As a Program Specialist in the Community Programs Division of Ecology Action, Emily manages media and communications outreach for Community Programs including multiple electronic newsletters, websites, and social media accounts. She also oversees incentive and encouragement education programs at K-12 schools, works on advocacy campaigns including Friends of the Rail & Trail, and manages the yearly Bike to Work and School events for Ecology Action. Emily earned her M.S. in Community and Regional Development from UC Davis, and her B.S. in Environmental Studies and Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz.

Piet Canin oversees Ecology Action’s sustainable transportation programs, which emphasize healthy, money saving, and environmentally friendly means of travel. Piet has helped implement several innovative programs at Ecology Action, including Bike to Work Day, the Electric Bike, and Folding Bike Incentive programs. Piet has been active in advancing sustainable transportation programs over the past 30 years. He has extensive experience working with a diversity of partners including schools, businesses, public health, safety, and transportation agencies, community groups and individuals.

Piet has actively advocated for the Coastal Rail Trail since 1998 and leveraged diverse partners to move forward such projects as the Beach Street Bikeway, Arana Gulch and increased funding for the Rail Trail. Piet is a long-time member of the Regional Transportation Commission’s Bike Advisory Committee, FORT Board Member and a Bike Santa Cruz County Lifetime Achievement award recipient.

As Program Manager for Ecology Action’s Water Division, Sherry manages, plans and implements a suite of programs designed to promote water conservation in Santa Cruz County and throughout California. These programs include WaterLink, Ecology Action’s Greywater and Rainwater programs, and the Monterey Bay Friendly Landscape program. Sherry is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz and holds a BA in Environmental Studies, with an Agroecology emphasis.