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Vermont Climate Council Members
* denotes Council member is also a member of the Steering Committee
Subcommittee Membership Composition
Director of Global Warming Solutions Act:
- Jane Lazorchak, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Cabinet Members:
- *Susanne Young, Chair, Agency of Administration, Secretary
- *Julie Moore, Agency of Natural Resources, Secretary
- Anson Tebbetts, Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets, Secretary
- Lindsay Kurrle, Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Secretary
- Sean Brown, Agency of Human Services, Commissioner of Department of Children for Families, designee
- Joe Flynn, Agency of Transportation, Secretary
- Erica Bornemann, Department of Public Safety, Director of Vermont Emergency Management, designee
- June Tierney, Department of Public Service, Commissioner
Members Appointed by the Senate Committee on Committees
- Abbie Corse, The Corse Farm Dairy, member to represent the farm and forest sector
- Chad Farrell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Encore Renewable Energy, member to represent the clean energy sector
- Iris Hsiang, Essex, member to represent Vermont youth
- *Jared Duval, Executive Director or Energy Action Network, member to represent energy and data analysis
- Kelly Klein, Founder and CEO of Groennfell Meadery and Havoc Mead, member to represent the small business community
- *Lauren Oates, The Nature Conservancy, member to represent the resilience and disaster response
- Sue Minter, Executive Director of Capstone Community Action, member to represent the Vermont Community Action Partnership
Members Appointed by the House of Representatives
- Adam Knudsen, Dynapower, member to represent Vermont manufacturers
- Brian Gray, member to represent the fuel sector
- Catherine Dimitruk, Northwest Regional Planning Commission, member to represent rural communities
- *Chris Campany, Windham Regional Commission, member to represent the municipal governments
- Johanna Miller, Vermont Natural Resources Council, member to represent a statewide environmental organization
- Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Vermont State Climatologist, UVM Professor of Climate and Climate Change, member with expertise in climate change science
- *Liz Miller, Green Mountain Power, member to represent distribution utilities
- Richard Cowart, Regulatory Assistance Project, member with expertise and professional experience in the design and implementation of programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions