Advisory Panel
The following are organizational and individual members of the vision's Advisory Panel, selected in consultation with the Clean Air Council, so that the process will benefit from their expertise as community members, researchers, advocates, labor leaders and government officials. N.B.: participation does not imply endorsement of the visioning process or its products, merely that members agreed to lend their expertise and provide feedback.
Meenal Raval, 350 Philly
Peter Winslow, A SMART Collaborative
Pat Eiding, AFL-CIO
Pat O’Neill, Air Management Services
Aseel Rasheed, Bartram’s Garden
John Bland, Boilermakers Local Lodge No. 13
Christine Knapp, City of Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability
Joe Minott, Clean Air Council
Patty Elkis PP, AICP, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Peter DeCarlo, Drexel University
Gwen Ottinger, Drexel University
Charley McPhedran, EarthJustice
Brice Baker, Eastwick Community Network
Leonard Stewart, Eastwick Friends and Neighbors
Steve Young, (formerly with Empowered CDC)
Avery Broughton, Girard Academic Music Program
Paul Rossi/James Gitto, Girard Estate Neighbors Association
Rev. Cheryl Pyrch, Interfaith Power and Light
John Cook, International Longshoreman’s Association
Mark Alan Hughes, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Brian Abernathy, Managing Director’s Office
Barbara Capozzi, Packer Park Civic Association
David Masur, PennEnvironment
Matt Stepp for Jacquelyn Bonomo, PennFuture
Davitt Woodwell, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Senator Larry Farnese, Pennsylvania Senate
Senator Anthony Williams, Pennsylvania Senate
Representative Jordan Harris, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier, Philadelphia City Council
Councilperson Kenyatta Johnson, Philadelphia City Council
Emily Schapira, Philadelphia Energy Authority
Tom Dalfo, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC)
Alex Doty, Philadelphia Parks Alliance
Kathryn Ott Lovell, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Dan Schupsky, Philadelphia Water Department
Jim Walsh, Philaport
Carol White, Philly Thrive
Poune Saberi, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Ayse Unver, Planning Commission
Albert Littlepage, Point Breeze Community Development Coalition
Audra Wolf, POWER
Joe Syrnick, Schuylkill River Development Corporation
Zakia Elliot, Sierra Club (Southeastern Pennsylvania Group)
Eliza Alford for Anna Shipp, (formerly with the Sustainable Business Network)
Charles Reeves, Tasker-Morris Neighbors Association
Matt Cabrey, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Marylin Howarth, University of Pennsylvania
Bethany Wiggin, University of Pennsylvania
Tony Sorrentino, University of Pennsylvania
Skelly Holmbeck, Water Resources Association of the Delaware River
Nathan Boon, William Penn Foundation
Tyrique Glasgow, Young Chances Foundation