G R E E N CHAMPIONS Green Living magazine has a new section called the Green Champions of the Month! Each month we will feature three people – one each in northern, southern and central Arizona – who are making strides in the green community. NORTHERN – HADASSAH ZIEGLER, FOUNDING PARTNER AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, ROOFTOP SOLAR
Hadassah Ziegler is the founding partner and director of operations for Rooftop Solar in Arizona and California. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental and Urban Planning at Northern Arizona University and served for four years as Administrative and Program Director for Diablo Trust, a land management collaborative. She is a former board member of U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – Northern Branch and the Sustainable Economic Development Initiative (SEDI) of Northern Arizona. She is a current board member of the Flagstaff Independent Business Alliance. She is a graduate of Flagstaff Leadership Program – 2005 and a founding member of Flagstaff Hullabaloo. Ziegler is passionate about building local communities and working in the renewable energy field. At Rooftop Solar she recognizes the special opportunity not only to educate people on the environmental benefits of solar energy but to offer them the means to participate by producing energy from the sun. Nominated by Heather Gearhart, PR Consultant, Be Heard Public Relations.
CENTRAL – KELLEY BIRD, CO-FOUNDER, GRABBAGREEN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRABBAFOUNDATION
Kelley Bird is the co-founder of Grabbagreen and executive director of Grabbafoundation. With a passion for feeding people nutritious meals, Grabbafoundation is a nonprofit that supports local charities whose missions are aligned with living a Grabbagreen lifestyle. Grabbagreen supports and donates funds to the Mollen Foundation in Scottsdale, whose mission is to promote a healthy lifestyle in children that includes fitness, nutrition and self-esteem through exercise programs and nutritional education. Before Grabbagreen, Bird was a stay-at-home mom who increasingly became frustrated with the lack of nutritional food options while on the go. Ms. Bird served as an elementary teacher in the Dallas and Downey, CA school systems for six years after earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Mississippi State University. Nominated by Morgan Vanderwall, Owner, Vanderwall PR. Photo by Jim Poulin
SOUTHERN – COLLEEN CROWNINSHIELD, MANAGER, TUCSON CLEAN CITIES COALITION, PART OF THE PIMA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
Colleen Crowninshield has worked for the Pima Association of Governments (PAG) since 1994, and in 2002 she assumed the Clean Cities’ responsibilities as a full time Coordinator. In 2004 she was promoted to Clean Cities Manager. A year later she was named the Cities Coordinator of the Year. Some of her biggest accomplishments include: assisting with the first “green” Super Bowl, acting as a clean fuel consultant to the NFL Environment Program to assist with alternative fuel choices and access for the 2008 Super Bowl in Tempe. She was inducted into the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Hall of Fame in 2011. She was also recognized by the U.S. Dept. of Energy for Greatest Petroleum Displacement in the Nation using E85. In 2015 the U.S. Department of the Interior presented her with the Director’s Partnership Award for her work with the National Parks Initiative to “green” our national parks. Nominated by Stephanie Jarnagan, President, Think Communications.
Want to nominate someone as a Green Champion? Email your candidate to editor@greenlivingaz.com!
46 greenliving | March 2016
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