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Santa Clara County Climate Collaborative
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Leadership Advisory Team

An appointed Leadership Advisory Team, made up of climate leaders from public agencies, academia, nonprofit and community-based organizations, serves as the primary advisory body for the Collaborative and makes recommendations pertaining to the operational, strategic direction, and financial sustainability of the Collaborative. The LAT will work in close collaboration with the Collaborative Project Management Team to advance critical decisions of the Collaborative and will receive support from the County staff and the Collaborative consultant teams. 

Leadership Advisory Team Members 

Andrea Mackenzie 

General Manager, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority 

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Danielle Lee 

Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, City of Mountain View â€‹ 

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Jack Mahoney 

Director, Movement- and Power-Building, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

 

Jasneet Sharma 

Sustainability Director, County of
Santa Clara 

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Shawn Gerth
Executive Director, Veggielution
Julie Benebente

Deputy Director, Climate Smart, Environmental Services Department, City of San Jose 

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Kristen Parineh

Director, Office of Sustainability, Stanford​

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Victoria Arvelo 

South Bay Resilience Manager, Greenbelt Alliance ​
 

John Bourgeois
Deputy Officer, Division of Watershed Stewardship and Planning, Santa Clara Valley Water District​
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Lauren Weston

Executive Director, Acterra​​

Equity and Implementation Advisors

Tegan Hoffmann 

Executive Director and Board Member, Coastal Quest 

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Violet Wulf-Saena 

Founder and Executive Director, Climate Resilient Communities 

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