Carolyn Weaver is a passionate environmentalist with a decade of experience in nonprofits focused on urban forestry, environmental education, food justice, organic farming, and permaculture. She brings a strong background in donor relations, fundraising strategy, and grant management to her role as Development Officer at Citizens’ Climate Education and...

Brett serves as CCL’s Vice President of Field Operations, leading and supporting a nationwide volunteer network through advocacy initiatives and training that empowers citizen lobbyists to be effective in working with Congress to enact strong climate policy. Brett has been involved in CCL since he joined as a volunteer...

Josh Hill supports Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s digital infrastructure by maintaining and troubleshooting key applications. With a background in web development and IT support, Josh brings a collaborative and curious spirit to his work, ensuring that both staff and volunteers have reliable, integrated systems for organizing and advocacy. Before joining...

Olivia Melonas has worked for Citizens’ Climate Education (CCE) and Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) since their 2007 inception. She manages budgeting, cash flow, annual audits, and overseeing all finances for the organizations, both of which have consistently doubled or tripled in size annually. Olivia is also responsible for financial...

Andrew (Drew) Eyerly serves as an Action Team Director. In his role, he lends a conservative voice and perspective to the organization’s mission while working to recruit, engage, and retain those right of center in the pursuit of a sustainable world. His path to climate advocacy through personal experience...

Amanda Rivera began working with Citizens Climate Lobby in October 2019 as the Senior Staff Accountant. Her role consists of providing support to the Accounts Payable Specialist, Accounts Receivable Specialist, and Compliance Specialist as well as assisting the Chief Financial Officer with budgeting, cash flow, annual audits, and financial...

Kathy Orlinsky serves the dual roles of providing staff support for the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) and Citizens’ Climate Education (CCE) Governing Boards of Directors, and of providing support for our events and membership departments. Among many other tasks, she handles insurance, scholarships, and answers the membership inbox questions....

Bryan Hermsen is a Nebraska native and has worked in IT for over 10 years. He has a passion for using technology to help solve problems and, as the IT Director for CCL, he helps to build tools that support staff and volunteers as they work on climate change...

Ashley Skoch is a collaborative social change leader with over a decade of experience in fundraising, grantmaking, and program management for mission-driven organizations. She draws upon a diverse career that has focused on youth and gender issues, economic development, public health, and climate change. Currently serving as the Chief...

Karina Ramirez (She/Her/Ella) is CCL’s Vice President of People & Culture. Before this role, she served as Diversity & Inclusion Director since 2020. In her job, she supports volunteers and staff working toward inclusion and belonging efforts in her role. She leads staff-level diversity and inclusion education, training, and...