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What
Others Say about Clean
“[Y]ou have
made significant contributions to environmental policy in a number of key
areas. Your assistance was also crucial to the successful development of a
package of bills that will move
– Thomas P.
DiNapoli, Previous Chair, Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental
Conservation, now
“Clean
– Alexandra McPherson, North American Project Director Clean Production Action
“I
have worked with Kathy Curtis and
Bobbi
Chase Wilding for years
on
our mutual efforts to expose threats to public health and the environment,
and to find solutions. Kathy
and Bobbi have important work to do in
– Kenneth A. Cook, President, Environmental Working Group
“It is through
my affiliation with Kathy and Bobbi and their guidance and support that
the Learning Disabilities Association of New York State has become a much
stronger advocate for environmental health policy in New York State and as
a result a much stronger advocate for the prevention of learning
disabilities. Kathy and Bobbi always demonstrate the highest level of
professionalism; the utmost respect for their colleagues; and have also
fostered a strong sense of collaboration and mutual respect among
organizations that otherwise might never have understood the significance
and power of working together toward a common goal.”
– Heather
Loukmas, Executive Director, Learning Disabilities Association of
“Both Kathy
Curtis and Bobbi Chase Wilding have demonstrated their enormous competence
in many campaigns around toxic chemical policy reform, and adding this
competence to the biomonitoring project will bring to the project years of
experience and capacity. The
strong connections each has with different constituencies in New York, so
evident at the Coming Clean gathering in Buffalo last year, means that the
New York biomonitoring project will be carried out in ways that honor and
respect all those who participate.”
– Sharyle
Patton, Director, Commonweal Health and Environment
Program
“I have come to
know Kathy and Bobbi over the past several months in connection with our
shared efforts to promote electronic waste recycling legislation in
– Kate
Sinding, Senior Attorney,
“Kathy and
Bobbi are key leaders on environmental health issues in
– Kathleen
Schuler, MPH, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy – Co-Director, Healthy Legacy Coalition
“Kathy and
Bobbi are bridge builders, strategic maestros, and gutsy leaders who help
define the path and facilitate our collective work and build the
movement. We all benefit
enormously from their experience, honed political instincts, and
collaborative approach. They
have helped those of us in the “white” community learn how to work with
communities of color, have helped those in the academic/professional class
learn to work with union leaders and workers, and helped environmentalists
learn to collaborate with health and health-affected groups. Despite my own 21 years as a
professional organizer and coalition builder, I have learned a great deal
from Kathy and Bobbi, and highly value them as colleagues and leaders of
the environmental health and justice movements. Many of us depend upon them to
help guide the larger movement and sustain the human connections that keep
people together when difficulties loom.”
–
“I am writing to
support your efforts on the formation and implementation of Clean New
York. I am confident that the
leadership you have demonstrated will serve to make Clean New York a
successful reality. As we
have worked together over the past couple of years, I can attest to your
focus of purpose on environmental health issues. [Y]ou have brought people together
to hash out competing ideas about goals and objectives to achieve a common
end. I am looking forward to your continued efforts and energy in rallying
support through Clean New York for the environmental health causes for
which we all advocate.”
– Thomas J.
Lowe, RN, MPH, COHN-S Occupational Health & Safety Representative, New
York State Nurses Association
“[T]ime and
again, Kathy and Bobbi's competence, integrity and focus have managed to
provide a unifying force to disparate environmental coalitions - a
foundation without which we could not have achieved success. Since its
beginning, Friends of New York’s Environment has turned to Kathy and Bobbi
for their expertise and coalition-building talent, to make sure that the
essential support of the "toxics" community is heard from. I look forward
to working with Kathy and Bobbi for many years to come, and hope everyone
who cares about a healthy future for all New Yorkers will also
enthusiastically support the work of Clean New York.”
– David Higby, Director of
Federal Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy –
“As a small
business owner located in the Adirondack region of
– Marion
Trieste, President, Trieste Associations, Inc.
“I thoroughly
enjoyed working with such dedicated and motivated directors as Kathy
Curtis and Bobbi Chase Wilding. I quickly became impressed with their
breadth and scope of working knowledge in the environmental sector on
state and national levels. Their determined, professional attitude,
coupled with passion and drive, were subsequently reinforced throughout my
tenure. I am pleased to have had the occasion to work alongside such
selfless, driven advocates.
Their current environmental effort, Clean New York, has emerged as
a leading ecological advocacy group in our state.”
–
Brian Hillery, former Environmental Associate, Citizens’ Environmental
Coalition
“I am writing
to congratulate you on Clean New York and to pledge my support for your
success. I am sure that you will continue to inspire and lead, in
– Daryl
Ditz, Ph.D. Senior Policy Advisor, Chemicals Program, Center for
International Environmental Law