Shankland appointed to Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation Commission

Metro Wire Staff

Gov. Tony Evers announced his appointments this week to the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation, a commission he created with Executive Order #195 in April to advise on the state’s Green Innovation Fund, the first environmental and clean energy fund in Wisconsin.

Both the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation and the Green Innovation Fund are critical steps toward advancing the state’s goal to ensure all electricity consumed within the state is 100 percent carbon-free by 2050, as outlined by Gov. Evers in Executive Order #38.

As a member of the new commission, Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) issued the following statement in response:

“Over the last decade, I introduced and championed legislation to create a state renewable energy development authority to spur the development, financing, and adoption of clean energy. I was delighted when Governor Evers created the Green Ribbon Commission and launched the state’s first-ever Green Innovation Fund, which is modeled after other states’ green banks. I firmly believe the Commission and the Green Innovation Fund will serve as a catalyst for entrepreneurial innovation and job creation as we work with both the public and private sectors to address the growing threat of climate change and deliver real results for the people of Wisconsin.”

Members of the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation include:

• Masood Akhtar, president and founder of CleanTech Partners, Middleton
• Pamela Boivin, executive director and loan officer at Woodland Financial Partners, Shawano
• John Brogan, chief executive officer (CEO) at the Bank of Kaukauna, Kaukauna
• Andy Buck, director of Government Affairs for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7, Oshkosh
• Antonio Butts, executive director of the Walnut Way Conservation Corporation, Milwaukee
• Sara Conzemius, founding advisor with Illume Advising, Madison
• Abigail Corso, chief strategy officer at Elevate Energy, Madison
• Sam Dunaiski, executive director of RENEW Wisconsin, Madison
• Sandra Henry, president and CEO of Slipstream Group, Inc., Madison
• Kamaljit Kaur Jackson, vice president, programs and operations, for the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), Milwaukee
• Sean Kennedy, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources climate and resilience policy advisor, Madison
• Montre Moore, public involvement and outreach specialist at the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Milwaukee
• Mike Noreen, conservation and efficiency coordinator and city forester for the city of River Falls, River Falls
• Kara Pennoyer, chief of staff to Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Chairperson Rebecca Cameron Valcq, Madison
• Nicole Rakobitsch, director of sustainability at CROPP Cooperative Organic Valley, La Crosse
• Maria Redmond, director of the Wisconsin Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy, Madison
• Ty Rohloff, vice president of food and agribusiness at Compeer Financial, Fort Atkinson
• State Rep. Katrina Shankland, Stevens Point
• Dean Warsh, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 494 and president of the IBEW Wisconsin State Conference, Milwaukee