Board Members
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Abby Driscoll, Chair
Abby has been committed to environmental issues since her first job canvassing for the Sierra Club in 1995. She is passionate about environmental stewardship and believes there is something everyone can do to help preserve our natural resources and prevent the most harmful effects of climate change. With a professional background in communications and public affairs, she is excited about continuing to help promote a more sustainable future for Longmont. She lives in Longmont with her son Sean. |
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Naomi Curland, Vice Chair
Naomi Curland is the executive director for Longmont Food Rescue, and the secretary of Colorado EcoWomen. She is also a workshop facilitator for Pachamama Alliance and Project Drawdown, and active in 350 Colorado. Naomi has spent the last decade in the environmental nonprofit sector, with a focus on food waste reduction and rescue, as well as community organizing with the Transition Town movement. Her other passions include hiking, art, and teaching, and she was previously an art instructor and animator when she lived in Los Angeles. On the SRL board, Naomi is especially interested in youth outreach and mentorship, and zero waste relating to our food systems. |
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Eric Frankowski, Treasurer
Eric Frankowski is the executive director of the Western Clean Energy Campaign, a nonprofit working with coalitions throughout the Interior West on the transition from coal and gas to clean energy in the power sector. Prior to that, he was a senior program director at nonprofit PR firm Resource Media, where he spent 11 years developing and implementing media and communications strategies for advocacy organizations working on sustainability issues. Eric is an award-winning journalist having spent his early career as an environmental journalist and editor at the Longmont Times-Call, where he won both state and national awards for his reporting. |
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Tim Villard, Secretary
Tim Villard works as the Food Project Manager at Growing Gardens, managing a small organic farm in Longmont that focuses on distributing seeds, seedlings, and produce at no cost to low-income families and individuals in Longmont and Boulder County. Tim is passionate about demonstrating how sustainably managed landscapes and food systems support individuals, and communities, and are a powerful tool to overcome the social, cultural, and environmental challenges we all face. With a BS in Environmental Conservation, Tim has spent the last 10 years working in the front range of Colorado focusing on non-profit program management, teaching youth and adults how to grow nutritious food, and installing and managing xeric and native landscapes. |
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Mike Foote
Mike is an environmental and energy attorney who previously represented Longmont in the state legislature. As a state representative and state senator, he focused on energy policy, climate change, and oil and gas regulations. He and his family spend as much time as possible outdoors, whether it be horseback riding, cycling, hiking, or snowshoeing. |
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Mitzi Nicoletti
Mitzi has always been an outdoor enthusiast, focused on enjoying and protecting the environment. While living in Texas she developed tours that promoted the enjoyment of the State and National parks. She is passionate about preserving air quality, access to clean water and protecting wildlife habitats. Locally she has been involved in supporting drilling setbacks, and protecting Union Reservoir. Mitzi has been instrumental in helping provide seminars and educational tours about climate change and its effects. She lives in Longmont with her husband Karl and pooch Amber. |
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Luc Nadeau
Luc is the co-founder of The Cooperative Society Project, which seeks both to understand the degree to which society is becoming more cooperative and make recommendations to promote this shift. He has an MS in ecology from Colorado State University and he has been involved in a number of green start-ups, including EVolve Electrics, Boulder Hybrids, and Nature’s Casket. He has had a photography show at the Longmont Museum featuring Longmont’s parks (with a subsequent book), produced a feature-length film about death and climate change (Carve The Runes), and illustrated and coauthored the children’s book Journey of a Monarch Butterfly. In addition to his research publications with The Cooperative Society Project, he coauthored “The Potential for Entomophagy to Address Undernutrition,” published in the journal Ecology of Food and Nutrition. Luc lives with his wife and two kids in Old Town Longmont. |
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Lauren Greenfield
Lauren Greenfield has worked for the City of Longmont since 2000, currently serving as Traffic Safety Coordinator. Lauren lives her life on two wheels - commuting (and grocery shopping) by bike, teaching bicycle education, touring the world by bike and recovering from racing. She carries bamboo utensils and has been washing her own plastic bags since the 90s! |
Advisors
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David Fridland, Past President and Founding Board Member
David is a longtime Boulder County resident who is interested in working towards a variety of ways to make our community and our state more sustainable and ready for the future. Currently, he works at Eco Products helping to ensure sustainable business practices. Formerly he was Eco-Cycle’s East County Campaigns Coordinator working towards a Zero Waste future for all cities in Boulder County. When not working on sustainability issues, you can find David out playing Ultimate Frisbee or bounding through the trees at Winter Park Ski Resort. David is proud to be pursuing a Master's degree in Public Policy at the University of Denver's Institute for Public Policy Studies. |
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Joan Gregerson, Founder
Joan was our inspiration and our original spark. She got Longmont residents together to create SRL and organized the first Youth of the Earth Festival in 2015. While she has moved on to other passions and projects, Joan will always have a place in our hearts and in our organization. |