MCAN Staff 

Logan Malik, (he/him/his) Interim Executive Director

Logan has been a part of MCAN since December 2020. He served as the Clean Energy Director until transitioning into the role of Interim Executive Director in August 2022. Logan grew up in western Massachusetts and is deeply committed to working towards a green, just future for our Commonwealth. In 2018, Logan completed a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at the George Washington University. He went on to pursue a Master’s Degree in Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom as a recipient of the Dorothy Bender Scholarship.

Returning home, Logan served as Advocacy Director for the Berkshire Environmental Action Team and the Deputy Director of No Fracked Gas in Mass. Most recently, he served as the Organizing Director for the Alex Morse for Congress campaign.

Email: [email protected] 

 

Miranda D'Oleo, (she/her/hers), Better Buildings Campaign Director 

Miranda D’Oleo joined MCAN in April 2022 as the Better Buildings Campaign Director. She grew up in the coastal city of Gloucester, MA which inspired her focus on protecting the environment. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020.  With a strong focus on equity, Miranda is passionate about building movements and coalitions fighting for a just transition state-wide. Miranda leads MCAN's work on equitable decarbonization of buildings.  

Email: [email protected]

 

Lilly Worthley, (she/her/hers), Clean Energy Director 

Lilly grew up in Portland, Maine where she developed her deep love for the natural world by exploring Casco Bay’s islands and waterways. Lilly attended the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources where she earned her BS in Environmental Sciences with a concentration in global environment and climate change in 2017. After some time spent traveling and working on tallships, Lilly began her career in clean energy with Raptor Maps, a young solar software startup in Somerville, as a data analyst and project manager. She then moved further into the solar industry with her previous role at Nexamp as an operations and maintenance manager. While working in the solar industry, Lilly developed a strong passion for community climate justice organizing first with Sunrise Movement and later with Extinction Rebellion, and the MCAN chapter, Breathe Clean North Shore.

Email: [email protected]

 

Fatima Lopez, (she/her/hers), Marketing Strategist & Graphic Designer

Fatima Lopez started working with MCAN in January 2022 as a Communication Intern and was promoted to a Marketing Strategist and Graphic Designer in March 2022. She grew up in Everett, Massachusetts, and is passionate about protecting vulnerable communities from environmental hazards. She identifies as a Latina within the STEM community, and is deeply proud of her Latino roots and amplifying diverse representation in workspaces. In the winter of 2021, she graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she studied Communication and Environmental Science. 

Email: [email protected]

 

Portia Lee, (she/her/hers), Municipal Utility Research Associate

Portia Lee is MCAN’s Fall 2022 Municipal Utility Research Intern. She joined MCAN in June 2022 as a student researcher before transitioning into her current position. She is a junior at Boston University where she studies Earth and Environment with a specialty in Remote Sensing/ GIS. Portia is passionate about combatting the climate crisis and mitigating the impact that it has on low-income communities and people of color. She grew up in Sterling, Massachusetts, and currently lives in Boston.

Email: [email protected]

 

Lara Cardoso, (she/her/hers), Development & Community Organizing Associate

Lara Cardoso joined MCAN in the summer of 2023. She has various experience working in the clean energy and environmental non-profit space, with a specific interest in working with communities to advance environmental justice. She recently graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a BA degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainability with a minor in Economics, and is currently pursuing her Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Environmental Management. She hopes to use her knowledge and experience to continue making positive changes in communities across Massachusetts.

Email: [email protected]

 

 

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Janet Hartke Bowser, (she/her/hers) President, Dover

Janet is an environmental attorney with over 30 years of experience working with federal, state and local government and nonprofits on a wide range of environmental law, policy and regulatory issues including climate change adaptation and mitigation, natural resources protection, clean energy, toxics reduction and sustainable land use and smart growth. Janet served as Director of the Town of Wellesley Natural Resources Department for over 16 years and previously was Director of the Needham Conservation Dept., worked with the Mass. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and began her career at the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection.

Janet holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Middlebury College and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law where she was elected President of the Environmental Law Society. She has worked on a wide range of political, community and grassroots campaigns and has served on a number of governmental advisory committees and organizations including the Mass. Municipal Association’s Committee on Energy and the Environment, Vice President of the Mass. League of Environmental Voters, President and Co-Founder of the New England Environmental Law Society and the Dover Conservation Commission. She lives in Dover with her husband and has two grown children.

 

Brad Hubbard-Nelson, (he/him/his), Treasurer, Concord
Brad Hubbard-Nelson has been active with ConcordCAN! since 2012, and more recently on Concord’s Sustainability and Energy Committee, where he has enjoyed engaging residents and students on sustainability with a focus on heat pumps. He recently co-founded MassEnergize, a non-profit with the aim of boosting sustainable action in communities across Massachusetts.  He has taught courses on Earth Science and Climate Change and Our Energy Future through Concord-Carlisle Adult Education.  Brad holds a BA in Physics from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Shawn Jones, (he/him/his) 

Shawn Jones is an Assistant Director for Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) where he supports the organization’s business development activities in the Northeast recommending partnerships and applicable programs to fund demonstration projects for the region for CHP, electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, distributed generation (DG), solar, wind and energy storage projects. Mr. Jones has 20 years of experience in the design, development, implementation, and management of programs for energy efficiency, renewable energy, EVs and energy management systems. He currently is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Massachusetts EV rebate program (MOR-EV) and the Connecticut EV rebate program (CHEAPR) and is the Assistant Director for the U.S. DOE Western CHP Technical Assistance Partnership (CHPTAP), overseeing teams that manage approximately 10,000 electric vehicle rebates per year in the Northeast and provide technical assistance to businesses and associations in four Western states (California, Hawaii, Arizona and Nevada). Mr. Jones began his professional career as a project engineer at General Atomics in 1999. Prior to joining CSE in 2014, he owned a startup in Atlanta converting food waste into compressed natural gas and worked for Southern Research and Changing World Technologies in Durham, NC and West Hempstead, NY, respectively, as a Senior Process Engineer working on waste to energy technologies. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.

