Brant Arthur, Implementation Manager
Brant manages the implementation of the transportation and solid waste components of Sonoma County’s Community Climate Action Plan. He recently completed a Master’s Degree in Development Practice focusing on engaging local governments and climate change. He implemented sustainability programs for non-profits in Boston, worked with students to fund solar projects in Western China, and organized stakeholders to halt urban sprawl in Brisbane, Australia.
Chris Cone, Implementation Manager
Chris Cone is the Implementation Manager for the Climate Protection Campaign overseeing the implementation of energy efficiency strategies identified in the Community Climate Action Plan. Chris is the CPC liaison to the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority (RCPA) and is assisting with the development and launch of the RCPA’s new Countywide Retrofit/Renewables Program. Chris was the technical editor for the CPC’s Community Climate Action Plan and is currently working with Solar Sonoma County to develop its Solar Implementation Plan. She is a founding member of the Thousand Home Challenge NorCal Collaborative, which is developing guidelines for deep energy reductions in residences, and is a certified Home Energy Rating System rater.
Alex Dolginow, Implementation Manager
Alex Dolginow is the Implementation Manager for the agriculture, forestry, open space and adaptation sector. Alex is a Harvard Fellow who recently graduated with a B.A. in neurobiology with additional coursework in environmental science and public policy, ecology and land use planning, and renewable energy financing. Past experiences include teaching sustainable urban design to Chinese students, field coursework in urban engineering in Brazil, and helping fund and implement a clean water project in the Dominican Republic.
Ann Hancock, Executive Director and Co-Founder
Ann co-founded the Climate Protection Campaign in 2001. With over 25 years in community leadership, education, and fundraising, she has been a sustainability planner for the County of Marin, commentator for TomPaine.com, human sexuality instructor at Humboldt State University, and real estate broker. She has a Masters in Public Health Administration and Planning, UCB.
Woody Hastings, Implementation Manager
Woody is the Renewable Energy Implementation Manager. Hastings has over twenty-two years of energy and policy experience in government, non-profit and private sectors.
Lisa Murgatroyd, Project Coordinator
Lisa Murgatroyd is the Project Coordinator working with Brant Arthur to implement the Real-Time Ridesharing Pilot Program. Lisa spent the past eight years designing, launching and managing community-based, sustainability projects in climate change solutions, organic agriculture, and appropriate technology issues across California and in Washington. Lisa has a B.S. in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Water Quality and Appropriate Technology from Humboldt State University.
Lora Neffson, Executive Assistant
Lora has nearly 14 years of community-based, human services experience in office administration and direct services. She has a BA in Sociology, has been a resident of Sonoma County for 20 years, and is a passionate advocate for reducing greenhouse gases.
Barry Vesser, Deputy Director
Barry began working with the Campaign in 2005. Prior to this, Barry directed a nonprofit in the Sierras and built the organization from total resources of less than $8000 to in excess of $2,103,000 in less than seven years. He also worked as director of a nonprofit promoting organic agriculture in Nepal and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. He has an M.A. in International Public Administration.
Key Consultants
Dave Erickson, Technical Consultant
Dave spent 25 years as a software and systems engineer, working primarily in startup companies. In 2001 he returned to school and received a degree in Energy Management and Design from SSU. Dave worked for the Campaign from 2003 to 2009 as Technical Director and was instrumental in developing the Community Climate Action Plan for Sonoma County. He now serves as a part time consultant.