Cindy Bambini is the St. Louis Business Development Manager for Brightergy, solar solutions. For over four years, Cindy worked with 3Degrees Group, Inc., the San Francisco-based vendor/partner selected by Ameren to market and manage Ameren’s Voluntary Renewable Energy Program, Pure Power, which officially launched in the Ameren Missouri territory on October 1, 2007. Prior to joining 3Degrees, Cindy was a Product Engineer with Ameren’s Products and Services Group. She coordinated the Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Grant program which will ultimately disburse $380,000 to promote the engineering and design of LEED certified buildings in Missouri.

Cindy is a member of the St. Louis Chapter Green Schools Policy Sub-Committee, Secretary of the St. Louis Earth Day Board and Chairman of The Touhill Performing Arts Center Board of Directors. A lifelong St. Louis resident, Cindy is a 1985 Industrial Engineering graduate from the University of Missouri-Columbia, she also earned a Masters of Business Administration in 1989 from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.

Contact: board.president@stlouisearthday.org

David A. Wilson is senior manager, environment and community planning, at East-West Gateway Council of Governments, where he works on environmental quality and healthy communities. David is engaged in watershed planning and co-edited the book At the Confluence, Rivers Floods and Water Quality in the St. Louis Region, (2003).  He is also involved in planning for “great streets”- that use green infrastructure to create exciting places. David is currently the St. Louis Section Director on the State Board of the American Planning Association, and a board member of Missouri Votes Conservation. He is a past-president of the St. Louis Metropolitan Section of the American Planning Association and has just completed six years on the Board of Trustees of The College School, including two years as President of the Board.

Traci Lichtenberg graduated from the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 2004 with a B.S. in Biology. In 2010, she successfully completed her Master’s degree thesis, “Wetland Policies and Water Quality: The Effect of Banking Mitigation on Atrazine Concentrations”, and was awarded a M.S. in Environmental Science from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. Since 2004, she has worked in the Water Quality and Environmental Management Department at Missouri American Water. In her current role as Water Quality Specialist she ensures that Missouri American Water systems across the state meet sampling and reporting requirements for both the Safe Drinking Water Act and Clean Water Act. Traci also leads Missouri American Water in numerous environmental and educational projects through out the year including stream monitoring, trash pick-ups and festivals. As Chairperson for the East Central Section of the Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference, she coordinates training for certified operators in the area.

As Managing Supervisor Energy Efficiency Products and Services for Ameren Missouri, Greg is responsible for development, implementation and promotion of electric and natural gas energy efficiency and demand response programs. These programs are designed to educate and encourage commercial, industrial and residential customers to become more energy efficient. Greg has held numerous engineering positions at Ameren over his 29-year career at the utility.

He participates as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, on the board of directors of the Association of Professionals Energy Consultants, Energy Education Council and St Louis Earth Day. He is also a member of Facility Operators and Service Providers Association, Association of Energy Service Professionals, Association of Energy Engineers and Edison Electric Institute. Greg is a graduate of University of Illinois and holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA through Webster University.

His goal is to continuously be on the leading edge of new technology related to the improvements of the utility grid and customer’s premise and provide a cost effective vehicle for implementation of this strategy and technology.

J. Tracy Boaz, AICP, is Regional Supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation Private Land Services Division. She and her staff work with private landowners and local governments to sustain healthy forest, fish and wildlife resources and help make nature part of people’s everyday lives. Since joining the Department of Conservation in 1996, her work has focused on open space and other initiatives which protect and restore connections between people and the natural world.

Tracy has been an active member of the American Planning Association (APA) Missouri Chapter for ten years and is currently Vice President. She served on the St. Louis Section board for nine years, having acted as president in 2003-4 and Missouri Section Director, representing the Section on the APA Missouri Chapter board, from 2007 to 2010. Tracy chaired the 2007 APA State Conference Committee, participated in the 2010 Conference Committee and is chairing the 2011 State Conference Committee. She is a Commissioner for the Cathedral Square Special Business District in the City of St. Louis. Tracy earned a B. A. from Stephens College and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

She is a former President of the St. Louis Earth Day Board.

