Atlantic Chapter Staff

The Conservation Director and Conservation Associate are Atlantic Chapter's representatives to the New York State government. Contact them at the Chapter's Albany, NY office, about anything having to do with the environment and the State government:

    •  Chapter Conservation Director: (position is vacant)
       conservation_director@newyork.sierraclub.org

    •  Chapter Conservation Associate: Roger Downs
       conservation_associate@newyork.sierraclub.org

For information about the Atlantic Chapter and its activities, outings, or membership, contact the Chapter Coordinator.

    •  Chapter Coordinator: Bobbie Josepher
       chaptercoord@newyork.sierraclub.org, 516-672-8252

Volunteer Leaders

Chapter Officers

    •  Chair: Susan Lawrence
       chair@newyork.sierraclub.org

    •  Vice-Chair: Frank Morris
       fm@ecologicadvisors.us

    •  Secretary: Jim Lane
       secretary@newyork.sierraclub.org

    •  Treasurer: Steve Kulick
       treasurer@newyork.sierraclub.org

Chapter Conservation Committees

    •  Conservation Chair:  Jessica Helm, conservation@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Adirondacks:  Roger Gray, adirondacks@newyork.sierraclub.org,
       and John Nemjo, adirondacks2@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Air Quality:  Warren Berger, airquality@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Airports:  Julius Shultz, airports@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Biodiversity/Vegetarian Outreach:  Erin Riddle,
       biodiversityveg@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Clean Water/Watershed:  Carolyn Zolas, cleanwater1@newyork.sierraclub.org,
       and Julie McQuain, cleanwater2@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Energy:  Annie Wilson, energy@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Environmental Education: Jeff Bohner,
       environeducation@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Environmental Justice:  Aaron Mair, environjustice@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Farm & Food:  Erin Riddle, farmandfood@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Global Warming:  Moisha Blechman, globalwarming@newyork.sierraclub.org,
       and Hugh Mitchell, goshawk@frontiernet.net
    •  Great Lakes:  Wayne Howard, greatlakes@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Hudson River PCB Cleanup:  Bill Koebbeman, hudsonriverpcb@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  International Issues:  Jim Mays, international@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Open Space/Sprawl:  (position presently open), openspace@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Population:  Diane Buxbaum, population@newyork.sierraclub.org,
       and Kathy Schwarz, population2@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Sterling Forest:  Jergen Wekerle, 845-744-5116
    •  Sustainable Forestry:  Gerald Davison, 845-339-4509
    •  Transportation:  Bart Chezar, transportation@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Solid Waste:  Chris Burger, solidwaste@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Toxics:  Joseph Gardella, toxics@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Wetlands:  Liz Kaszubski, wetlands@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Wildlife and Wilderness:  Hal Bauer, wilds@newyork.sierraclub.org

Chapter Administrative Committees

    •  Book/Calendar Publications:  Bobbie Josepher,
       bookscalendars@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Bylaws and Standing Rules:  Jim Lane, rules@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Compliance Officer:  Jim Lane, compliance@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Computer:  Tom Reynolds, computer@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Conservation Grants Program Task Force:  Jessica Helm,
       conservationgrants@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Election Reform Task Force:  Linda DeStefano, electionreform@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Election Rules Task Force:  Don Young, electionrules@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Excom Efficiency Task Force:  Jeff Bohner, excomtaskforce@newyork.sierraclub.org,
       and Martha Loew, excomtaskforce2@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Financial Affairs:  Chris Hayes, financial@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Foundation Liaison:  Steve Kulick, foundationliaison@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Fundraising:  Rachel Treichler, fundraising@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Honors and Awards:  Jessica Helm, honors@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Legal Advisor:  Richard Lippes, legaladvisor@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Legislative Committee:  (position presently open),
       legislativecommittee@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  ListServ:  (position presently open), listservchair@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Membership:  Martha Loew, membership@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Office and Personnel:  Bob Kerr, office@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  On-line Media:  Jessica Helm, onlinemedia@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Outings:  Bob Susser, rsusser@aol.com
    •  Political:  Joe Gardella, political@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Publications:  Moisha Blechman, publications@newyork.sierraclub.org
    •  Webmaster:  Noel Kropf, nsk@bestweb.net
       and Emily Ryan, emilyjaneryan@gmail.com

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