Our Field Team
Gretchen Alfonso
Field Campaign Manager
galfonso@momscleanairforce.org
Gretchen Alfonso is delighted to transition from Moms Clean Air Force Pennsylvania field organizer to overseeing the entire field strategy as Field Campaign Manager. She was raised on the shores of Lake Erie in western Pennsylvania and has worked across the state on environmental education and activism. Before coming to MCAF, she was the Interim Director at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier, Field Outreach Coordinator with the Clean Air Council and the spokesmom for the Sierra Club of Southeastern PA. Gretchen spends most of her time raising two small children with her chef husband and blogs about their culinary & parenting adventures at GastroMami.
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Jen McIntyre
Field Organizer, Southeast Pennsylvania
jmcintyre@momscleanairforce.org
Jen McIntyre is a mom with two young daughters who lives in Philadelphia, PA. She grew up in Chicago and migrated east to earn a law degree from Vermont Law School where she focused on environmental law. After years working to help preserve open space in Pennsylvania, she is now the SE Pennsylvania Field Organizer for Mom’s Clean Air Force. When not working to build awareness for clean air legislation, she loves to hike the nearby trails of Fairmount Park with her two dogs, two girls, and her husband, who is also an environmental attorney.
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Jenny Confer Linn
Field Organizer, Southern Ohio
jlinn@momscleanairforce.org
Jenny is one of the dedicated advocates behind Moms Clean Air Force Ohio. This former high school English teacher is an artist, writer, and avid outdoor enthusiast who is inspired by and passionate about nature and the environment. Jenny focuses on writing about her life and her family as they try to consciously live a compassionate, sustainable, healthy lifestyle in the Midwest. She is an aspiring urban farmer who is never happier than when she is out running or riding her bike.
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Marnie Urso
Field Organizer, Northern Ohio
MUrso@momscleanairforce.org
Marnie Urso has been working on environmental policy in both Washington DC and in Ohio for the past ten years in every position from organizer to director. Marnie lives along the beautiful shoreline of Lake Ere in Cleveland Ohio with her husband and two daughters and is excited to be a part of the Moms Clean Air Force team.
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Wibke Rebecca Bettina Heymach (Vee)
Field Organizer, Southeast Michigan
vee@momscleanairforce.org
While finishing her degree in North-American history and politics at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Vee was offered an internship with the Macomb Democratic Party and so began her love-affair with Michigan. She officially moved to Michigan in 2007 to complete her Masters degree in Industrial Relations at Wayne State University. She has worked on various campaigns during her time in the U.S., and later on worked for the Michigan House of Representatives. Always interested in Union political work, Vee worked for the UFCW’s Legislative and Political Office before joining Michigan LCV as a Mom’s Clean Air Force Organizer. Making sure the communities we live in and that our children are raised in a healthy and pollution free place is a high priority for Vee.
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