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1Sky is building its team right now – and we need the best strategists, the most seasoned policy professionals, and the most powerful campaigners in the country with the passion to ignite this movement. Meet the team below – and apply to join us here.

Ada Aroneanu, the Field and Outreach Assistant for 1Sky, has spent the past five years working in the social justice and environmental movements. As a student at Pomona College, she worked to organize around labor issues and immigrants’ rights both in Los Angeles and Latin America. After co-founding the Pomona Campus Climate Challenge, she led the college to substantial victories – over 80% of the student body signed a Green Pledge to reduce energy consumption, which led to an institutional commitment to achieve climate neutrality. A recipient of the Young People For activism grant and Draper research grant, Ada went on to campaign work after graduation. As the director of a Sierra Club State Action Fund campaign office in DC, Ada hired and trained a team that signed up over 5,000 new members in two months. Most recently, Ada had the opportunity to work on organizing Power Shift 2007 – the largest youth climate conference ever held. Ada graduated with a BA in Politics from Pomona College, where she received the Pomona College Award in Contemporary Politics.

Vivian Buckingham is Policy Director for the 1Sky Campaign. Prior to joining 1Sky, Vivian directed the Campaign for Communities for Earth Day Network, worked for the Environmental Law Institute, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Program of Earthjustice and the Center for International Environmental Law in Geneva, Switzerland. She was appointed a fellow by the First Nations Institute to the Roundtable on the North American Pharmaceutical Industry and Research Involving Indigenous Knowledge. In 2002 she directed and coordinated the "Conference on Trade, Sustainability and Global Governance" (Symposium Issue, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Volume 27 No. 2). Before joining the legal profession, Vivian enjoyed careers in the field of public relations, in university administration and finance, and in project management for Fortune 100 companies. She received her B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University magna cum laude and earned her JD from Columbia University School of Law graduating as a Lowenstein Fellow, a CLEA Outstanding Student awardee and a recipient of the Alfred A. Forsyth Prize for Environmental Law. She is currently active on the boards of the Institute for Conservation Leadership, the Eastern Environmental Law Center, Redefining Progress and the Columbia Law School Alumni Association of Washington, D.C. She periodically serves as a guest lecturer and is dedicated to the mentoring of students who are interested in serving in the public interest sector of environmental law.

Liz Butler, Field and Outreach Director, has over 15 years experience organizing on forest and environmental issues with a focus on market campaigns for the last 10 years. Until recently, she has worked at ForestEthics, which she joined in 1998 – designing and implementing the overall organizing strategy and building the organizing team for ForestEthics. The organizing strategy has played a critical role in the many successes of ForestEthics campaigns by creating an international network of allies, leaders, and activists that engage in these campaigns. Her successes include the protection of over seven million acres of endangered forests and transforming the paper policies of multi-billion-dollar companies, including Staples, Office Depot, Victoria’s Secret, and many more. Prior to joining ForestEthics, Ms. Butler served as the national organizing director for American Lands Alliance, the director of Missouri Public Interest Research Group, and graduated from Green Corps’ Environmental Leadership Training Program. Ms. Butler has designed dozens of organizing strategies for successful environmental and corporate campaigns. She lives just outside of Washington, DC with her son.

Gillian Caldwell, 1Sky Campaign Director, is a filmmaker and an attorney with thirty years of experience advocating for social justice in the United States and around the world. Most recently, Gillian served as Executive Director of WITNESS, which uses the power of video to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses. Gillian led WITNESS’ rapid expansion during her decade of leadership and helped produce numerous documentary videos for use in advocacy campaigns around the world. She is also co-editor and author of a book published by Pluto Press called Video for Change: A Guide to Advocacy and Activism (2005). Gillian was formerly the Co-Director of the Global Survival Network, where she coordinated a two-year undercover investigation into the trafficking of women for forced prostitution from Russia and the Newly Independent States that helped spur new anti-trafficking legislation in the US and abroad. She has worked in a broad range of other organizations on social justice issues in the US and around the world, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Echoing Green Fellowship (1996-1998), Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Award(2000), Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Award Winner(2001-present), Tech Laureate of the Tech Museum (2003), Ashoka:Innovators for the Public as a special partner (2003), Journalist of the Month by Women’s Enews (2004), Skoll Social Entrepreneurship Award(2005-present). She received her BA from Harvard University and a J.D.from Georgetown University, where she was honored as a Public Interest Law Scholar.

