Heidi Binko

Executive Director & Co-Founder

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Rachael Young

Director of Grantmaking

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Trey Pollard

Communications Advisor

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Natalie Roper

Director of Special Projects

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Brian Sewell

Director of Development

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Max Shipman

Program Manager

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Sara Sweeney

Grants Manager

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Melissa Goldberg

Director of Administration

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Strategy Working Group

The Fund’s programming is informed by a Strategy Working Group, which includes community-based transition leaders, labor and climate justice leaders, economic development and clean energy experts, philanthropic representatives, and public sector officials. The Working Group helps refine the Fund’s strategies, expand our network, ensure our responsiveness to the field, and connect us with broader just transition and new economy conversations.

Tom Cormons

Appalachian Voices

Rebecca Newberry

Clean Air Coalition

Anya Schoolman

Community Power Network

Sandy Buchanan

Institute for Energy Economic & Financial Analysis

Burt Lauderdale

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth

Teresa Erickson

Northern Plains Resource Council

Sara Kendall

Western Organization of Resource Councils