Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s Governing Board
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Zaurie Zimmerman M.Arch (Board Chair)
Since 2013, Zaurie has used her conservative perspective to expand business and right of center support for CCL’s preferred policy solution and bipartisan approach, at both the state and federal levels. She serves CCL as a Conservative Caucus Executive Team Member and Florida Conservative State Lead, and has served as Kentucky State Coordinator, a Massachusetts Group Leader, and Congressional Liaison in Massachusetts and Kentucky.
Zaurie also draws on her building industry experience as a partner in the Clean Energy Venture Group through investment in early stage clean energy and climatetech companies. She holds B.S. and M. Arch. degrees from MIT. Kayaking and birding keep her connected to the world she is committed to preserving.
Ross Astoria, J.D./Ph.D
Piper Christian (Secretary)
As an advocate of youth engagement in environmental causes, she has spoken on youth panels at Citizens’ Climate Lobby regional and national conferences, organized Utah’s first youth environmental summit in 2017, and gave a TEDx talk on climate change communication in 2016. When she is not volunteering with CCL, Piper enjoys backpacking and cross country skiing with her friends and family.
Jerry Hinkle M.A.
Jerry holds MA degrees in both Economics and in Climate Policy and has published several articles in these areas.
He is committed to leaving a sustainable world for his two amazing daughters.
Natalie Orozco Ed.M
She joined CCL in the summer of 2019, and co-founded the Alameda chapter’s youth engagement team. Natalie embodies Earth Wisdom, a spiritual practice maintained by indigenous people to support us in living in a connected relationship with the Earth and all her children. This is wisdom her ancestors carried and it’s wisdom Natalie is devoted to reclaiming. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an Ed.M. from Harvard University. She lives in Oakland, California, loves to hike, create beauty, and advocate for our planet and underrepresented communities.
Mark Reynolds
During his tenure, CCL transformed from a scrappy grassroots organization to the organization U.S. Senators contact when they are considering introducing climate-related bills.
He is also known as the architect of the “CCL Way,” having built into the organization key values of focus, optimism, integrity, relationships and personal power. The Climate Advocate Training he designed in 2009 still is the core of CCL/CCE training.
Mr. Reynolds is a sound businessman, having never missed his revenue or net income numbers in 13 years. Every year the organizations were rated at the highest level the auditors can give.
Mark has been married for 40 years, has 3 grown children and 4 grandsons. He is consistently rated one of the top grandparents in America.
Mary Selkirk M.P.H. (Chair of Nominating Committee and Treasurer)
Prior to her career in environmental policy mediation, Mary had a 25-year career as a psychologist and organizational development consultant. She lives in Kensington, California with her husband.
Since the early 1970’s Mary has kayaked or rafted many of the major whitewater rivers in the western United States. She and Lee have also run rivers in Alaska, West Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Zealand.