As Senator Barack Obama headed to Portsmouth today to unveil his plan for a Clean Energy Future, Obama for America announced the membership of the New Hampshire Environmentalists for Obama Steering Committee. The Steering Committee, consisting of State representatives, policy experts, activists, innovators, and business leaders, will coordinate outreach and advise the campaign on environmental and energy issues.
New Hampshire Environmentalists for Obama
Co-Chairs:
-Senator Harold Janeway – State Senator
-Senator Martha Fuller Clark – State Senator, Chairwoman of Energy, Environment, and Economic Development
-Robin Read – Former State Representative
Steering Committee:
-Gary Hirshberg – CEO Stonyfield Farm
-David Borden – State Representative, Member of Science, Technology and Energy Committee
-Jim Powers – State Representative, Member of Environment and Agriculture Committee
-Clifton Below –Former State Senator and current public utilities commissioner
-Jim Duffy – Keene City Councilman
-Mike Smith – Former Chairman, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
-Scott Brown – CEO, New Energy Capital
-Lea Aeschliman – Advisor, Pew Charitable Trusts Global Warming Program
-Dorn Cox – Organic Farmer
-Michael Dorsey – Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College Environmental Studies Program
-Tom Elliott – Former Political Chair and Chairman, New Hampshire Sierra Club
-Kirk Stone- Coordinator of the NH Partnership for High Performance Schools at the Jordan Institute
-Brad Kuster- Environmental lawyer