Elizabeth (Betta) Broad
Campaign Director
As Deputy Director of Earth Day Initiative, she organized the major Earth Day festivals in NYC for five years before joining the campaign to ban fracking. She co-produced a series of videos called “Love NY: don’t frack it up!” and worked with advocates across the state to successfully ban fracking in New York. While working for Catskill Mountainkeeper she created the RenewableNY program that subsequently received a $1.8 million award from NYSERDA to expand Solarize campaigns across 15 counties.
In 2016, she helped launch the New Yorkers for Clean Power campaign and continues to serve as NYCP’s director, working collaboratively with an extensive network of advocates to accelerate the shift off fossil fuels in the building, transportation and power sectors. She recently joined the team at the Association for Energy Affordability as the Director of Advocacy and Organizing where she primarily works on advancing energy efficiency, equitable electrification, and clean energy policy, programs and legislation that benefit low-income communities in New York. She serves on the boards of directors of Communities for Local Power and Brooklyn for Peace. She was appointed to the City of Kingston’s Climate Smart Commission, the Ulster County Climate Smart Committee and the Power Generation Advisory Panel for the NYS Climate Action Council, making her the only person in New York to serve on a climate action advisory board at the city, county and state level.
Lisa Marshall
Advocacy & Organizing Director
Prior to HeatSmart Tompkins, Lisa worked as a community organizer with the climate organization Mothers Out Front where she built and supported multiple local organizing teams around New York State. As a community organizer, she recruited and trained volunteers and helped them to shape, execute, and win local climate campaigns. She also collaborated with allies on multiple statewide campaigns and mobilizations. Within Mothers Out Front, she helped to architect and launch a multi-state “Beyond Gas” campaign.
A long-time member of the Renewable Heat Now campaign team, Lisa has been at the forefront of advocacy for building energy efficiency and heat pump adoption policy at the state level where she advocated effectively for bringing affordable, equitable building electrification to scale through education and outreach, messaging, lobbying and building grassroots pressure on elected officials and state agencies.
Lisa’s long-standing interest in climate change began decades ago when she wrote her first high school research paper on global warming. In graduate school, her research focused on changes in soil biogeochemistry due to climate and desertification. It wasn’t until moving to NY’s Southern Tier and buying a home that was leased to a gas company, that she became directly involved in climate and energy advocacy. Lisa holds an M.S. in Earth Science from Dartmouth College and a B.A. in Geology from Claremont McKenna College (via Pomona College).
Anshul Gupta
Policy & Research Director
As a clean-energy enthusiast, Anshul has been an early adopter of EVs, rooftop PV, and a geothermal heat pump in his all-electric home. He has been active in climate advocacy since 2020, starting with his participation in the successful campaign to stop a crude oil pipeline through southwest Memphis, followed by participating in The Climate Reality Project’s efforts for the passage of the federal Inflation Reduction Act and stopping the Mountain Valley Pipeline, etc. Since the beginning of 2022, he has been an active member of the Renewable Heat Now campaign for a just, affordable, and timely decarbonization of New York’s buildings. Anshul is a Board member of Environmental Leaders of Color and Hudson Valley Youth Robotics. He has worked with FIRST LEGO League teams on several projects with environmental and climate themes that have won awards, publications, and even a patent. These include working with Pepsi Research on reduced plastic bottles, a thermal management system to protect dogs trapped in hot cars, reducing freshwater pollution from road salt, and generating power on a future Mars colony.
Melissa Iachetta
Program Manager
Lorenzo Mohammed
Digital Communications Organizer
Lorenzo Mohammed is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, multimedia production, and advocacy. Born in the Caribbean and raised in New York, Lorenzo spent part of his early life in Florida, where he worked as a Creative Media Specialist at Broward College. There, he devised media campaigns that promoted student engagement and supported key college initiatives.
Lorenzo has worked with the Dramatists Guild of America, where he created content that enhanced member engagement and supported the Guild’s efforts to protect labor rights of theater writers, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Now based in Brooklyn, Lorenzo continues to leverage his experiences in digital communications and advocacy from his time in higher education and Broadway and has now turned his focus toward facilitating the transition to clean energy solutions, which he carries out alongside the NYCP team.
Elinor (Len) Luka
Renewables Outreach Coordinator
Thomas Wright
Workforce Programs Advisor
Thomas has fully electrified his home and workplace, and has organized, promoted and presented extensively on these experiences at energy efficiency education events in collaboration with City Council members.
