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| Photo | Name | Brief Biography | Contact Information |
| Huda Alkaff | Founder of the Islamic Environmental Group of Wisconsin. She is an environmentalist by training and education, her higher education degrees are in conservation ecology and sustainable development / science and environmental education from the University of Georgia and she has experience teaching environmental science courses at the University of Wisconsin. She is the coordinator of the Wisconsin Annual Interfaith Earth Month in April and the Wisconsin Annual Interfaith Energy Awareness Month in October. |
interfaith.earth(at)yahoo.com | |
| Alycia Ashburn | Alycia grew up on the prairie in southwestern Minnesota -- in a small farm town called Maynard. She received her bachelor's degree in biology from Luther College (Decorah, IA) in 1999. She is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies where she studies the effects of climate change on forest insect communities. Prior to returning to school, Alycia worked for the Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in Minnesota, one of the 20 state advocacy offices of the ELCA. In her work there, she was Co-Founder and Co-Coordinator of the Congregations Caring for Creation Network, serving as a facilitator and guide for congregations that seek to integrate environmental stewardship and justice into the life, mission, and identity of their churches. She worked to engage people of faith to take action on global warming, energy conservation, renewable energy alternatives and watershed health. Alycia is a 1998 Morris K. Udall Environmental Policy Scholar, a 2004 National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Fellow, and a contributor to the Oxford Declaration on Climate Change (2002). She continues to volunteer her time and energy to train clergy and congregation members to be active leaders in the creation care movement. | ashburn400@yahoo.com | |
| Dr. Peter Bakken | (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), received his PhD in theology from the University of Chicago. His dissertation focused on theological and ecological assumptions of Aldo Leopold and Joseph Sittler. He is Coordinator for Public Policy for the Wisconsin Council of Churches, promoting faith-based advocacy on issues from climate change to hunger and health care reform. For 14 years he was Coordinator of Outreach for the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, a Christian environmental education organization. His publications include Church on Earth: Grounding Your Ministry in a Sense of Place (with Jeff Wild) and a collection of writings by Joseph Sittler, Evocations of Grace: Writings on Ecology, Theology and Ethics (coedited with Steven Bouma-Prediger). | bakken@WisconsinIPL.org 608-837-3108 |
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| The Rev. Richard Blomker WIPL Treasurer |
The Rev.
Richard Blomker serves as a pastor at Lake Edge Lutheran Church
in Madison Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa
majoring in Religion and Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul,
Minnesota. He is past chair of the Interfaith Coalition for Worker
Justice in Madison, and past member of the Synod Global Connections
Environmental Committee and the Synod Council of the South Central
Synod of Wisconsin. |
dblomker@lelc.org 608-222-7339 |
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| Mark Edge | Mark Edge is a congregant and Board of Directors member at Temple Beth El, Madison and a sales professional in the wholesale electric supply industry with a penchant for promoting energy saving lighting technologies and products. His Bachelor of Science – Economics is from UW-LaCrosse. | ||
| Ryan Schryver |
(Protestant) is currently
working as the Grassroots Organizer and Clean Energy Advocate for
Clean Wisconsin where he is involved in
statewide policies to address climate change and promote sustainable
energy policies. With a political science major from the University
of Wisconsin La Crosse, Ryan brings a unique combination of grassroots
organizing skills and a detailed understanding of global warming
solutions to the organization. In addition to his work with Clean
Wisconsin Ryan serves on the Board of Directors for RENEW Wisconsin – A
not for profit organization promoting clean energy strategies for
powering the state's economy in an environmentally responsible manner.
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rschryver@cleanwisconsin.org 608-251-7020 ext. 25 122 State St., Suite 200 Madison , WI 53703 |
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| Wayne Stroessner WIPL Vice-President |
(United Church of Christ) is a retired science teacher. He has
served on numerous committees for environmental groups including:
the Sierra Club, RENEW Wisconsin, Clean Wisconsin, the WDNR's Citizens
Advisory Committee on Mercury Regulations, the League of Conservation
Voters (LCV), Coordinator of Monroe Area Recycling Committee for
seven years, presently serves as Random Lake's Water Monitor for
the DNR, served as WICEC President for two years. He is a hydrogen
economy promoter. |
wstroessner@wi.rr.com | |
| Sr. Janet
Weyker, OP WIPL Secretary |
Janet Weyker, OP - (Catholic) is a graduate of St. Mary-of-the- Woods College in Indiana where she studied Earth Literacy. Currently she serves as Director of "Rooted in Hope", the Racine Dominican Eco-Justice Center that is dedicated to environmental education and care of Earth. She earned masters degrees from UW-Madison and UW-Platteville in art education and counseling; her prior ministry experience includes teaching, administration, and campus ministry. | jaweyk@miliserv.net 262-681-8527 Rooted in Hope Racine Dominican Eco-Justice Center 7133 Michna Road Racine, WI 53402 |
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| The Rev. Susan Gilbert Zencka WIPL President |
Rev. Susan Gilbert Zencka is the pastor at Frame Memorial Presbyterian Church in Stevens Point. She has a B.A. in Humanities from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and and M.Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. She also earned an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago majoring in Accounting and Economics, and was a CPA for 10 years before entering seminary. Susan is president of the board of the Interfaith Community for the Earth (ICE) in Stevens Point. | suzzencka@gmail.com 715-341-3040 |
Founder of Wisconsin Interfaith Climate & Energy Campaign (1999)
| The Rev. Dr. Dave Steffenson | The Rev. Dr. Dave Steffenson is a retired United Methodist minister. He has a BA from the U. of Denver in social sciences and journalism; Th.M from Iliff School of Theology, Denver; STM in political social ethics from Yale University Divinity School; and the Ph.D. in "Ecological Social Ethics" from The Union Institute and University, a national program based in Cincinnati, OH. He taught college Eco-Ethics courses part-time for over 35 years. He directed WICEC on his retirement for three years and is still active in the program and other environmental activities. | dsteffe70@gmail.com 608-285-5201 |
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Dr.
Peter Bakken, Executive Director |