Board Members
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Katie Bond, Chair
Katie Bond works for the Institute for the Built Environment at CSU, focusing on community engagement, collaboration, and consensus building. She has a Master’s in Construction Management and is currently a PhD student in Sustainable Systems Engineering at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on circular economy in the built environment, urban material flows, zero waste, and deconstruction solutions. She has co-taught courses in Circularity in the Built Environment and Systems Thinking. She is an active member of Recycle Colorado’s C&D Council, focusing on promoting deconstruction policy development for municipalities. She’s a member of SRL’s Zero Waste Committee, and she enjoys reading, hiking, theatre, and music. Megan Dawe, Secretary
Alyssa is a 10+ year sustainability professional with a background in corporate ESG strategy and nonprofit management. She is currently the Director of Sustainability for Estée Lauder Companies, where she manages global programs including renewable energy procurement, product circularity, fleet electrification, and green buildings. She has a long history of sustainable volunteerism in Boulder County, working with local nonprofits like Growing Gardens, Metro Caring, and Conscious Alliance, and serving as a member of the City of Longmont's Equitable Climate Action Team since 2024. As part of her commitment to sustainability and environmental justice, Alyssa has served on several other boards of directors, including Naturally Boulder, Climate Collaborative, and Garden To Table, supporting corporate and community resilience and sustainability. Heather Gerber, Treasurer
Fundamentally an optimist with a deep love for the rugged beauty of our Front Range environment, Heather believes every problem is an opportunity in disguise. She began her career in consulting where she crafted solutions to large-scale regulatory and legal questions in the utility sector. To be more available for her two children, she took a pause in her career to educate them at home. Heather has developed a love for and growing expertise in renewable energy and is marshaling her skills in database and project management, literature review and systems thinking in the service of our urgent need to transition to clean energy. Believing that this vast and intricate challenge is also a once in a lifetime opportunity to rethink our relationship to energy, she is dedicated to doing the work necessary to ensure our future is more just, democratic, and sustainable. Emily Schwartz
Emily believes that through education, strategic choices, and innovation we can resolve the energy crisis of our built environment. She is currently an Energy Engineer at Group14 Engineering, PBC, helping clients understand their buildings' impacts and finding innovative ways to meet their energy-saving goals. Emily was inspired to pursue a career in sustainability after studying renewable and resilient energy abroad in India. She came to Colorado in 2020 to earn a Master's degree in Architectural Engineering and a certificate in Global Engineering at CU Boulder. She hopes to share her passion for energy efficiency and sustainability with her community of Longmont and beyond. In her free time, Emily enjoys gardening, DIY, reading, and Pilates. Michael DiGrazia
Michael brings a blend of national advocacy and practical clean-energy implementation experience to the SRL board. He previously led the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour, expanding its reach from 24 to 48 states through chapters, partnerships, and sponsorships while promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in the built environment nationwide. In the private sector, Michael has led product development, commercialization, and supply-chain initiatives for cleantech and industrial products at ReflecTech–SkyFuel, MKS Instruments, and Emerson Electric. Currently, he makes and sells PollinatorPodsTM to help residents protect pollinators and consults for a solar thermal startup. On the SRL board, he focuses on advancing community renewable energy and local resilience, strengthening partnerships, and applying strategic perational insight to support SRL’s mission. Outside of work, Michael enjoys family, hiking, gardening, inventing, travel, and art. |
Advisors
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Naomi Curland, Past Board Chair
Naomi Curland is the executive director for Longmont Food Rescue, and also serves as the treasurer of Colorado EcoWomen and secretary for Recycle Colorado's Composting Council. 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 and facilitating workshops for Pachamama Alliance and Project Drawdown. On the SRL board, Naomi is especially interested in youth outreach and mentorship, and zero waste relating to our food systems. She currently chairs SRL's Zero Waste Committee, and her other passions include hiking, art, and teaching. Naomi served as SRL's Chair for 6 years. |
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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 DIA 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. |