Danielle V. Dolan

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Danielle V. Dolan has been working in environmental education, engagement, and advocacy for the last 14 years, with the latter half in California water issues. Ms. Dolan was hired by the Local Government Commission in 2014 to lead LGC’s water programs — engaging on statewide policy initiatives and implementing projects at the local level. LGC’s…

Amber McGarvey

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Amber McGarvey is the Operations Project Coordinator for the Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program, CivicSpark, which provides capacity building support for local governments throughout California to address climate change. Before joining LGC in January 2018, Amber worked at Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) based in San Rafael, CA. At SEI she supported the Energize Colleges program which empowers…

Meredith Thompson

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Meredith Thompson is the Water Project Manager for LGC’s Water Program. In addition to supporting all water-focused initiatives within LGC, Meredith coordinates the WE CAN project in Fresno, CA which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, water, and energy use through drought-tolerant landscape upgrades, and the Disadvantaged Community Involvement Program with The Santa Ana Watershed…

Kriselda Bautista

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Kriselda Bautista joins the Local Government Commission as the Associate Regional Coordinator for the Central Inland region supporting CivicSpark fellows as they implement climate change solutions in the Sacramento, Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley areas. With degrees in Urban Studies and Criminology Law and Society from UC Irvine, she continues to work with local…

Rachel Dickinson

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Rachel Dickinson is the Project Coordinator for the Governor’s Initiative program, CivicSpark, which provides capacity building support for local governments throughout California to address resilience issues. Before joining LGC, Rachel served one term as an AmeriCorps Youth Mentor at the Folsom Cordova Community Partnership in Rancho Cordova, California. She then worked as staff at the…

Kerri Timmer

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As Government Affairs Director for Sierra Business Council, Kerri works in partnership with government, business and non-profit entities to advance environmental, economic and social well-being in the Sierra Nevada.  Kerri is a communications and management specialist with more than 25 years of public- and private- sector experience in community and government relations, business communications, land…

Lexie Fischer

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Lexie Fischer is a Senior Administrative Specialist at the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, a Joint Powers Authority dedicated to sustainable energy initiatives in Humboldt County. Her responsibilities include supporting the development and administration of grants and contracts as well as ongoing tracking and monitoring of program budgets, deliverables, and timelines. Lexie is also the Regional…

Ashoka Alvarez

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Ashoka Alvarez (pronouns: she/they) was a 2017-18 Climate Fellow with the California Department of Public Health in the Office of Health Equity, and served as a Bay Area Regional Coordinator from 2018-2021. Ashoka was born and raised in San Francisco and studied Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where they cultivated a…

Mackenzie Bolger

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Mackenzie is the CivicSpark Senior Program Manager on the National Service team. She joined LGC in 2016 as CivicSpark Regional Coordinator for Southern California. In this role, she oversaw CivicSpark projects in the region, coordinating and providing training opportunities for Fellows, supporting successful completion of service projects, boosting volunteer and community engagement, and expanding LGC’s…

Melanie Chu

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 Melanie Chu is the Climate Change Project Coordinator for the CivicSpark AmeriCorps Fellowship, which is a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program that aims to tackle climate change and water resource management issues through local government programs and community engagement throughout California. Prior to LGC, Melanie was a CivicSpark fellow for the 2014-15 service year in the…
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