Frank is the current mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. He also owns and operates Cownie Furs, a store that has been in his family for generations. Prior to serving as mayor, he served for two years as an at-large member of the Des Moines City Council. He also served several terms on the Planning and Zoning Commission and was chairman of Downtown Des Moines, Inc. Having been elected to five terms, Cownie is the longest-serving mayor in Des Moines history. On September 21, 2023, Cownie announced he would not be seeking a sixth term, effectively ending his 20-year tenure as mayor.
Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force Founder/ Director, former Berkeley Councilmember, District 2, Davila is a champion for the climate. She is also CEMTF’s Chair of Steering Committee for the / Co-Chair of Fundraising Committee. On the City Council she authored the Climate Emergency Declaration for the City of Berkeley, which passed unanimously in June 2018 becoming the 6th in the world. During her term, she took a strong stance for racial/ethnic equity and built community through unity and respect. Cheryl has a Business Economics degree from Mills College in Oakland and received an academic award, Omicron Delta Epsilon, an international honor society in economics. Cheryl is a member of Elected Officials to Protect America's California Leadership Council.
Brigid Shea is a Travis County, Texas Commissioner. Previously, Brigid was an award-winning reporter at NPR stations who has proved her grit by fighting climate change in Texas since 1988. As a former Austin City Council member, she helped create the first wind project in Texas. Since being elected to the Travis County Commissioners Court in 2014, her work to reverse climate change and better prepare residents for climate impacts has won 3 NACo Achievement Awards; one for creating a neighborhood wildfire drill, the second for dramatically improving the reach of emergency warning systems, and the third for significantly reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions through an ambitious remote work policy at the County. Currently, Brigid serves as the US Board Chair of ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability; Vice Chair of NACo Environmental Energy Land Use Steering Committee; Vice Chair of NACo Resilient Counties Advisory Board; member of NACo Large Urban Counties Caucus; Executive Committee member of the Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council, Compact Co-Chair for the Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance; and member of FEMA’s Resilient Nation Partnership Network.
Robin Wilt is currently the Principal/Owner of a proprietary real estate brokerage firm located in Brighton. In January 2018, Ms. Wilt began serving as the second African American ever elected to Brighton Town Council. Robin’s entrée into politics was as the co-founder of the Genesee Valley chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, a grassroots organization dedicated to working inside and outside the Democratic Party to advance progressive causes. Robin is a member of Elected Officials to Protect America's New York Leadership Council.
Andy is theEOPA California Co-Founder, Legal Advisor, and California East Bay Municipal Utility District Director, Andy Katz is an environmental and workers’ rights attorney, public health advocate, elected Director to the California East Bay Municipal Utility District in Berkeley, California, and former chair of Sierra Club California. At the United Nations Climate Conference, Andy has led negotiations for the Sierra Club and had an active role in the negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement. He is an environmental planner and air quality advocate for Breathe California.
She currently serves on the Agriculture & Rural Development, Public Health, Appropriations & Budget for Human Services, and Transportation committees, in addition to the Agriculture Caucus, the Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus, Mental Health Caucus, Early Childhood Caucus and the Aerospace Caucus. Pittman is also co-chair of the Millennial Action Project Future Caucus, a statewide millennial bi-partisan caucus. Ajay is a member of Elected Officials to Protect America's National Leadership Council.
Supervisor Michael R. Turner serves as the chair of the Board of Supervisors Transportation and Land Use Committee and represents Loudoun on the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission. He also serves on the Fiscal Impact Committee. Supervisor Turner is a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a former command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours as both an air rescue helicopter pilot and a fighter pilot. A Desert Storm veteran, he served on the U.S. Central Command staff before and during the war. Turner’s final assignment was on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon.Turner has worked principally as a nonprofit development officer at six nonprofit organizations with varied missions, including disaster relief, encouraging entrepreneurship among America’s youth, providing free credit counseling to families in need and helping military and veteran families. He also has nonprofit experience in legislative affairs. Mike is a member of Elected Officials to Protect America's National Leadership Council.
Meghan spent nearly a decade in public service, championing environmental justice and building progressive power both locally and nationally. The former Mayor of Culver City, CA, Meghan led the city’s transition to 100% renewable energy and phase-out of oil drilling. Known as the "Biking Mayor,” Sahli-Wells helped craft Culver City’s first bicycle and pedestrian master plan, established a robust Safe Routes to School program, and served on the Metro E Line (light rail) Construction Authority. In 2014, she joined President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge, and launched Culver City’s equity and youth empowerment initiatives. Sahli-Wells is a founding Board Member of Local Progress, a national network of progressive elected officials, and California State Director of EOPA, where she mobilizes elected officials to pass bold climate legislation and end fossil fuel extraction. She was a strategic policy consultant for Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, where she worked on housing, and environmental justice, with a particular focus on urban oil drilling.
Tregub is a former member of the Rent Board of Berkeley, CA, former President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Sierra Club, chair of the Housing Advisory Council and longtime climate change activist. Tregub, a native of Ukraine, is working to help EOPA’s Clean Energy Marshall Plan for Ukraine. Igor is a member of Elected Officials to Protect America's California Leadership Council
Devin serves as Mayor Pro Tempore for the City of Pinole. A small business owner, civic technologist, collaborative leader and social entrepreneur, Devin works to catalyze opportunities in the town by increasing public engagement, enhancing our parks and outdoor spaces, and keeping Pinole a safe, livable, and prosperous city for all. He is working on offshore wind energy with EOPA in California. He was elected as a member of the Pinole City Council on November 3, 2020. Since being elected, Devin has championed a more transparent, citywide participatory budgeting process, small business growth, and progress on regional climate action. Devin is a member of Elected Officials to Protect America's California Leadership Council
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