In July 2021, Jill moved from the Midwest to Flagstaff to live with her daughter and 14-year-old grandson. Iowa is a very red state, and climate action was sparse there, so she was thrilled to be introduced to NAZCCA! She believes mitigating adverse climate effects is the most critical involvement we can pursue. Though no past career has qualified her for this field of endeavor, her many years of introducing children to nature and living for 25 years without electricity are great motivators toward saving our natural environment. As a retiree, Jill also has time to be involved in doing something so worthwhile. Please do not ask her for electronic involvement. :-)

A retired educator, Dee is an active volunteer with NAZCCA. She is currently a member of the Fleet Electrification Climate Action Team (EV-CAT) and is working on petitioning and making educational presentations to high school students and government agencies on the electrification of vehicles.

A resident of Flagstaff. Reyna is a proficient digital organizer who has volunteered with Flagstaff’s NAZCCA, actively encouraging outreach and engagement. A recent graduate of NAU, Reyna has volunteered as an event coordinator and has been a Climate Awareness Campaign Intern with NAZCCA.

Bonnie joined NAZCCA in 2020. With a background in art and craft work ranging from jewelry design, glass etching, scrimshaw, and sculpture to remodeling design and construction, she diverted for a quarter century into a career in Financial Services. Bonnie's returned to her artistic roots and settled in Clarkdale where she enjoys NAZCCA’s grassroots environment encouraging empowered volunteers to focus their energies as individual passions dictate.

Native of California, 4 degrees including economics and political science, former businessmen, works with climate issues in Nevada, San Diego County and northern Arizona, works with FridaysforFuture section Action Network. Married to Marja Ahola.

Bill retired from the corporate world in 2021 and moved to Sedona from the Boston, Massachusetts, area. His hobbies include Pickleball, hiking, mountain biking, and snow skiing. Bill's interest in the climate change movement is electric vehicles and any new technologies that can prevent or slow it. Bill has four children and one grandchild; his wife Sandi has three children, four grandchildren, and three great-grandkids.

Frances Julia Riemer is an educational anthropologist, feminist, and traveler extraordinaire. She has worked and traveled in the US, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Her ethnographic research focuses on issues of equity and access, gender, sustainable communities, women’s crafts and tourism, cultural differences, and social organization. She is a Fulbright scholar, and the Spencer Foundation and the National Academy of Education have supported her work.  

Stefan is dedicated to bridging cultures and has spent many years working in museums of natural history to help the community access current scientific understanding. He has been invited to host hundreds of climate change and sustainability presentations. He has begun working with churches, making presentations on biodiversity and climate change that bring scientific and religious values together in a way that bridges the divide between these two cultures.

Beverly is a retired Reading, Bilingual/Arabic, and Peace Corps Iran educator. Although she fought against Climate Change sixty years ago, she realized the fight had become critical when her grandson was born in 2016. Discovering the grassroots organization of NAZCCA was analogous to her lifestyle. She fights for her grandsons.

Emma Onawa has had a lifelong passion for the environment, sustainability, and respect for all the other species who share the planet. She is continually aware of the impact of her actions on the Earth and, since her teenage years, has gardened organically, recycled, reused, and reduced, to limit what we now call a carbon foot print. A native on Minnesota, Emma loves Arizona's endless beauty and landscape, and the warmer, sunnier weather here doesn't hurt either. Emma is a retired attorney, who specialized in immigration law. She is looking forward to her service on the NAZCCA board, using her skills as writer/fundraiser, program manager, and organizer to help advance NAZCCA's mission.

Jason brings over a decade of work experience with nonprofits in program, volunteer, and leadership development, as well as grassroots organizing, partnership building, and civic engagement. He has advocated to improve higher education and workplace safety and to reduce food insecurity and homelessness. Jason knows there is no more significant threat to humanity than climate change. He believes there is no greater honor than to dedicate his remaining career to slowing this global threat at a local level. Jason coauthors the book The Man in the Dog Park: Coming Up Close to Homelessness. He loves to spend his free time outside in nature, skateboarding, and volunteering with his local food bank.

Sharon lives in Prescott. She came to Arizona to escape the cold winters in the mountains of Colorado. Sharon Retired from The Colorado Department of Human Services, spending her career doing community and capacity building in Early Childhood. This role seemed like a great fit to her skill set. Being outside has always been her passion and pleasure. Finding nature as the best centering place for her soul. Sharon is excited to be of service to this grassroots organization, that is committed to protecting our mother earth for future generations.