Meet the Team
Dr. Lisa Marten
Executive Director & President
As a public health professional, Lisa believes climate change is the biggest health threat of our time. She is taking action from multiple angles and wants to help others do the same.
Board of Directors
Tara Spagnoli
Art and Education
Cindy Petersen
Landscaping & Business
Annie Cusick
Curriculum and Education
Karen Simmons
Marketing
Partners - Hamakua Marsh
Aaron Works
Ati Jeffers-Fabro
Aaron is a wildlife biologist and Ati is the Wetland Coordinator at the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Forestry and Wildlife. They manage the Hamakua Marsh wildlife preserve and oversee and support the Healthy Climate Communities project there.
NGSS Curriculum Writers
Katie Brown
Le Jardin Academy Science Teacher
Kwai Mei Daugherty
Elementary School teacher
Sherry Tenn
Waipahu Natural Resource Academy teacher
Collaborators and Volunteers
Peter Binney
Irrigation Expert
Le Jardin Academy HS
180+ HS students Volunteered
Richard Drake
Art Photographer
Laura Steinart
Intern - Everything! Fall 2017
Kimo Tully
Landscape Designer
Alyce Dodge
Art Exhibits
Russell Knight
Russell's Master Plumbing
and Repairs
Randy Erickson
Chainsaw Master
Karen Keifer
Artist -mural
Jensin Sommer
Artist, Signage
Punahou Academy
200+ HS Students Volunteered
Monica Lau
Photographer
collaborators - State Policy
Hawaii State Representative Chris Lee
As Energy and Environmental Protection Committee Chair, Chris sponsors and promotes numerous clean energy bills every session and we collaborate with him. Rep Lee also supported our Arbor Day poster contest.
Some Healthy Climate Community efforts to lobby for clean energy have been supported by and channeled through Blue Planet Foundation legislative initiatives.
Supporters 2019
The Zilber Family Foundation
Kamehameha Schools
The Harold K. Castle Foundation
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Girl Scouts Troop 30
Brownie Troop 957
Dean and Tara Spagnoli
Stu and Karen Simmons
Ian and Annie Cusick
Cindy Petersen
Jim Moonier and Lisa Marten
Sherwood's Tree Service - mulch
Past Supporters
The Harold K. Castle Foundation
The Zilber Family Foundation
Levani Lipton
Rotary Club of Honolulu
Rotary Club of Ala Moana
Sunectric
Rotary Club Kahala Sunrise
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Karl & Megumi Essig
All Pool and Spa - recycled buckets
McKinley Bike Shop - recycled cardboard