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mbbrown@middlebury.edu 

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risler@middlebury.edu

Reilly Isler graduated from Middlebury with a degree in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental Justice. Her time at Middlebury was spent exploring the connections between race, environment, and policy and engaging with student based environmental education through the Sustainability Solutions Lab. She enjoys playing music with friends, spending time outdoors, and sitting down with a good book and some tea. She is incredibly excited to begin this new journey of community building and climate action with students and all the great people involved in CAP.

Andrés Oyaga ‘23

Andrés Oyaga (‘23) is a Human Rights Investigator at the Milk with Dignity Standards Council (MDSC), a nonprofit organization founded and created by farm workers at Migrant Justice VT. MDSC builds on the legacy of the Worker Driven Social Responsibility Model, creating a new day for human rights in the dairy supply chain. Utilizing the Milk with Dignity Code of Conduct and other legal frameworks, MDSC supports workers as they advocate for dignified housing, wages, and a workplace free of violence and discrimination. Andrés joined the team in 2025 after many years of being involved in food system transformation and climate justice work. 

Andrés graduated from Middlebury College in 2023, with a B.A. in Environmental Justice. He was an intern at the Knoll and a Climate Action Fellow during his time. After graduating, he worked as the Climate Action Coordinator for CAP, and is excited to continue supporting such a life-changing program for Midd students!

Andrew Savage ‘03.5

Andrew, a past TIME100 Climate Leader, was on the founding team at Lime, the world’s largest micromobility company operating in 30+ countries globally. He led Lime’s market development, government relations, and policy before creating, and now leading, sustainability at Lime which has been recognized as a TIME Most Influential Company and by Fast Company as a Brand that Matters, among other recognitions. Prior to Lime, Andrew served Chief Strategy Officer for an Inc. 500 solar manufacturer and renewable project developer. He was on the Board of Directors of the U.S. solar industry’s national trade association (SEIA) representing 1,000+ member-businesses. Andrew serves as an advisor to several impact start-ups, mentors at Harvard’s iLab, coaches youth baseball, is a Commissioner for the Burlington International Airport, and is a Board Member at VEIC.

Erin Harrington ‘99

For more than two decades, Erin has brought her energy and commitment to Alaska’s future through her work in policy, politics, and social change, balancing that work through non-profit, for-profit and political lenses. She currently serves as a Partner at Alaska Venture Fund, a non-profit enterprise that drives toward a sustainable future for Alaska. Erin oversees a portfolio of climate investments that centers Alaska’s vast carbon reserves for global climate impact. She majored in International Studies and French at Middlebury, and holds a masters from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in seafood economics. Though born on Cape Cod, Erin has spent most of her life in Alaska, living between Kodiak Island, Anchorage and Juneau. 

Lucas Lepinard ‘22.5&�Բ�����;

Lucas is a Middlebury graduate navigating a career in the impact space. Lucas graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Environmental Policy, began his career working in sustainable food systems before finding his way to the Erol Foundation. The Erol Foundation funds Climate Action organizations in the US and Nature Based Economies in South America. The Erol Foundation is also a proud funder of Middlebury’s Climate Action Program.

Sarah Juquette Ray

Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray is a professor and chair of environmental studies at Cal Poly, Humboldt, in Arcata, California, and creator and host of a podcast about the emotional life of climate politics, Climate Magic. She works at the intersection of social justice and climate emotions. An environmental humanist with a BA in Religious Studies, an MA in American Studies, and a PhD in Environmental Sciences, Studies and Policy, Dr. Ray draws on an eclectic range of disciplines and social movement practices in service of climate justice and healing. She is the author of The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture (Arizona, 2013), which examines the emotion of disgust in American environmentalism, and A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet (California, 2020), an existential toolkit for the climate generation. Ray consults and publishes extensively on emotions and climate justice, for example in the LA Times, Scientific American, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Edge Effects, KCET, and Zocalo Public Square. Ray is also a certified mindfulness teacher through the UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center.

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Teresa Peña-Jordán is the Director of Middlebury’s School in Puerto Rico (MSiPR), C.V. Starr Schools Abroad. For over 15 years she was a professor of Spanish, Humanities, Comparative Literature, and Gender Studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Her academic interests are interdisciplinary, decolonial, and intersectional. She holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. As Director of MSiPR, Teresa is part of the Study Abroad Sustainability Working Group, who’s trying to promote a Sustainability Pledge for Middlebury’s Study Abroad/Away Students. Currently, Teresa is also working on a potential GPS summer internship opportunity for Spanish-speaking Study Abroad/Away Students, with the non-profit organization based in Río Piedras, El Puente PR: Enlace Latino de Acción Climática. Opened in the Spring 2023, MSiPR now has environmentally related academic tracks in each of the three host universities in Puerto Rico: Sustainability and Eco-Justice (UPRRP), Sustainable Development (Sagrado), and Sustainable Food Systems (UPRM).