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WHO WE ARE

We Are

Community leaders and climate experts who are dedicated to implementing high-impact climate action now!

Our Mission

Driving emergency climate action at speed and scale.

RAPID Board Members & Key Staff
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Mindy Craig

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Richard Schorske

Founding Board Member

 

Founder / Executive Director at ZNE Alliance

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Craig Perkins

Founding Board Member

 

President & Executive Director, The Energy Coalition

Key Support Staff: 

 

Aaron Pope


Sam Irvine


Solomon Biers-Ariel

Charles Gardiner

RAPID Planning Team

Mark Northcross

Principal

NHA Advisors

Laura Berry

Director of Research & Policy

The Climate Mobilization

Jonathan Kevles

Energy Specialist

Renew Financial

Gil Friend

CEO

Natural Logic

Ben Tulchin

President

Tulchin Research

Brian Barnacle

Director, Program Strategy and Development

Building Decarbonization Coalition

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Bay Area Regional Advisory
Group

Allison Brooks

Executive Director

Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC)

Michael McCormick

Consultant

BAYCAN

Jennifer Berg

Director - Energy Programs

BayREN

Michael Mielke

Organizational Leader

We Can't Wait

Alicia John-Baptiste

President and CEO

SPUR

Jeff Hosea

Urban Planning Lead

Google

Mark Northcross

Principal

NHA Advisors

Panama Bartholomy

Executive Director

Building Decarb Coalition

Abby Young

Climate Program Manager

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Jasneet Sharma

Mike McGinn

Executive Director

America Walks

Richard Kerrigan

President

Kerrigan Partners

Founding Members

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Supporting Members

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RAPID Network

Four Twenty Seven

StopWaste

Marin County

CityScale

The Climate Center

EBMUD

National Passive House Network

Common Compost

City of Fremont

Grid Alternatives

Sonoma Ecology Center

Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority

Design Avenues

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

U.S. Department of Energy

Business Council on Climate Change (BC3)

Nelson Nygaard

Outthink

North American Passive House Network

City of Fremont

Association of Bay Area Governments

ESA

Frontier Energy

UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning

Luman

Aedis Architects 

TMG Partners

Cal Poly SLO / Foothill Cyclery

Water Now

City of San Francisco, SF Environment

Westwind Associates

San Mateo County

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Natural Logic

Catalyst Group

Rincon Consultants

Contra Costa County

The Energy Coalition

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)

Los Angeles Community College District

Torrice Media

Presidio Trust

Eden Housing

Rent-a-Relic

Strategic Energy Innovations School of Environmental Leadership

H. T. Harvey & Associates

Design AVEnues LLC

Silicon Valley Clean Energy

Friends of the Urban Forest

Bay Area Regional Collaborative

San Francisco International Airport

Gensler

Mycelium Youth Network

Integral Consulting

PlaceWorks

Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network

Local Government Commission

Sustainable Bay Area Network

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