Although Charlie joined the Board of Trustees recently in June 2010, he was not new to St. Louis Earth Day, as his business–Regency Enterprise Services–has been a partner of the Recycling On the Go program for some time, and works to ensure recycling services whenever possible. Charlie is the founder of Regency and is a second generation event clean-up specialist. Working with his father (the New Orleans sanitation superintendent) for 10 years not only solidified his love for jazz and festivals, but also gave him the background and experience to manage the clean-up for most of the major events in St. Louis.

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Laura Cohen has served as the Project Manager for the Confluence Greenway at Trailnet, Inc since 1997. She coordinates a collaboration of public and non-profit organizations to plan and implement a 200 sq. mile conservation, heritage and recreation corridor in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Previously, Ms. Cohen served as Special Assistant to the Mayor of the City of St. Louis where her responsibilities included open space projects. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College and attended the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in 1996. Ms. Cohen also serves on the Judicial Commission of the 22nd Circuit, and the board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri and Citizens for Home Rule.

Jane Davis, a Missouri native originally from the Festus area, earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. After working as a teacher and youth education assistant with the University of Missouri Extension, Jane began her career with the Department of Natural Resources in 1998. She started in the Hazardous Waste Program, and has since worked with the Environmental Services Program and the Solid Waste Management Program, before moving to the Water Protection Program in late 2009. Jane has been fortunate that most of her positions with MDNR have allowed her to work with the public, whether it is with reduce/reuse/recycle and composting/vermicomposting issues, or providing grant management to communities who are seeking funding for watershed projects to improve their water quality.

Jane is also an advanced Master Gardener with the Cole County Master Gardeners, serving on the board for several years, and is a member of the Bittersweet Garden Club in Jefferson City, an American Horticultural Society affiliate. She teaches classes for the Master Gardeners and the public on creating garden art, and is listed on the Master Gardener Speakers Bureau as a certified trainer.

Brian Pelletier is owner and chief chocolatier at Kakao Chocolate, maker of all-natural handmade confections in St. Louis. Kakao has been named “Best Chocolate in St. Louis” twice by the Riverfront Times and by the readers of Sauce Magazine, and Pelletier was listed among a handful of “Tastemakers” by Feast Magazine. Prior to Kakao, Brian spent 20 years in business marketing, helping organizations ranging from small businesses to global enterprises communicate with people who are important to them. Brian has a passion for local, sustainable businesses and how they engage with their community to everyone’s benefit. He also serves on the board of directors for the Retail Confectioners International Association, Discovering Options, and St. Louis Slow Food.

Read more about Kakao and Brian’s adventures in chocolating.

Harris Dowell Fisher & Harris, L.C.
Email: fricks@harrisdowell.com

After spending 10 years in San Francisco working in the IT industry, Chris returned to his hometown of St. Louis and opened the first Pi Pizzeria on March 14, 2008 (3.14, get it?). Since then, Pi has set the local standard-not only for pizza-but also for operating a restaurant as sustainably as possible. There are currently four Pi locations–Kirkwood, Central West End, Delmar Loop and Chesterfield–in addition to the Pi-On-The-Spot truck and a Washington, D.C. location opening next year! Chris joined St. Louis Earth Day because of a strong personal and professional concern with his environmental footprint, and is looking forward to sharing his experience of operating a green business with others in the region.

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Lori earned a Masters in Accounting from the University of Missouri – St Louis in 2006.  She has been a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor for the past 6 years.  Lori also serves on the board of directors for Judevine Center for Autism and previously served as the Vice President of Professional Women’s Alliance and on the Finance Committee at The College School in Webster Groves, MO.

Kevin Tibbs is co-founder of BETTER LIFE, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of green household cleaning products, where he serves as the “Mad-Skilled Scientist.” Over the past 12 years, Kevin has formulated over 300 successful products that have been found in Target, The Home Depot and Bed, Bath & Beyond, among others. When he and his wife, Tiffany, began having children, however, Kevin realized how great a toxic danger is posed by the common household cleaners. With Tim Barklage, the two founded BETTER LIFE to create high performing cleaners that are completely safe… and even a bit more fun to use than your typical under-the-sink stuff.

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