Project Team

City Project Team

  • Kernen Lien, Environmental Programs Manager
  • Susan McLaughlin, Director of Development Services

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Mayor's Climate Protection Committee

The Mayor’s Climate Protection Commission is a special commission convened by the Edmonds Mayor in 2006 and continued by each Mayor since then. The Climate Protection Committee (CPC) wrote the previous iteration of the Edmonds CAP in 2010. As community members appointed by the Mayor, the CPC meets monthly to address the impacts of climate change on the City.

Its mission is to:

  • Encourage citizens to be a part of the solution
  • Encourage City staff and citizens to conserve current resources
  • Work with the City Council to implement ideas
  • Effectively address the future impacts of climate change

edmonds downtown Citizen Members

  • Lisa Conley, co-chair
  • Nives Dolšak
  • Lisa Herb
  • Dawna Lahti
  • Hank Landau
  • Jenna Nand
  • Cynthia Pruitt
  • Terese (T.C.) Richmond, co-chair
  • David Schaefer
  • Zen Wolfgang
  • Laura Johnson (Council Rep)