Judith joined the Acterra board in 2008 and she serves on the Development Committee. Judith has been active in community issues on the Peninsula for over twenty-five years. She was Executive Director at Hidden Villa for 10 years where she led a three-year, $9,000,000 campaign and oversaw the building of three sustainable buildings. Before coming to Hidden Villa, she founded Innovative Housing on the Peninsula, a program providing shared housing to low-income single parent families. She is a former teacher, youth employment counselor, and on the language teaching staff of the United Nations. She served nine months as Interim ED for the Committee for Green Foothills.

A lifelong interest in fighting racism and fostering multiculturalism and a love for environmental protection are her motivators. She also is passionate about politics and travel. She and her husband, Hans, built a sustainable house in Palo Alto in 2005. In 2001, Judith was one of the five finalists for the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits' first “Excellence in Leadership Award.” She was named “2002 Woman of the Year” for the 11th Senate District. In Summer 2002, Judith received a CEN scholarship to attend the Harvard Business School Executive Education program, “Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management.” In retirement she does some consulting to nonprofits and organizes travel aboard.

Leslie has been a pioneer in providing financial advisory services to Silicon Valley companies. He is currently co-founder of Murdock Martell, Inc. a finance and accounting services firm. Previously he was founder of Murdock & Associates / Horn Murdock Cole, which he sold to a private equity firm and is now known as Accretive Solutions. Prior to Murdock & Associates, Leslie held several positions with Ernst & Young in Silicon Valley and Dublin, Ireland.

Leslie serves on the Board of Acterra, the Clean Tech Open and the Irish Literary & Historical Society and is past-President of both the San Jose/Dublin Sister City Program and the San Jose Conservation Corps. Leslie has passed the CPA exam and is also a Chartered Accountant.

Bart grew up in Colorado and graduated from Lewis and Clark College. He spent 21 great years in Chicago, helping to found and build the directors’ and officers’ liability insurer Chicago Underwriting Group. Following the sale of the company he ended up in Palo Alto where he spends time on various development-stage businesses and learning about entrepreneurship that can be more usefully profitable to the world. He has belonged to the Acterra board since 2003, and currently serves as Acterra's Board's Treasurer.

Joanna graduated cum laude from Richmond University (London, UK). In the 1990s, while working in high-tech marketing, she took on a variety of volunteer projects for both Bay Area Action and PCCF, the two groups that merged to form Acterra. Before being recruited for the Acterra Board of Directors in 2003, she spent two years on the board of the trails advocacy/cycling organization ROMP. Joanna is currently the Board Secretary and serves on the Development Committee; she has also participated in the Marketing Committee and chaired key fundraising events for Acterra.

Linda joined the Acterra Board of Directors in early 2007 and she currently chairs Acterra's Development Committee. She holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and Environmental Studies, and an MBA. She is a certified Residential Energy Auditor and has experience in both residential and commercial energy efficiency programs. Linda serves as an Advisory Committee member for PG&E's Climate Smart program and participates in the Portola Valley Climate Protection Taskforce.

David graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UCSB and worked in the Valley for over 15 years. After this he worked in a small start up making controllers for electric vehicles. When this ended in 1999, David took some time off and volunteered for Bay Area Action and other non-profits until he took a job as building manager for the PCC, which houses eight environmental non-profits including Acterra. This kept David close to Acterra and the other non-profit organizations working in the area. David has also volunteered with the Bay Area Air Quality District, the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, the Foundation for Global Community, Conxtion's Sense of Place program, Palo Alto's Green Ribbon Task Force to reduce climate change, the Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Committee and their Cool Cites program.

As a volunteer at Acterra and its predecessor Bay Area Action, David has taught a variety of classes on Sustainable Living Series over the past 10 years. He has also been instrumental in the design of various energy programs at Acterra including Green@Home, ACTerra Green and Cool-It!. Historically, David ran the Electric Vehicle program and created the SUV Ticket campaign.

