Organizations Filed Purposes:
CEC WORKS TO IDENTIFY, RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT, AND SOLVE PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST. OUR ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION, WASTE AND FOOD PROGRAMS PROVIDE REGIONAL SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
To conduct education, research and policy guidance on regional solutions to climate change.
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY: OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS FOCUS ON TOPICS RELATED TO PREVENTING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND OUR ENERGY, FOOD AND PLASTICS INITIATIVES. CEC HOSTS OR SPONSORS MORE THAN 80 FILMS, LECTURES, PANELS AND OTHER EVENTS EACH YEAR ON TOPICS RELATED TO OUR MISSION. WE SPEAK REGULARLY AT LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT HEARINGS, AS WELL AS IN SCHOOL CLASSROOMS TO ENCOURAGE PERSONAL ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. WE ORGANIZE THE SANTA BARBARA EARTH DAY FESTIVAL, WHICH ATTRACTS MORE THAN 35,000 ATTENDEES AND 200 ENVIRONMENTAL VENDORS EACH YEAR. WE ALSO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND MORE TRADITIONAL MEDIA.
ENERGYPROMOTING RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: CEC WORKS TO PLAN FOR AND PROMOTE THE SHIFT TO ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM CLEAN, RENEWABLE AND LOCAL SOURCES IN THE TRI-COUNTY REGION. THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE ADOPTION OF SOLAR, WIND, AND WAVE POWER, AS WELL AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES. PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION: CEC WORKS TO PLAN FOR AND PROMOTE THE SHIFT TOWARD EFFICIENT CARS POWERED BY CLEAN ENERGY, SUCH AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYDROGEN FUEL CELL VEHICLES IN THE TRI-COUNTY REGION. WE ALSO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PLANS THAT DESIGN COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE NOT CARS, EMPHASIZING PEDESTRIAN TRAILS, BIKE LANES, CAR SHARING, BUS SERVICES, AND OTHER TRAFFIC REDUCTION METHODS.
FOOD PROMOTING A LOW-CARBON, RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEM:CEC WORKS TO PLAN FOR AND PROMOTE THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE FOOD SYSTEM IN SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE ADOPTION OF REGENERATIVE FARMING PRACTICES AND THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND/OR ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES BY FOOD SYSTEM PROVIDERS. WE ALSO PROMOTE THE REDUCTION OF METHANE-CAUSING FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL IN LANDFILLS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sigrid Wright | CEO/Exec Direct | 40 | $123,591 |
| Rebecca Summer | Dir of Development | 40 | $107,700 |
| Carolyn Fitzgerald | Director | 4 | $0 |
| Pat Mcelroy | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Barbara Lindemann | Director | 4 | $0 |
| Nadra Ehrman | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Kathy Yeung | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Kim Kimbell | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Bruce Kendall | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Adam Green | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Laura Francis | Director | 4 | $0 |
| Laura Capps | Imm. past pres | 2 | $0 |
| Charles Newman | Secretary | 4 | $0 |
| Karl Hutterer | Treasurer | 6 | $0 |
| Catherine Brozowski | Vice President | 4 | $0 |
| John Steed | President | 6 | $0 |
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