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ABOUT EGA |
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CONTACT USWe look forward to hearing from you! Environmental Grantmakers Association Dana Lanza Rachel Goldstein Eric Waters Bryce Hesterman Jason K. Babbie Luis Davila Ann Leonard Mark Randazzo EGA StaffDana Lanza At the age of 28, Dana founded Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), which brought free urban environmental education projects to more than 10,000 public school students, while employing hundreds of at risk youth as community advocates. During her tenure at LEJ, she acted as a lead organizer in the closure of San Francisco’s infamous Hunters Point Power Plant; later raising funds to supplant it with the region’s first off-the-grid Eco Center. She has taught in the Master's in Teaching Program in Critical Global Literacy at New College of California, and has been a fellow at the Donnella Meadows Leaders Fellowship Program in Systems Theory and the California Women’s Foundation Policy Institute. Dana has extensive experience working on issues of wetland conservation, sustainable building design, environmental education, food systems, and environmental health and justice. A recipient of several environmental awards, she has presented at Bioneers, the American Public Health Association, and the European Foundation Center, among others. In 2005, she contributed to the anthology titled Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World. Prior to these achievements, Dana lived and worked among the Samburu people in northern Kenya for many years, as well as the Lakota in South Dakota.
Eric Waters serves as the Programs Administrator at EGA. Before moving to New Jason K. Babbie is the Membership Services Program Director at EGA, where he is responsible for helping members strategize and collaborate on their efforts, and working with staff and planning committee members to prepare the National Policy Briefings, Regional Briefings, and aspects of the Annual Retreats. He was also an adjunct professor at Pace University teaching Environmental Politics and Policy for a semester, the Air and Energy Program Director at Environmental Advocates of New York, and a consultant to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Jason is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Kids Against Pollution and a member of SustainUS’s Board of Directors. He was a member of the Board of Reviewers for the Queens Clean Air Project, member of the Brookhaven Clean Energy Task Force, and member of NYPIRG's Board of Directors. Jason holds an M.A. in Environmental Policy from Brown University and a B.S. in Environmental Studies, Policy and Management from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. In his spare time, he likes to hike, travel, visit museums and galleries, and eat good vegetarian food. He lives in Manhattan. Luis Davila is the Enhancing the Field Director at the Environmental Grantmakers Association. Previously, Luis was the Hispanic Initiative Director at Junior Achievement of New York, where he led the planning and implementation of a the first effort to infuse diversity into the organization's business model through creating an advisory council made up by high-profile Latino leaders in New York City.
Luis has also worked with governments such as the regional government of Nuevo Leon in Mexico and the National Assembly of Wales, non-governmental organizations such as the Open Society Institute (OSI), and UN agencies such as the UNDP Regional Center in Bangkok and UNDP Guyana. Luis has a BS (Cum Laude) in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University (USA), and graduate coursework from the Inter-American Institute for Social Development, University of Ghent (Belgium), Charles University (Czech Republic) and the University of Bolzano (Italy). Luis lives in New York City with his wife.Ann Leonard has worked on waste and sustainability campaigns internationally for over 18 years and has traveled to over 40 countries in her work on these issues. Ann grew up in Seattle, did her undergraduate studies at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City and graduate studies at Cornell University in City and Regional Planning. She credits the shoulder high piles of garbage she passed each day on the way to class at Barnard for setting her on this career path. She is currently based in Berkeley, California.
Bryce Hesterman is the newest member of the EGA family, serving as the Enhancing the Field Program Consultant since November, 2007. Fellows and Interns
Nicole is currently completing her Ph.D. in Social Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where her research examines the relationship among sense of place, environmental behavior, and ecoregion-scale conservation. The results of this work will be used by conservation organizations in planning and developing environmental education programs to be implemented at ecoregional scales. Franny Chiles is an intern for the summer of 2008. She graduated in May from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma WA with a major in Politics and Government and a minor in Environmental Studies. Lakshika Trikha is a rising Junior at Columbia University, majoring in Political Science and doing a special concentration in Sustainable Development. Consultants
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is the Executive Director of the Environmental Grantmakers Association. Her purpose is to help diverse member organizations become more effective and informed grantmakers in support of a more sustainable world. She has a long-standing and remarkable history in championing ecological and environmental justice. 
