOP) for the Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories; and is serving on the City of Cambridge ENVISION Climate and Environment Working Group. She is a graduate of Harvard/Radcliffe College (Engineering and Applied Physics) and Harvard University (Applied Sciences and School of Public Health).
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Susan LabandibarSusan is the founder and owner of Tech Networks of Boston, a B-Corp specializing in information technology for nonprofits. Susan is a tireless environmental advocate and local business leader. Susan also serves as President of the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts, and is the founder of the Climate Action Business Association and Southie Trees.
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John Pitkin, Vice PresidentJohn Pitkin has been active in Cambridge civic life and the Mid-Cambridge neighborhood since 1970 and has initiated many successful grass-roots efforts, both in collaboration and on his own. Besides Green Cambridge, he serves on the board of the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association and recently joined the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club's Greater Boston Group.
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Susan Ringler, Governance ChairSusan Ringler grew up in Chicago, holds degrees from Harvard and Stanford and wrote technical manuals for software companies in the Stanford/Silicon Valley area of California for many years before recently moving to Cambridge. She enjoys artistic and practical re-use of discarded objects, from mosaic birdbaths and tables made with broken dishes, to a colorful cloth shopping bags. She can be found making cardboard furniture on "PARK(ing) Day," mending shopping bags at the Winter Farmers market, and helping install rain barrels. If you speak French to her she will respond volubly and consider you her friend!
"Observe keenly, reason soundly, imagine vividly," Charles W. Eliot, 1908. |
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Elena SaportaElena Saporta is a landscape architect who specializes in the design and greening of urban spaces. She has served on the board of Green Cambridge for many years and is helping to launch the Cambridge Trees Program. Elena has also worked extensively on promoting commercial recycling in Cambridge. Her passions include beekeeping, organic gardening, bicycling, drawing, painting, photography and picking up languages.
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Erik Thoresen, Board Chair/PresidentErik grew up in Portsmouth, NH, the son of two urban planners. Since arriving in Cambridge ten years ago, he has been involved in the Tobin Montessori school and the LivableStreets Alliance. A graduate of Syracuse and Virginia, he works as the COO of a financial planning firm in Newton. Most days you can find him commuting via his bicycle. Erik's family owns a "century farm" in Iowa where they are working to improve farming practices for better long-term biodiversity and sustainability. Erik and his wife, Traci, enjoy being outside with their two children. He was elected President and Board Chair beginning January 2018.
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Minka VanBeuzekom
Minka is a real estate agent and former City Councillor. A board member since 2011, Minka has been a strong local advocate for the environment and worked on the Plastic Bag ban and Net Zero. Minka also serves on the board of the Mystic River Watershed Association.
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Quinton ZondervanQuinton has been on the board of Green Cambridge since 2011 and a Cantabridgian since 1992 when he moved here to study at MIT, and was board chair until the beginning of 2018 when he was elected to Cambridge City Council. An environmentalist since his undergraduate days, he is passionate about protecting our natural environment and increasing our sustainability through systemic transformation. From installing rain barrels to canvassing for solar to advocating with city officials, he loves all aspects of the work. And at home he tortures his family by making sure the latest and greatest sustainability measures are implemented, as soon as they are commercially available
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Alumni
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Sam SeidelSam is a city planner and former City Councillor. A long time board member, Sam chaired the board Finance Committee and supplied us with great photographs of Cambridge. Sam also serves on the board of the Margaret Fuller House in Cambridge. He continues to serve Green Cambridge as a member of the Governance Committee.
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Keren Schlomy
Keren Schlomy, co-founder and former president of Green Cambridge, is an attorney with a focus on clean energy and environmental law. She recently completed a graduate level professional certificate in Sustainability at Harvard University. Keren served on the board from the founding of Green Cambridge until 2016.
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