PAUL MARKOWITZ, Coordinator, Sierra Club, Vermont Chapter. Paul's a passionate advocate of helping Vermont communities address energy and climate change issues. As such, he sees idling vehicles as one of the main challenges in achieving these goals. Paul has 25 years experience working on community-based environmental solutions, leadership training, facilitation, and environmental advocacy in non-profit institutions, state government, and academia.

KAREN GLITMAN, Coordinator of the Vermont Clean Cities Coalition and Program Director of the UVM Transportation Research Center. Karen's extensive resume in transportation includes also having served as Deputy Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Transportation. This wealth of experience helps in her many transportation research interests to be effective in pursuing development of sustainable transportation systems with the goal of reduction of petroleum consumption. She sees idling reduction as part of the success in achieving this goal.

WAYNE MICHAUD, Director, Idle-Free VT Inc. campaign. Since starting his campaign three years ago, Wayne, in his passion and zeal to get folks to shut off their engines when parked, has accomplished and learned much in running a grassroots campaign that has raised awareness among thousands of Vermonters, and joined in a coalition effort to pass idling legislation. Ongoing campaign efforts include media exposure of the issue, forming coalitions, petitioning, working with legislators, and encouraging local activism (town ordinances or resolutions and school policies). For 2010, Wayne is Project Coordinator of Vermont Idle-Free Fleets, a year-long, grant funded American Lung Association in Vermont regional diesel fleet operators idling reduction campaign

DON OSTLER, Delivery Operations Manager, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Don oversees the fleet operations of the company’s 24- truck heavy-duty fleet. He was the main innovator and implementer of GMCR’s idle-reduction program begun in 2005. In each of the last three years on average, this program has avoided use of 5,500 gallons of diesel saving the company $16,500 and reducing carbon emissions by 61 tons--from idling reduction alone. This program also helped to earn GMCR a 2005-2006 Vermont Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention, and is an EPA SmartWay Partnership Success Story.

JOHANNA MILLER, Outreach Director and Energy Program Coordinator, Vermont Natural Resources Council. Johanna is an organizer, writer, editor and coalition builder at VNRC. She works with organizations, local officials, and citizens across Vermont to empower them to get involved in the energy, climate change, land use and community development issues VNRC engages. Johanna works closely with partners in the Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network to start and support town energy committees and to help build support for a more efficient and renewable energy future in Vermont.

DEBRA SACHS, Founder and Executive Director, Community Climate Action and 10% Challenge.

ANDREA COHEN, Public Policy Manager of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR). VBSR is a non-profit, statewide business trade organization. VBSR members are businesses and organizations who recognize that the need to make a profit and the need to make a difference are not in conflict, and who use the power of business to change the world. Ms. Cohen was employed at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) for 16 years and has a great deal of experience in the areas of public education and legislative advocacy.

JIM FLINT, Executive Director, Friends of Burlington Gardens. Jim is well known locally and nationally for his long term advocacy for community and school gardening. Jim is also a strong advocate of the environmental health of the greater Burlington community, working tirelessly in his free time to improve air quality in the most densly populated region of Vermont. He does so by working with such organizations as the Burlington Legacy Project, the Burlington Community & Economic Development Office and Idle-Free VT.

JENNIFER GREEN is co-director and environmental specialist with the Burlington Legacy Project, Burlington's 2030 vision.  Her responsibilties include working with city stakeholders and other community members to ensure that the vision comes to pass.  She is also busy on coordinating the update of the City's Climate Action Plan.  She has a masters in public administration and a PhD in environmental sociology.  She also lectures at UVM.

DANIEL HOVISS, Town of Putney Energy Coordinator. He is also chairperson of the Putney Energy Committee. Formed in 2006, PEC is an ad-hoc organization of volunteers - part of a growing number of energy groups across Vermont and the nation. All of these groups share one goal - diminishing the effect of Climate Change - by creating new ways of saving energy and reducing our energy usage through recycling, conservation and the replacement of non-renewable with renewable energy sources.

ERIK FILKORN, Town of Richmond selectboard member.

LAURA ASERMILY, Town of Middlebury Energy Coordinator and coordinator of the Middlebury Area Global Warming Action Coalition (MAGWAC). Part of MAGWAC's agenda includes idling reduction. In 2007, Laura spearheaded the successful effort to get an idling reduction resolution adopted for Middlebury. She is also Manager of the Acorn Energy Co-op in Middlebury. Laura was winner of the 2009 Spirit in Nature prestigious Eco-Spirit award. In short, Laura is a tireless advocate of all things energy conservation and alternatives, and of preserving our environment.