 

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Mary Dewart, (she/her/hers) Board Member, Brookline 

Mary Dewart is a grass roots organizer connecting people to personal action and partnerships. She was drawn into climate action through her friends, Ross Gelbspan, The Heat is On and Boiling Point and the late Paul Epstein, Changing Planet, Changing Health. Her goals are moving individuals,  communities, Massachusetts and beyond toward 100% renewables and keeping fossil fuels in the ground.  During thirty years of civic engagement she has served as Campaign Coordinator for MCAN’s Climate Action Brookline chapter and is now a board member. With a background in art and public policy, she initiated and collaborated on dozens of projects including Climate Week (starting 2010) now featuring events with leaders from around the state. She also incorporated Climate Week art installations and co-created a giant labyrinth with climate warnings and opportunities at Brookline’s town hall center. She pioneered new ground when she co-founded the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance and served as member of both the Park and Recreation Commission and Selectmen’s Climate Action Committee.  She has been an elected Town Meeting member since 1991. The Massachusetts Commission on Women recognized her commitment and work on behalf of Brookline in 2016.

 

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Ted McIntyre, (he/him/his) Board Member, Franklin 

Ted McIntyre has been a member of MCAN since 2003, and helped establish the Franklin Area Climate Team. His grassroots activities include numerous educational presentations on global warming to diverse audiences. Ted is also a physicist, and is currently working to develop advanced equipment for use in the manufacture of computer chips. He holds seven patents and has authored more than twenty technical publications. He lives in Franklin with his wife and son.

 

Puja Vohra, (she/her/hers) Board Member, Newton

Puja Vohra is the Director of Business Strategy at “Slipstream,” a non-profit that focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy research and program development. An 18-year veteran in the energy sector, Puja has extensive experience leading energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment, strategic planning for utility program design, green building technology research, energy codes and policies. Prior to Slipstream, she was a principal analyst overseeing the commercial and industrial energy efficiency portfolio planning for National Grid’s Rhode Island programs. Prior to her utility experience she worked as an energy and sustainability consultant. Puja has a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and a Master of Science degree in energy and climate. She currently serves as a member of City of Newton’s Energy Commission, and volunteers her time at Vibha, a non-profit that provides sustainable educational solutions for underprivileged children.

 

Larry Yu (he/him/his) Board Member, Somerville
Larry Yu is Senior Editorial Director for the Bridgespan Group, which provides management consulting to nonprofits and philanthropies, and Managing Editor of the Milken Institute Review, a journal of economics and public policy. He is the former Executive Editor of Strategy+Business magazine. Larry serves on the City of Somerville’s Commission and Energy Use and Climate Change and is an active climate advocate through the Climate Coalition of Somerville and the Climate Reality Project. He also serves on the board of directors for the Charles River Watershed Association and formerly for the Brattle Film Foundation.

Marissa Zampino (she/they/them)

Marissa Zampino is a community organizer who currently works for the Mystic River Watershed Association. In this role, they build relationships and partner with community members and organizations to help surface and implement resident-generated climate resilience solutions.

Marissa previously worked as an organizer for MASSPIRG Students where she recruited, trained, and organized hundreds of college students on voter registration, fighting hunger and homelessness, and transitioning UMass Amherst to 100% renewable energy. They graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish, and found their love of community engagement during their AmeriCorps VISTA service year. In her free time, she enjoys reading, drinking coffee, or finding new places to roller skate.

 

Johannes Epke (she/her/hers)

Johannes Epke is a Staff Attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation working in transportation, environmental justice, and climate resilience. Johannes brings her diverse legal, political, and organizing experience to bear to advance CLF’s goals in these areas. Prior to joining CLF, Johannes worked in election reform, and served as general counsel for American Promise in Massachusetts and grassroots organizer for Move to Amend in California and New York. She previously practiced environmental law in California, working in air pollution, energy, and environmental justice.

Johannes has a J.D. and Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resource Law from Lewis & Clark Law School, and a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a Minor in Legal Studies from University of California, Santa Cruz. She is licensed to practice in California.

 

Richard Halpern (he/him/his)

Richard had a nearly forty five year career in marketing, communications and business research services for technology and scientific firms (including public and private start-ups as well as local and global enterprises.) In his business career Richard worked for four successful start ups focused largely on direct response marketing in support of sales.  He is also a published author in the MD&DI journal about how to use research to help product development.

Richard wants to engage in endeavors which have meaning and could benefit from his marketing skills background.   After retirement, he began volunteering with MCAN in 2021, providing business research in support of various initiatives including the residential multifamily housing market landscape and efforts to stop the Peabody Peaker Plant.

  Richard holds an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University. He also attended University Cardiff Wales (UK) as part of a junior year abroad study program  He earned a certificate in direct response marketing from Boston University.  Richard is a member of the Franklin Democratic Town Committee (FDTC), and Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP).  

 


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