Suzy Tapped as Senior Advisor at DOE 

We’re so excited to announce that DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy named our Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Suzy, as a Senior Advisor! In this first-of-a-kind role, Suzy is helping develop and implement the office’s justice mandate and supporting the department’s community engagement efforts on nuclear energy. 

Our team rises every day to develop compassionate, intelligent, environmentally and socially just policy solutions for nuclear. Suzy has dedicated over a decade of her career to making nuclear work for communities, and we are so proud to see her strength of leadership and character recognized in this new role.

Since Dec. 1, Jessica has continued to lead GEC as its Executive Director, retaining her role in heading up our work in developing strong, socially-grounded nuclear policy. 

Jackie Promoted to Deputy Director

Effective Dec. 1, GEC named Jackie Deputy Director of the organization. Jackie continues to spearhead Good Energy Collective’s external engagement and advocacy work and is assisting with operations and staff management as the organization more than doubles in size.

GEC Welcomes New Team Members! 
 

Toni Johnson 

Toni Johnson joins GEC as Director of Strategic Engagement. Toni, a science major-turned-theater major, is a former journalist who spent more than a decade focusing on energy, the environment, U.S. policy, and global health, whose work has appeared everywhere from The New York Times to The Washington Post. She has worked as a deputy editor and staff writer for Council on Foreign Relations and spent a decade working with philanthropies and nonprofits on economic and environmental issues. Toni is on the finance committee for the Christopher Reynolds Foundation and was recently communications director for the Schmidt Family Foundation. In a previous role as head of knowledge and influence for the Heron Foundation, Toni implemented the foundation's long-term public engagement strategy.
 

Ariel Gould

Ariel Gould (she/her/hers) will serve as GEC’s Environmental Justice Policy Counsel. Ariel is a D.C.-licensed attorney, certified blockchain legal specialist, third-generation farmer, and first-generation American with a background in public health and urban studies. She graduated from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver in 2018 specializing in environmental and energy justice and indigenous peoples law. As a student attorney, Ariel represented tribal nations on the Dakota Access Pipeline case and conducted research on uranium mining and milling issues impacting tribal nations in the Southwest United States. She also brings experience crafting renewable energy policy initiatives in rural mountain communities. 
 

Colter Schroer

In addition, Colter Schroer is joining the GEC family as a part-time Research Assistant. Colter is finishing his dual Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees at Boston University, graduating this May. At BU, he’s worked as a research assistant on multiple projects, researching environmental racism in the 2021 power blackouts in Texas, analyzing U.S. forest carbon offset standards, and collecting data for a NASA-funded land cover database. 

2022 is going to be a big year for the collective. We’re excited to share more with you soon! 
 

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