Highlights of the Successful & Lively Nov 14th Event
EWI Board Members (from left) David Henkel, Kim Keil, EWI Executive Director Jan-Willem Jansens, President Jennifer Wellington, and Clark de Schweinitz
Over 65 friends of EWI gathered at Joe’s Diner in Santa Fe for delicious organic, local food, beverages, good conversation and celebration of our efforts to restore the land, build school gardens, create green jobs and grow EcoWise communities in Northern New Mexico.
Special guests included: City Counselor Rosemary Romero, Brad Holian and County Commissioner KathleenHolian, green building expert Faren Dancer, Superintendent of Santa Fe Public Schools, Bobbie Gutierrez, Director of the Biophilia foundation, Richard Pritzlaff, President of Rio Grande Return, Alan Hamilton, Pablo Sedillo of Senator Bingaman’s office and Matthew Roybal, of Representative Ben Ray Lujan’s office.
Pablo Sedillo of US Senator Jeff Bingaman's office.
Board Chair, Jennifer Wellington opened a presentation of EWI’s program accomplishments by welcoming all our special guests. She introduced Executive Director Jan-Willem Jansens who spoke about our Eco Planning & Policy Program. Kina Murphy, director of the Water & Land Health Program and Dana Richards, director of both the 4C and Earth Action Education Programs.
EWI Associate Director Dana Richards
4C Members, Cina Little Bird, Robert Chardon, and Tyler Peyron spoke and Carly DeNicholas helped out at the event. EWI Board members David Henkel, Kim Keil, and Clark de Schweinitz also hosted the event.
Many EWI Friends supported the event: Roland Richter, owner of Joe’s, Stephen Bohannon of Xylem
4C crew member Tyler Peyron
Creative, our logo, invitation and event program designer, John Hesse of Commonweal Conservancy, Brad Holian landowner on Glorieta Mesa, François-Marie Patorni, President of the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Watershed Association and Richard Schrader of River Source, LLC.
Door Prize winners: Alan Hamilton won $1000 of ecological restoration work by Steve Carlson and Rangeland Hands. Johnnie de Schweinitz
Irene Webb, EWI Communications and Development Director
won a 4C energy audit with EWI’s 4C crew a $200 value. Margo Covington won a half-day tracking workshop with Pathways trackers, Mitch Johnson
and Peter Callan a $200 value.
Seth Roffman of The Green Fire Times graciously took photos of the event which can be seen on this website.
Special thanks to Irene Webb, EWI Communications and Development Director who orchestrated the event and Kathleen Gonzalez and John Busemeyer for their assistance.
