Leadership


EcoWomen is led by a committed crew of volunteer board members who helped to start EcoWomen in the Washington, DC area.

Lauren Brohawn

A born and raised east coaster, Lauren now lives, works, and plays in the Seattle area. With a new-found appreciation for sunshine, she often has her rain pants handy but rarely carries an umbrella. Prior to her move to the Pacific Northwest, Lauren worked in Washington, DC for environmental non-profits, zoos, and environmental education centers focusing on issues from international family planning to habitat conservation. Lauren currently works for IslandWood where she connects people, especially children, with nature while helping visitors build relationships with each other and with the environment through environmental and outdoor education. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Delaware, a Graduate Certificate in Education, Environment and Community from IslandWood, and a Master of Education in Science Education from the University of Washington. Lauren is getting quite comfortable with Seattle living and while she doesn’t own any chickens yet, she is addicted to composting and has tested out her green thumb by planting veggies in her raised garden beds.

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Tracy (Fisher) Evans

Tracy is currently working to improve energy efficiency in the industrial sector for Energetics Incorporated. Raised in Minnesota, she recently returned to Minneapolis after many years in Washington, DC. She finds months of minus zero weather invigorating and character-building but understands why friends from more temperate climates will only visit between May and October. Tracy formerly worked for the National Environmental Education Foundation, GreenBiz.com, and the Center for a New American Dream. Tracy earned an MBA from the University of Maryland and serves on the board of EcoWomen. She has also served as a board member for the Janelia Foundation and SustainUS, and volunteered for Peace Corps in Guatemala. She and her husband, Johnny, are currently renovating a 100-year-old house, another invigorating and character-building experience.

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Leda Huta

Leda is a cofounder of EcoWomen, a yoga student in teacher training, a mom, the Executive Director of the Endangered Species Coalition and a consumer of vast amounts of dark chocolate.  Interested in all things environment, Leda has worked on species protection, forest conservation, energy, environment & health, and green businesses. Most recently, she was the Acting Executive Director for Finding Species, which gave her the opportunity to travel to the Andes and the Amazon. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto with a double major in environmental science and environment & resource management and a minor in zoology.  Leda is working on improving her Ukrainian and Spanish and is now seriously struggling with her Sanskrit.

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Jenny Mandel

Jenny is a reporter with Greenwire, keeping a close eye on energy technologies and the U.S. national laboratories. In addition to writing about energy efficiency, she tries to use energy wisely in her personal life to keep up with a widely scattered family. Previously a scribe with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Government Executive and the Indian Express, Jenny’s current focus on environmental issues is tenuously linked with her undergraduate degree in computer and cognitive sciences from Stanford University.

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Gina Mathias

Gina currently works in client services for a financial advisor, working with over 400 clients and studying to become a Registered Representative (stockbroker). Her interest in the financial field lays primarily in socially responsible investing, as her real passion is working on environmental initiatives. She has over ten years’ experience working in the environmental field and received her degree in Environmental Education, Communication and Interpretation from the Ohio State University. A hobby entrepreneur, Gina has dabbled in her own web businesses, inventing new products, consulting with start-ups, and anything that keeps her interested and engaged. Gina moved to the DC area in 2003 after college graduation to be near her older sister and her family. She loves all that DC has to offer, and the charm of her neighborhood in Old Town Alexandria. She loves art, being outdoors, camping, hiking, boating, swimming, and picnics. Gina got involved with EcoWomen in early 2005 to meet new friends, network, stay inspired, and for something fun to do. So far, EcoWomen has delivered those things and so much more. She really looks forward to helping EcoWomen grow in other cities.

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Florence Miller

Flo was involved in DC EcoWomen in its early days, before moving to Vermont. She now manages the TogetherGreen Innovation Grants program for National Audubon Society, channeling funding to groups working with diverse communities to improve the environment. Before joining Audubon, Flo worked as Director of Education at Center for Whole Communities, coordinating their Whole Thinking program for environmental and social justice leaders. Prior to that she worked as an education specialist at World Wildlife Fund, taught after-school and in-school environmental education programs in New Haven, conducted research at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, taught in a high school in the Solomon Islands, and worked as a field researcher on Vietnam’s Cat Ba Island. She has an undergraduate degree in geography from Oxford University and a master’s in environmental science from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She is married to an EcoMan, has a daughter who has yet to decide her environmental proclivities, and owns four layer hens that care more about beating each other to the vegetable scraps than being EcoChickens.

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Anne (Hardenbergh) Richardson

Anne is a member of the EcoWomen National Board, former chair of DC EcoWomen, and the proud recipient of EcoWomen’s inaugural Inspiration Award. Originally from the beautiful state of Michigan, she currently calls Capitol Hill home. Frequently seen perusing the wares at Eastern Market or on the metro speed reading her Kindle, she has been known to get on her soapbox for brownfield reclamation, automotive regulations, and agriculture issues. Anne has a BA from Bowling Green State University and an MA from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

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Alicia Wittink

Alicia is a cofounder of EcoWomen, works on freshwater and drinking water issues for the Park Foundation during the precious few hours her two adorable children are not in need of direction or entertainment. She has worked for, or been on the boards of numerous environmental non-profits, including Center for a New American Dream, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Working Group, Foundation for National Progress/Mother Jones Magazine, Environmental Grantmakers Association, and the Amazon Conservation Association. Alicia is in constant pursuit of an elusive equilibrium where the cost of doing more work to protect the environment her children will inherit does not exceed the psychic trauma her absence might induce in their formative minds. Alicia sustains herself through invigorating trips to the farmer’s market, and she aspires to get back into yoga. She hopes to cultivate her domestic skills: sewing and knitting. Most importantly, Alicia yearns for the days to spend more time just being instead of doing. Alicia graduated from Cornell University, and is halfway through a masters from John’s Hopkins in environmental science and policy.

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