In addition to his climate action work, Thomas co-founded and leads the Beacon Greenway Committee, which has led the planning and ongoing realization of Beacon’s flagship Fishkill Creek Trail and its Beacon Hudson River Trail. An enthusiastic bike-commuter, he is also active in promoting regional bike infrastructure projects.
Thomas is a co-founder of Atlas Industries, a multidisciplinary design firm internationally recognized for its architectural and furniture design. In 2012, along with his business partner, he developed Atlas Studios, an all-electric, adaptive re-use project involving a restored historic industrial building now housing over 40 creative businesses which has become an anchor for Newburgh’s ongoing revitalization. Trained as an architect, Thomas graduated from UC Berkeley.
Jen Rand
Building Decarbonization Organizer
Jen Rand is a climate justice advocate with a passion for solutions-based communications that combat defeatism, build solidarity, and inspire collective actions. A lifelong environmentalist, she is motivated to help build a future where all people can live safe, sustainable, and fulfilling lives in community with the rest of nature. Jen has been involved in grassroots campaigns centered on inequality and environmental injustice for many years. She serves on Climate Reality NYC‘s leadership team, coordinating with local and state coalitions to enact and implement legislation that will end the era of fossil fuels. Lately, she has been contributing to efforts to meet the goals of New York State’s Climate Act and Local Law 97, New York City’s building decarbonization law.
Jen spent several years working in science communication. She is known for distilling complex information into accessible language. Helping scientists, researchers, and green architects explain their work, she developed a well-rounded understanding of the environmental problems we face as well as many of the solutions. Jen earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Florida International University, double majoring in chemistry and interdisciplinary studies. As an undergraduate, she was an NIH biomedical chemistry research fellow, and her work has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Jen is eager to combine her science background with her grassroots organizing skills to contribute to the work of New Yorkers for Clean Power.
Sameeha Khan
Junior Clean Power Fellow
She has also served as a Youth Sustainability Lead for a mutual aid organization, Southside Action Pact. In this role, she led street clean-up events in her neighborhood in Queens, NY. She also worked with local businesses to improve their sustainability practices and educate them on how environmental racism may impact their lives as small business owners in a low-income community. She has also served on the Youth E-Board of the Climate and Resilience Education Task Force (CRETF), where she worked with local government officials to improve legislation on climate education.
As she explores environmental justice as a human rights issue, Sameeha is now partaking in a Board Mentorship Program with Amnesty International USA, where she will be working with board members to understand the internal workings of large grassroots organizations such as AIUSA. She is also an intern for the Powerful United Ladies Striving to Elevate (PULSE) on her college campus, where she helps create a safe space for women of color to discuss important social issues.
Diana Michaelson
Junior Clean Power Fellow
Cybella Kosinov
Junior Clean Power Fellow
She is currently involved with her school’s student-run newspaper, Pipe Dream, where she serves as an Arts and Culture Contributor. In addition to her writing, she is part of the digital team, managing four social media platforms to boost the paper’s advocacy efforts and expand its readership. This role has allowed Cybella to blend her passion for community engagement with her growing interest in digital communication and media.
As she continues her studies in Economics, Cybella is excited to explore ways to use her skills to create positive change both locally and globally with New Yorkers for Clean Power
Kary Pan
Junior Clean Power Fellow
Kary Pan is a Communications Intern at NYCP and a first-year student at Binghamton University, where she is majoring in Economics with a minor in Sociology. With a strong passion for marketing and communications, Kary has gained valuable experience through a variety of roles. In high school, she served as the Social Media and Event Coordinator Manager for the Operation Smile Club, where she led fundraising efforts to support organizations providing cleft lip surgeries for children. Her leadership abilities were recognized when she was promoted to Vice President, allowing her to continue overseeing fundraising initiatives and raising awareness for the cause.
Currently, Kary is a Social Media Intern at Total Alignment Charitable, where she manages the organization’s social media platforms and helps raise awareness for individuals seeking financial assistance. Her experience in both non-profit and communications roles has deepened her interest in using media to drive social impact and connect with people. Kary is eager to continue her work with NYCP, further developing her skills in marketing and social media while continuing to explore the intersection of marketing, social good, and communications.
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Clean Energy Coach
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