Renewable Energy
Desert Tortoise, Photo: Beth Jackson / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Solar, © Gray Watson / WikiCommons

Meet Our Renewable Energy Team

DC

Jim Lyons
Senior Director, Renewable Energy

Julie Falkner
Senior Policy Analyst, Renewable Energy & Wildlife

Erin Lieberman
Western Policy Advisor, Renewable Energy and Wildlife

Eliza Cava
Conservation Associate, Renewable Energy and Wildlife

California

Kim Delfino
California Program Director

Jeff Aardahl
California Representative

Stephanie Dashiell
California Desert Associate

Arizona

Eva Lee Sargent
Director Southwest Program

Matt Clark
Southwest Representative

Oregon

Bruce Taylor
Oregon Biodiversity Program Director

Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

Mike Leahy
Rocky Mountain Region Director

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