For twenty one years Edith Eddy was the executive director of the Compton Foundation, a private family foundation with assets of approximately $65 million. The Compton Foundation's grants are focused primarily in the areas of peace and security, population and family planning, and environment and sustainability.

Ms. Eddy has served as chair of the Management Committee of the Environmental Grantmakers Association, and was the lead founder of the Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights, and one of the founders of the Peace and Security Funders Group. From 1996-2000 she served as a member of the International Committee of the Council on Foundations. Ms. Eddy serves on the board of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, as well as PRBO Conservation Science, based in Petaluma, CA.

Andy Fenselau was the Board President for Acterra from 2003 to 2008, focusing on portfolio strategy, fundraising, and governance needs. He brings a rich depth of executive experience from high tech leadership roles in product management, marketing, business development, and venture capital at Symantec, Silicon Graphics, and Taproot Ventures. His passion for the environment began as a child at nature camp, and his commitment to sustainability and the social engineering solutions to reduce our carbon footprint has crystallized in the past 10 years. Other community leadership roles include Co-Chair for the California Clean Tech Open (2006-2007), and Advisor for Cambodia Tomorrow (2007-ongoing). Andy lives in Sunnyvale with his wife and children, and received his B.A. from Harvard and his M.B.A. from Stanford.

Geoff co-founded and served on the board of Acterra's predecessor, Bay Area Action from 1990-1999, seven years of which he was the Treasurer. He currently manages Acterra's website and IT efforts. He is also on the board of directors and Treasurer of Palo Alto Little League.

Mark Ostrau is a partner at Fenwick & West LLP and co-chair of the firm’s Cleantech Group. He assists clients with assembling the key pieces they need to acquire, develop, commercialize and market new clean technology and other high technology products and services. Mark is also co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Group, advising clients on a wide variety of antitrust, distribution, marketing, M&A and intellectual property issues. Mark was an economics major at Yale, where he was a founder of a student group promoting energy efficiency at the university. He received his law degree from Stanford in 1985. He’s been on the board of the Eichler Swim & Tennis Club, TheatreWorks, and Congregation Beth Am. An avid though aging trail runner, he has covered most of the trails in the Palo Alto, Woodside and local MROSD preserves and parks. Mark’s most recent Acterra experience has been as part of a core group of neighbors doing invasive plant removal and native planting along San Francisquito Creek and Palo Alto Avenue.

Jerry Patrick joined the Acterra Board in 2011. He was active on the Strategic Planning Committee, and also serves on the Executive Committee and the Development Committee, which he chairs. Previously he has sat on many non-profit boards including the VMC Foundation (founder and President Emeritus) and the Elkhorn Slough Foundation (Chairman). He graduated with honors and distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Wesleyan University, and has pursued a varied career in the non-profit sector, including a private consulting practice with Patrick & Associates. Outside interests include creative writing, sculpting, and sailing.

David graduated with a Ph.D. in Biology (ecology emphasis) from Stanford University. He worked on closed ecological system design for 20 years at NASA-Ames Research Center. David has served as an elected official for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and currently with the Los Trancos County Water District. David co-founded and served on the Board of Acterra's predecessor, Bay Area Action, from 1990-2000. David previously held the role of Acterra's Executive Director (2000-2002), as well as Secretary and President of the Acterra Board.

Currently serving as Chair of the Business Environmental Awards, Laura holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from UC Berkeley. She worked for the California Air Resources Board before joining the staff of the Peninsula Conservation Center (Acterra's predecessor) as Director of Business Programs. In 2000 Laura left her staff position and joined Acterra's Board of Directors. During her tenure on the Board she has served as Chair of the Business Environmental Awards Program and the Development Committee. Laura currently enjoys raising her two sons and helping run the family's small business in Redwood City.

If you are a former board member of Acterra, PCCF, or BAA, we want to hear what you've been up to! Please contact Michael Closson at michaelc*acterra.org