Who was on the Green Government Task Force?
The Green Government Task Force was a coalition of local stakeholders responsible for developing the Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan, Version 1.0 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The co-chairs were Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor of Pittsburgh, William Peduto, Pittsburgh City Council, and Jim Ferlo, Pennsylvania State Senator. Rebecca Flora, Executive Director of the Green Building Alliance at the time, convened the group.
Task force members included:
| ORGANIZATION | REPRESENTATIVE |
|---|---|
| 3 Rivers Wet Weather | John Schombert |
| Carnegie Mellon University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Deparment of Enginesering and Public Policy |
Cliff Davidson |
| Carnegie Mellon University Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research |
Deborah Lange |
| Chatham University | Lisa Kunst Vavro |
| Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UMPC | Dean Walters |
| Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) |
Jeanne Clark |
| City of Pittsburgh City Information Systems |
James Sloss |
| City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning |
Corey Layman |
| City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning |
Daniel Sentz |
| City of Pittsburgh Mayor’s Office |
Kristen Baginski |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development |
Ellen Kight |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Michael DeBerardinis |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Kathleen McGinty |
| Conservation Consultants, Inc. | Ann Gerace |
| East Liberty Development, Inc. | Nathan Wildfire |
| Giant Eagle | Robert Garrity |
| GTECH Strategies | Andrew Butcher |
| International Union Operating Engineers Local #95 |
William Cagney |
| Pennsylvania Resources Council | David Mazza |
| PNC Bank | George Whitmer |
| Rachel Carson Homestead | Fiona Fisher |
| Rothschild Doyno Collaborative Architecture and Urban Design | Kenneth Doyno |
| Sierra Club | Rachel Martin |
| Steel City Biofuels | Nathaniel Doyno |
| Sustainable Pittsburgh | Courtland Gould |
| The Heinz Endowments | Caren Glotfelty |
| The Pittsburgh Foundation | Jane Downing |
| The Pittsburgh Project | Saleem Ghubril |
| United Jewish Federation | Richard Wice |
| University of Pittsburgh Mascaro Sustainability Initiative |
Eric Beckman |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health |
Robbie Ali |
| Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh | Matthew Smuts |