A life-long environmentalist, Linda brings over 20 years of community-based public awareness skills to her outreach work at CEI, where she signs home and business owners up for NewWind Energy®. Previously, she was a NY Program Manager for Green Mountain Energy, where she enrolled over 1,000 residential customers in Niagara Mohawk's GreenUp program. She created NY Shines and NY Shines on Business, the first solar electric public awareness programs in New York State, which reached thousands of people. Linda also created two citizen action groups, Clearwater for Bethlehem and Bethlehem Citizens for Clean Air that successfully fought for clean air and water in her community. She has received several press association awards for her work as an Environmental Investigative Reporter. She is a board member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. She holds an MSW degree from Rutgers University. |