Luis Hestres is the Online Communications Coordinator for 1Sky, bringing to the campaign more than 6 years of online advocacy and online communications experience. As the eAdvocacy Coordinator for Families USA, a progressive healthcare advocacy organization, Luis developed and implemented the organization's earliest online efforts. Most recently, Luis applied his skills to Capitol Hill, managing web and media operations for Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and the House Small Business Committee. He also worked in public television for three years--first at MHz Networks, then at PBS--as a video editor, Web designer and content technologist. Luis has a BA in communications from the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico, an MFA from American University in Film and Electronic Media, and a masters’ degree from Georgetown University's Communications, Culture and Technology program. He received a distinction for his thesis "Peace for Vieques: The Role of Transnational Activist Networks in International Negotiations," which he presented as part of a human rights panel at the 2007 International Studies Association annual conference. Luis is very excited to be part of the 1Sky team and to make a small contribution to solving the climate challenge.

Mary Kadzielski is the Executive Associate for 1Sky. She recently spent fourteen months conducting in-depth research on the issues surrounding and solutions to the environmental and energy crises for a television documentary. She is co-founder of an environmental media company, Ground Up Productions, and has been active in the Los Angeles environmental community. Mary is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, where she studied literature and creative writing. She has worked in magazine writing, and her poetry has been published in several journals. She is also a nationally certified massage therapist and an avid traveler. Mary is thrilled to be a part of the 1Sky team, working on a daily basis to address the challenge that is climate change.

Robert Lyon, the Development Coordinator, began his career in the world of environmental/social justice non-profits at Greenpeace in 1992. Since then, he has worked in an administrative or fundraising capacity for organizations that worked on direct aid to developing countries, labor rights, peace and disarmament, the environment and animal welfare. Bob has a 5 year old daughter, a dog, and reduces his carbon footprint by commuting to work by bike.

Aditya ("Adi") Nochur is the Field and Outreach Associate for 1Sky. A Boston native and a recent graduate of Tufts University, he spent over three years organizing in the youth climate movement. Working with student organizations like the Sierra Student Coalition, Energy Action Coalition, Climate Campaign and EnviroCitizen, Adi has coordinated local activist networks, organized state and regional conferences and facilitated the development of national clean energy campaigns. He has also participated in international climate policy negotiations as part of a large youth delegation to the United Nations climate change conference in Montreal in 2005. In recognition of his organizing activities, Adi was awarded a Morris K. Udall Scholarship in2006. Adi currently serves on the Sierra Club’s Environmental Justice Committee and he recently co-authored a book chapter on climate justice in Ignition, a compiled volume of climate change essays. Adi was first inspired to environmentalism by his uncle, a longtime campaigner for social and environmental justice in India.

Michael Silberman is the 1Sky campaign’s Internet Director. Silberman is a Partner and Co-Founder of EchoDitto, a leading strategic online communications and technology firm dedicated to building vibrant communities online and empowering people through the creative use of emerging technologies. Silberman’s expertise in leveraging new media and participatory technologies to affect positive social and environmental change includes exciting projects with the Clinton Foundation, the Service Employees International Union, and the U.N. World Food Programme. Prior to co-founding EchoDitto, Silberman managed the grassroots field organizing and leadership development programs for Howard Dean’s renowned presidential run in 2004. As National Meetup Director, he developed a team and technology strategy that mobilized 189,000 volunteers in over 1,200 cities worldwide. He is a frequent writer and speaker on the effective use of technology for converting online activity into real-world action. Silberman’s latest publication includes a chapter for Mousepads, Shoe Leather, and Hope: Lessons from the Howard Dean Campaign for the Future of Internet Politics (Paradigm2007). Michael also gained valuable organizing and political experience at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and in the Clinton White House at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). He graduated on skis with a B.A. from Middlebury College.