The Steering Committee is elected by our council of members and meets weekly to help drive processes forward within the coalition. The members of the steering commitee are leaders and organizers from across the movement who put in a lot of hours to keep this movement growing bigger and stronger. Thank you Steering Committee!

Nick Magel - Global Exchange

Nick got involved with EAC through Global Exchange’s youth networks on the Freedom from Oil Campaign, where students continue to create sustainable transportation on universities and pass groundbreaking climate policies on campuses.

"I’m in the movement because we are working in the defining moment of our generation. Throughout history youth have been the catalyst for change. Climate change work transcends beyond environmentalism, it necessitates creating a clean energy paradigm while inducing a social and cultural shift that will transform our institutionalized norms and injustices. Working as an ally in a movement that is going to break our addiction to fossil fuels, transform our economy, and strengthen our global community, is work I see paramount to my generation."

Email: nick [at] globalexchange.org

Liz Veazey - Southern Energy Network

While at the University of North Carolina, Liz led one of the first successful campus renewable energy campaigns in the southeast and won the Morris K. Udall scholarship in both 2002 & 2003. She has been an integral leader and organizer in the development of the Southern Energy Network, which she is now directing.

Email: liz [at] climateaction.net

Maura Cowley - Sierra Student Coalition

Maura Cowley is the National Campaign Director for the Sierra Student Coalition. As a student Maura was the President of Eco-Action, a Penn State student organization that has been working for two years to get their campus to commit to meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol. Maura helped to coordinate a 2 day sit-in that forced the Penn administration to the table and agree to take steps towards creating a climate policy for the campus.

Email: maura [at] globalexchange.org

Kandi Mossett - Indigenous Environmental Network

Kandi Mossett is the Tribal Campus Climate Challenge Organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network. She works on tribal colleges throughout the upper plains and western great lakes to organize indigenous youth to start initiatives to reduce tribal colleges’ contribution to climate change.

Email: iencampusclimate [at] igc.org

Justin Schott - Campus Ecology

Justin is the Campu Field Coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Porgram.

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Past Committee Members

Jihan Gearon - Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative

Jihan Gearon works at Redefining Progress as a program associate for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative in Oakland, Calif. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Climate Justice Corp alum.

Kim Teplitzky - Sierra Student Coalition

Kim Teplitzky has been with Energy Action since its founding, but got her start (and still is) a Temple University student leading the campus's Climate Campaign fighting for wind and solar purchases and sustainable transportation. Also, as a Community Organizer with the Sierra Student Coalition she spearheads the "Philly Climate Challenge" getting young people in Philly to reduce their climate impact. She's an experienced trainer and most interested in helping engage and empower new leaders for the climate movement.

Mike Hudema - Global Exchange

Mike Hudema has been organizing on campuses in Alberta and Western Canada since 1994. In 2002 as President of the University of Alberta Students' Union he started the campus’ first Environmental Office and held a provincial Eco-Conference to mobilize students on environmental issues. Since that time Mike has worked primarily on resource issues working in International Coalitions to target companies like ExxonMobil, Weyerhaueser and Kimberly Clark. Mike co-hosts the radio news program Rise Up: Radio Free Edmonton and is co-author of the book "An Action a Day Keeps Global Capitalism Away". Mike currently works for Global Exchange as their Independence from Oil Director.

Cameron Stiff - Sierra Youth Coalition

Two years ago, Stiff moved to Montreal to study sociology at Concordia, where he did a short stint with the Concordia Student Union before diving into the always sexy world of sustainability and non-governmental organizations. Since then, he’s worked with the Sierra Youth Coalition, Energy Action and the Sustainable Concordia Project. He also organized the Climate Justice Convergence Centre during the UN conference, and helped out with the parallel International Youth Summit.

Josh Tulkin - Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Josh is the Organizing Director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Even though he is only 24, Josh has ben advocating for stronger US policies to fight climate change on a local, national, and international level for six years. He first began working on global warming at Pomona College, where he received his B.A. in environmental policy with a focus in climate change and energy policy.