CNI grew out of conversations with hundreds of people over a year and a half. Here is the core team.
Indiana Forest Alliance's Board of Directors
We are a project of the Indiana Forest Alliance, a 501c3 non-profit. As such their Board oversees our programs and finances:
Elizabeth Mahoney
President of the IFA Board. Indianapolis, IN.
Owner/Creative Director of EM Design. Contact Elizabeth through LinkedIn.
Angelo Dattilo
Vice President of the IFA Board. Westfield, IN.
Principal Geologist, A.D. Environmental, Inc. Contact Angelo through LinkedIn.
Curt Mayfield
Secretary of the IFA Board. Nashville, IN.
Jeff Marks
Treasurer of the IFA Board. Poland, IN. His family is carbon neutral!
Rev. Michael Bean
Minister of Graham Presbyterian Church. Edinburgh, IN
David Haberman, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. Bloomington, IN. His family is carbon neutral!
Contact Professor Haberman through LinkedIn or his IU faculty page.
Matt Landini
HASTAC Scholar at Indiana University. Indianapolis, IN.
Contact Matt through LinkedIn.
Liz Pinnick
Owner of Liz Art Photography, Indianapolis, IN.
Contact Liz through LinkedIn.
Sherri Roizen
Realtor at FC Tucker. Indianapolis, IN.
Contact Sherri through LinkedIn.
Dave Seastrom
Nashville, IN.
W. Russell (Russ) Sipes
Attorney at Sipes Law Firm. Indianapolis, IN.
Greg Kempf
Greg Kempf helps CNI by conducting carbon inventories for businesses. He uses the GHG Protocol, as taught in courses at the GHG Institute. He also volunteers with Citizens Climate Lobby.
He has 37 years experience with General Motors designing automatic transmissions as well as electric hybrid propulsion systems. He was a staff level engineer and led design teams in all aspects of design. Greg also holds 15 patents in automatic transmission and hybrid electric systems.
Fun fact: upon retiring, Greg wrote a novel about the climate crisis.
Contact Greg at: gkempf@carbonneutralindiana.org and through Facebook.
Rae Schnapp, Ph.D.
Rae helps CNI through her expertise in forest carbon sequestration. She earned her Ph.D. in plant science at Purdue University. She's on staff as the Conservation Director at Indiana Forest Alliance. She started her career in international agriculture and has been a professional environmentalist for decades.
Fun fact: Rae enjoys volunteering with a food co-op and a Unitarian Church in Lafayette, Indiana.
Contact Rae at: rae@indianaforestalliance.org and through Facebook or LinkedIn.
Lora Bowman
Lora helps CNI with all things bookkeeping. She's on staff as the Office Manager at Indiana Forest Alliance.
Contact Greg at: lora@indianaforestalliance.org and through Facebook.
Daniel Poynter
Daniel founded Carbon Neutral Indiana in April 2020. It grew out of almost a year of full-time research into climate action in Indiana, including six months of research culminating in Indiana Drawdown. Before this, Daniel was a professional advisor to over one hundred social entrepreneurs, was named a Young Innovator by the MacArthur Foundation, and was invited to speak at over twenty academic institutions throughout North America. For more see this multimedia curriculum vitae.
Fun fact: Daniel proposed to his fiance in the middle of what may be the largest act of non-violent civil disobedence in London's history. See video here.
Contact Daniel at: dpoynter@carbonneutralindiana.org and through Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.
