Steering Committee & Endorsing Members

Steering Committee

  • Diane Schrauth, New Jersey Future, Chair 

  • Chrissy Ballard, Association of Environmental Authorities 

  • Ray Cantor, NJ Business & Industry Association 

  • Christina Farrell, NJ Utilities Association 

  • Kate Gibbs, ELEC 825, Operators 

  • Tenisha Malcolm, NJ Urban Mayors Association

  • Ryan Sharpe, Utility and Transportation Contractors Association

  • Larry Levine,  Natural Resources Defense Council

  • Nicole Miller, MnM Consulting

  • Doug O’Malley, EnvironmentNJ 

  • Ed Potosnak, NJ League of Conservation Voters 

  • Steve Gardner NJ Laborers Union - Labor-Management Trust Fund

  • Cheryl Stowell, NJ SHARES 

  • Shereyl Snider - East Trenton Collaborative

Endorsing Members

Klaus Buschan, Friends of Weequahic Park

Kristin Epstein, Trenton Water Works

LAURIE HOWARD, PASSAIC RIVER COALITION

LOUIS PREZEAU, LA CASA DE DON PEDRO

Lucia Ruggiero, American Littoral Society

Marc Adelberg, Sustainable JC

Marcia Blackwell

Martha Arencibia, Paterson Green Team

Michael Pessolano, MJP Land Use Planning LLC

Michele Langa, Hackensack Riverkeeper

Missy Frankil

NANCY GRIER, Neighborhood Assistance Office

Nicole Miller, NewarkDIG (Doing Infrastructure Green)

Nicole Miller, Newark Green Team

Noelle Thurlow, Resilience Adventures

Pam Mount, Terhune Orchards

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey, Willingboro Community Development Corporation

Rachael Davis, Waterspirit

Richard Calbi, Ridgewood Water

Richard Lawton, New Jersey Sustainable Business Council

Robert Maybury, Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority

Ryan Krause, South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority

Sabrina Ross, Unified Vailsburg Services Organzation

Shaquille Fearon

Sheila Baker Gujral, Association of NJ Environmental Commissions (ANJEC)

Steve Kehayes, Paterson Habitat for Humanity

Suzanne Aptman, Sewage-Free Streets and Rivers

Taylor Kenerson, Connecting U

Theresa Bocchino

Tim Dillingham, American Littoral Society

TOBIAS FOX, Newark Science and Sustainability Inc

Troy Benavidez, American Standard/LIXIL

Vera Figueiredo, Solar One

William Kibler, Raritan Headwaters

Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds, Weequahic Park Association

New Jersey State Pipe Trades Association

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9

Plumbers Local Union 24

Pipefitters Local Union 274

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 322 

Steamfitters Local Union Local 475

Sprinklerfitters Local 696

International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)

Mayor Adrian Mapp, City of Plainfield

Alan Hunt, Musconetcong Watershed Association

Alisa Owen, WTMUA

Albert Capuzzi, AJC0 LLC

Amanda Jones, Sustainable Jersey City

Amy Goldsmith, Clean Water Action

Mayor Andre Sayegh, City of Paterson

Anthony Abrantes, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

Bill Armbruster, Journal Square Community Association’s Green Committee

Bill Schultz, Raritan Riverkeeper

Senator Bob Smith, NJ State Senate

Brenda Swinney, Garfield Ave Block Association

Bruno Figueiredo, NA

Carol Katz, Katz Government Affairs, LLC

Caroline Koch, WaterNow Alliance

Christine Sturm, NJF

Crystal Wessel, New Jersey Tree Foundation

David Smith, Trenton Water Works

Deandrah Cameron, New Jersey Future

Mayor Derek Armstead, City of Linden

Don Kerber, GI Champion

Elliott Ruga, New Jersey Highlands Coalition

Erika Bernal, The Plastic Wave Project

Fallon Davis, STEAM URBAN

FCI nj, FCI

Frances Harrison, PATERSON GREEN TEAM

Gail Rottenstrich, Borough of Fair Lawn

Greg Remaud, NY/NJ Baykeeper

Heather Fenyk, Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership

Mayor Hector Carlos Lora, City of Passaic

Howard Levsion, Township of South Orange Village Water Utility

James McGroarty, Clyde N Lattimer & Son Construction Company, Inc

Jamie Bruno, Urban Agriculture Cooperative

Jane Kenny, The Whitman Strategy Group

Jennifer Adkins, American Rivers

Jill Pustorino, Morris Park Neighborhood Association

Jocelyn Patrick, Riverview Neighborhood Association

John Algera, Urban Wilderness Renewal

Jose Amarante, Perth Amboy

Joseph Maraziti

Mayor Judy M. Ward, Pleasantville

Kim Gaddy, South Ward Environmental Alliance