Community
Tackling the world's toughest resource challenges is the shared purpose that connects us as an organization - and transcends the bottom-line.
Alejandra Belalcazar-Salce
Community Outreach Specialist
Amelia Conlen
Transportation Planner
Gino Garcia
Outreach Specialist
Jeanne LePage
Fund Development Manager
Jen Lape
Director of Fund Development and Philanthropy
Jennifer Rivas
Program Coordinator
Kira Ticus
Program Manager
Mariana Ivancko
Senior Program Specialist
Matt Miller
Program Specialist
Meghana Kikkeri
Program Coordinator
Piet Canin
Strategic Development and Program Director
Sabrina Delk
Events Specialist
Salvador Murillo
Program Coordinator
Sherry Bryan
Program Manager
Tawn Kennedy
Program Coordinator

Piet Canin
Strategic Development and Program Director
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.

Sherry Bryan
Program Manager
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.