Phase 1

Phase I Team:

Funding: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Phase 1 of the project is funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) through an Environmental Assistance Grant.

• Philipp Muessig, Grant Manager, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

Grant Development Team

Lead: University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment (IonE) 

• Project manager, Beth Mercer-Taylor 

• Lead Researcher, Jonee Kulman Brigham 

• Evaluation, Gill Roehrig (Also STEM Ed Advisor) 

Stakeholder Engagement: US Green Building Council, Green Schools Coalition 

(Also Green Building Advisors)

• Stephanie Leonard 

• Sheri Brezinka 

Advisory Group (as of Phase 1) 

• Chuck Bennett 

• Meg Cavalier, River's Edge Academy 

• Barrett Colombo, Education and Policy Initiatives, (IonE), U of MN 

• Linda Countryman

• Erin Driscoll, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

• Richard Graves, Center for Sustainable Building Research, U of MN 

• Jothsna Harris, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy 

• Thomas Hoff, SW Service Cooperatives 

• Jeff Ledermann, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 

• Alison Lindburg, (prior) Fresh Energy 

• Peter Lindstrom, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), U of MN 

• Tom McDougall, The Weidt Group 

• Mollie Miller

• Paul Moss, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

• John Olson, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) 

• Melissa Pawlisch, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), U of MN 

• Shannon Pinc, City of St. Louis Park 

• Kristen Poppleton, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy 

• SciMath MN 

• Jennifer Schmitt, NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise, U of MN 

• Cheri Schneider, The Weidt Group 

• Tim Smith, NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise, U of MN 

• Daniel Tranter, Minnesota Department of Health 

• Kathy Wallace, Principal, Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. 

• Leslie Wilson, Department of Environmental Services, Carver County 

• Christine Wroblewski, Teamworks International 

National: 

• Jennifer Seydel, Green Schools National Network 

Green & Healthy Schools Wisconsin: 

• Victoria Rydberg, WI Department of Public Education 

• Cindy Koepke, WI Department of Natural Resources