Three new staff members have joined the Community Environmental Council (CEC), bolstering the organization’s ability to advance initiatives that respond regionally to the global climate crisis.
They will play key roles in strengthening CEC’s outreach, fundraising, and project development capacities.
The new staff members are:
Tia Kordell, communications project manager, Kordell holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and environmental biology from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree from UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UCSB.
Her past professional experience spans communications, operations and environmental justice work. Kordell will work with CEC’s communications team to impart stories about CEC’s work.
Bre Sliker, climate programs manager. Prior to her work at CEC, Sliker worked at White Buffalo Land Trust leading programming and engagement. She has also worked at the intersection of agriculture, environmentalism, and food justice in California and the Northeast.
In her role at CEC, she will work to connect farmers and ranchers with the resources needed for socially, financially and ecologically resilient operations.
Sliker holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Food Systems from NYU.
Darlene Snow, interim development director. Snow comes to CEC as a communications professional with expertise in a variety of industries, from energy to healthcare to food to technology; in media relations; crisis and reputation management; corporate and executive visibility; and event planning.
She will lead CEC’s development work, including fundraising and donor relations.
Learn more about the work of CEC at CECSB.org/impact.