Matt Garrington
Matt Garrington
is the Environment Colorado Field Director. His work includes building
support in key legislative districts, working with the media, and
broadening our activist base. His priority campaigns are forest
preservation, rural economic development through renewable energy, and
defense of national environmental protections. Garrington started
working for the state PIRGs’ citizen outreach fundraising program in
1999, and later became a campus organizer for CoPIRG Student Chapters.
Since then, he has also worked on ballot initiatives including
Amendment 27, the Colorado campaign finance reform initiative and
Amendment 37, the clean energy standard. In 2003 and 2004, before
returning to Environment Colorado, Garrington served as field organizer
and legislative aide for Colorado State Senator Brandon Shaffer.
Pam Kiely
Pam Kiely
joined Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center as the Land Use Associate in 2005. Pam is
primarily focused on creating livable communities in Colorado—places
where people can live, work, play, shop, and attend school. She is
motivated to curb sprawl by fighting to limit outlying developments in
the Denver-Metro region and by curtailing bad highway projects. Before
coming to Environment Colorado Pam was busy researching the importance
of the natural environment for recreational and educational purposes as
a captain for Outward Bound’s east coast sailing program. Pam is a
recent graduate of Harvard University where she studied international
relations in the History department.
Jaime Sereno
Jaime Sereno is Environment Colorado's Administrative Director. Jaime
works to help the Executive Director in many aspects of directing the
organization. This involves overseeing the day-to-day functioning of
the organization, implementing organizational plans and strategies, and
managing interns and staff. She also oversees annual and day-to-day
budget activities. Jaime graduated from Indiana University in 2006 with
degrees in journalism and political science.
Keith Hay
Keith Hay joined Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center in the fall of 2007 to work on
clean energy and energy efficiency. As a consultant to the wind
industry, he authored a report on the economic growth potential in wind
manufacturing in Colorado. Prior to working in clean energy, Keith was
working on a Ph.D. in philosophy, specifically on the appropriate way
to value land in parks and natural resource planning. This research
led him to an interest in sustainable development and renewable
energy. Keith holds one M.A. from the University of California, Santa
Barbara and another from the Claremont Graduate University. He holds a
B.A. in English from Wesleyan University.
Amy Keegan
Amy joined the Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center in the
spring of 2007. In the lead up to
Governor Ritter’s Climate Action Plan, Amy spent the summer and fall working on
Environment Colorado’s global warming campaign to get the strongest emissions
targets as possible. Currently, Amy’s
work is centered on providing the back-up and field work for the organization’s
legislative program. Environment Colorado has played a
central role in implementing clean energy solutions for the state and Amy is
excited to be a part of the team. Amy
graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder,
focusing her studies on environmental policy and climate change.
Jake Meffley
Jake Meffley joined Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center as an Energy
Advocate in 2005. His primary focus has been to support the expansion of the
use of renewable energy sources within Colorado. Jake comes to us with many
years of management experience within manufacturing and software development
and implementation firms. His direct involvement with numerous types of
business ventures in the past allows him to assist in forming affiliations with
a variety of organizations that all share a common objective, that of utilizing
clean energy sources in Colorado. Jake is a native Coloradoan. Jake’s passion
for the protection of the environment in Colorado comes from a rich family
history within the state that dates back to the late 19
th century.
He attended Western State College in Gunnison and later transferred to the
University of Northern Colorado in Greeley where he earned his BA. He later
obtained his MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
