Naperville for Clean Energy and Conservation

NCEC Profiles

NCEC Board of Directors

Bill Dawe

Kathy Gere

Rodger Grief

Stephanie Hastings - Resident Education Committee Chair

Christine Martersteck

Sarah Ralph

Jodi Trendler

NCEC Officers

• Sarah Ralph-Founder and Vice President

  • I’m a mother of two boys and a girl (ages 5, 3 and 1).  I moved to Naperville while attending law school at Northwestern, having moved here from upstate New York.
  • I am a Sierra Club member, and deeply, deeply concerned about the world my boys are going to make their lives in -  I worry about the potential for tremendous instability throughout the world as water resources decline, weather patterns shift, and traditional agricultural practices are no longer viable.
  • I studied history as an undergrad, and work in corporate tax for Skadden.

• Stephanie Hastings - President

  • I’m a full-time mother of two boys (age 5 and 3) and a Naperville resident who actually grew up in Naperville (GO NNHS!).
  • I am a Sierra Club member and someone who cares about the environment, and is specifically concerned about global warming. 
  • My formal education was in Economics (BS), Marketing and Finance (MBA).   I worked for about 7 years in a Marketing role (mostly marketing credit cards and financial products via direct mail and telemarketing).

• Jodi Trendler - Secretary

  • Bio coming soon

• Treasurer - Open

• Mark Skowron - Vice President, Environment and Regulatory Affairs

  • Bio coming soon

• Jim Weihrouch - Vice President, Sustainable Business

  • Bio coming soon

 NCEC Members

• Robin Kot - Events Committee Chair

• Ian Dilworth - Funding Committee Chair

• Bill Dawe

  • I am a Naperville resident and Sierra Club member.
  • I am a ten year retiree from Dun & Bradstreet. Thirty three year career primarily in sales and marketing management.

• Jean McCollum

  • I’m a Registered Dietitian, retired, who has lived in Naperville since 1974. 
  • I’ve been a member of Zero Population Growth (now the Population Connection) since before that, and my interest in protecting the environment grew from that concern. 
  • During my professional years I was a Consultant Dietitian for several nursing homes.

• John McCollum

  • Following my PhD in physical organic chemistry, I was employed as a research chemist by Amoco Oil Company, first in Whiting, Indiana and latterly here in Naperville.  I worked in areas of oil refining processes, and in advanced methods for recovery of oil from oil sand and oil shale. Thus, I was well aware and concerned of the impact fossil fuels, both in their production and subsequent use as energy sources have on our environment. 
  • My interest in NCEC represents my continued concern for our human impact on the environment.

• Sean Hastings

  • I am a dad of two boys (ages 4 and 2) and a Naperville resident.
  • After earning my MBA, I worked for Arthur Anderson and currently work in business development for a CFO services firm.
  • My undergraduate degree is Environmental Health and I worked as a hazardous waste chemist.

• Steve Jacula

• Craig Mankowski

• Gina Shugar

  • Naperville mother of two children, ages 6 and 4.
  • Sierra Club member
  • Bachelor’s in Business Administration (Marketing) in 1994, Law degree in 1997.  Worked as a litigation attorney and in business management.  Co-founded TheTieBar.com with my husband, Greg. 

• Rebecca Bahr

• Barbara Jones

• John Melquist

  • I have lived in Naperville for 32 years.
  • I have been a member of the Sierra Club for about 5 years, but have not been active.  I am concerned about the environment.
  • I hold a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from UCLA but have no specific training in Environmental Chemistry.  I retired from BP Chemicals in 2002 after a total of 27 years of service at Amoco and BP.   I now work one day a week just to keep active.

• Kathy Gere

• Pat Hansen

• Mary Finn

• Mark Skowron

• Bob Parida

• Tom Katsenos

More member profiles coming soon!