The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham
President and Founder
Sally has brought widespread attention to the link between religious faith and the environment through her work on The Regeneration Project and the Interfaith Power & Light campaign. As one of the first faith leaders to fully recognize global warming as a core moral issue, she has mobilized thousands of religious people to put their faith into action through energy stewardship. Sally serves as Canon for the Environment in the Episcopal Diocese of California and is the lead author of Love God Heal Earth, published by St. Lynn’s Press in 2009. She is pictured here with her dog, Obi. Download Sally’s full bio.
Susan Stephenson
Executive Director
Susan oversees The Regeneration Project and its Interfaith Power & Light campaign. Susan has over 15 years experience developing and implementing issue-advocacy and electoral campaigns for environmental and other public interest organizations. Prior to joining The Regeneration Project, she served as vice president of the Oakland-based campaign consulting firm The Next Generation. Beginning in 1999, she organized and coordinated the California Global Warming Campaign, which implemented a proactive strategy resulting in several landmark legislative victories. She has been involved with California Interfaith Power & Light since its inception in 2000. Susan received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina.
Bill Bradlee
Affiliate Services Director
Bill supports all of our state IPL organizations as affiliate services director. Previously, he served as TRP’s managing director from July 2004 until March 2007. He brings with him more than 16 years experience in the nonprofit world. Bill and a climate scientist spent much of 2007 bicycling across the U.S. giving talks and doing media outreach around global warming. Bill has previously worked for The League of Conservation Voters and The Union of Concerned Scientists. He completed his Master of Environmental Studies degree at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.
Andrée Duggan
National Campaigns Manager
Andrée is national campaigns manager for The Regeneration Project and its Interfaith Power & Light campaign. She has 16 years of experience developing and managing integrated public affairs campaigns and online communities of action. Prior to joining The Regeneration Project, Andrée headed up her own communications firm with such clients as the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Truth on Campus, the Center on Congress, PBS Online, and Discovery Channel Online. Andrée is the recipient of twenty media and web awards, including ACE, UPI, AP, CINE Golden Eagle, Golden Web Award, Cybersmith, Cool Central, Point Top 5%, Matrix, and Women in Technology International.
Gretchen Killion
Operations and Publications Manager
Gretchen joined TRP in May 2007 as office manager. In addition to handling our office administration, she assists with development and coordinates all logistics and accommodations for our annual conference of over 70 IPL leaders. From 2003-2007, Gretchen co-owned a web-based business, specializing in vintage clothing and prior to that she worked for several years in legal recruiting for a large international law firm. She earned her B.A. in Sociology from The George Washington University and is a member of the Junior League of Oakland East Bay.
Rachel Medema
Carbon Covenant Coordinator
Rachel coordinates Interfaith Power & Light’s Carbon Covenant program, which helps congregations in the U.S. connect with faith communities on the front lines of climate change. She also serves as California IPL’s Northern California Outreach Director and is passionate about working in education, organizing and advocacy with diverse people of faith and issues of environmental justice. Rachel finished graduate studies at Graduate Theological Union and San Francisco Theological Seminary in 2010 with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Social Theory and Ethics. Her previous experience includes internships at First Presbyterian Church in Corvallis, Oregon, the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland and at Sojourners in Washington D.C. as well as leadership in environmental and social justice student groups during her time at Calvin College and in graduate school.
Monet Monaghan
Business Manager
Monet has 15 years of experience in financial management for for-profit and nonprofit organizations and has been a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California since 1990. She has a BS degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University. She has nearly completed a Masters degree in Geography/Resource Management also from San Francisco State University. While away from work, Monet enjoys hiking, tennis, and spending time with her family.
Helen Wagenvoord
Development Director
Helen joined The Regeneration Project in 2008. She has over ten years of experience working in philanthropy, both as a fundraiser for non-profits and as a program officer for a foundation. Prior to that she worked on the program side for several non-profit organizations, specializing in developing media strategies and overseeing advocacy campaigns. She is also a writer and has published magazine and newspaper articles on conservation, food and wildlife issues in the San Francisco Chronicle, California Wild and Sierra. She is a 2004 Fellow of the national Environmental Leadership Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana.
