Betsy
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Areas of Focus
Green Banking and Insurance
(738 people) | Responsible Business Practices
(1906 people) | Socially Responsible Investment
(1824 people) | Organizational Governance
(690 people) | Organizational Support and Management
(940 people) | Social Entrepreneurship
(2212 people) | Energy Efficiency and Conservation
(1629 people) | Energy Policy
(788 people) | Renewable Energy
(2479 people) | Climate Change
(2962 people) | Affordable Housing
(1067 people) | Sustainable Transportation
(1233 people) | Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
(1363 people) | Sustainable Building
(2008 people) | Sustainable Materials
(1447 people) | Water and Sustainable Development
(1252 people)
About
I am the Executive Director of an affordable housing non-profit, homeWORD, in Missoula, Montana. In this position, I oversee all facets of theorganization including development (organizational and project-based),fundraising, marketing, policy and collaboration, and personnel issues. I also oversee the Homeownership Centers and the Billings office andsupervise six staff. As Executive Director, I serve as the key grantwriter, raising over $1,000,000 in grants and donations; promote and advocate for the implementation of green building principles and sustainabledevelopment; organize mediaoutreach and further advocacy for affordable housing and green building; and focuson green building and educating communities through events, symposiums, andtours.
I also currently serve in the House of Representatives in the Montana's legislature and am running for reelection this fall. I served on the Natural Resource committee and the Local Government committee, and I am the Legislative Audit Committee during the interim.
I have a strong background in sustainable development from the University of Michigan. I served in the Peace Corps from 1996 to 1998 in Togo, West Africa and worked on a variety of projects from agroforestry to running a girl's group to encourage them to continue their education and goals. I also worked in Senegal, West Africa for a local NGO, ENDA-Tiers Monde, concerned with desertification and sustainable development.
I have a Master's of Science degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana and was a Doris Duke Fellow, worked as an intern at the Rocky Mountain Institute, studying the link between corporate sustainability and community sustainability. My thesis was on the Opportunities and Barriers to Building Affordable, Green Housing.