Rachel Goldstein is currently the Development Manager at EGA, having served as the Membership Program Director from 2002 - 2007. She is also extremely close to finishing her doctoral dissertation from the University of Greenwich in southeast London, which explores alternative Jewish identities and political activism in New York City and London. Previously, she taught undergraduates on sociology, inequalities, and other social issues and helped organize for a graduate employee union at the University of Illinois. She has served on the board of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, and successfully completed the 2004 New York City Marathon. Additionally, she enjoys yoga, running, volunteering, traveling, cooking, photography, live music, and dancing. Originally Midwesterners, Rachel lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York with her husband and son. 
York and joining the EGA team in June 2006, he worked as the Contests and Sales Coordinator for the National Press Photographers Association in Durham, North Carolina for several years. Eric has a degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has lived all over the country, working and volunteering in a wide array of disciplines from organic farming to freelance graphic design to political activism. He is an avid photography amateur and visual artist. Eric lives in Brooklyn, New York.
From 2000 to the start of 2008, Jason was the Senior Environmental Policy Analyst for the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), where he directed the organization's state-level clean air, energy, and global warming legislative and regulatory campaigns and all federal environmental activities. During his tenure at NYPIRG, Jason was instrumental in the state’s proposed carbon dioxide and final mercury emissions limits on power plants, energy efficiency standards for products and appliances, and clean renewable energy requirement, among other successful initiatives. 
As Associate Director at the Global Youth Action Network, Luis consistently advocated for creating safe spaces for youth participation at all levels of decision-making by creating partnerships with a variety of international development agencies. He specifically led the organization's work in promoting youth participation at environmental policy processes such as the UN Commission on Sustainable Development following the Johannesburg Summit.
From its founding in 2000 through 2006, Ann served as the International Co-Coordinator of GAIA, a global NGO alliance promoting safe and sustainable alternatives to waste incineration. Prior to GAIA, Ann coordinated the international team of Health Care without Harm, a coalition working to green the health care industry globally, and worked with Essential Action in Washington, DC. From 1988 – 1996, Ann worked with Greenpeace International’s Toxic Trade campaign, investigating the trade in hazardous wastes from the world’s richest countries to the global South. Her documentation and exposes on specific cases of international waste trade helped bring about a UN treaty to stop this practice and provided her first hand experience seeing the environmental and public health costs of current systems of production and consumption.
He is managing a number of projects, including the Green Co-op, Tracking the Field and Green beyond Grants. Prior to joining EGA, Bryce was living in the Netherlands for two years where he completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Science, focusing on Environmental Systems Analysis and Environmental Policy. He received his undergraduate degree in Resource Development from Michigan State University. Bryce has worked as a researcher and consultant, focusing on issues ranging from climate change and renewable energy to resource management and conservation. In his spare time Bryce loves to cook, travel, take pictures, play team sports and take long walks on the beach… He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Nicole Ardoin is working as a Switzer fellow with EGA’s Enhancing the Field Program where her research focuses on funding for environmental education, education for sustainability, and related areas. Nicole is conducting interviews with foundation leaders to explore whether and how the traditional concept of environmental education may be taking different forms in programs emphasizing youth development, food systems and sustainable agriculture, and environmental justice, among others. 
Franny's senior thesis "The Politicization of the EPA in the Bush Administration" received the researcher award for the best U.S. politics senior thesis. Previously, Franny worked as an intern at Congressman Norm Dicks district office in Tacoma. She spent the spring semester of 2007 studying New Zealand Politics and American Studies at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. In her spare time, Franny enjoys backpacking, skiing, tennis, and traveling. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area she currently lives in Manhattan. Franny hopes to continue with a career in environmental policy.
Lakshika's interest in environmental and sustainability issues was sparked when she interned at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Manila, Philippines last summer, where she did research and writing on a climate change report. Some of her other areas of academic interest include economics, international relations, and biology. Born in India, brought up in the Philippines, and now living in New York City, Lakshika values the multicultural perspective. At Columbia, she is part of the Multicultural Business Association (MBA) and Model United Nations (MUN). In her free time, Lakshika likes to write, read, play tennis and explore the city.
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