Leanne Giordono

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Leanne Giordono completed her PhD student in the School of Public Policy at OSU in 2018. Her graduate studies focused on the policy and governance changes related to employment services and supports for adults with intellectual and developmental disability. She received her MPA from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School (2000) and subsequently spent almost fifteen years conducting program evaluation and applied research for public agencies and non-profit organizations until her return to graduate school in 2014. She was a postdoctoral scholar at OSU, working with Hilary on the Smart & Connected Kids for Sustainable Energy Communities project. She went on to an Assistant Professor (Visiting Faculty) at the School of Planning, Public Policy & Management at the University of Oregon.

Stephen Naimoli

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Stephen Naimoli graduated from OSU with a Master of Public Policy in 2016. His chief interest is in energy policy, and he studied opposition to utility-scale wind power in Kittitas County, Washington. Before coming to OSU, he worked for various environmental groups on the East Coast. He went on to a research associate position in the energy and national security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Greg Stelmach

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Greg Stelmach is a postdoctoral scholar with the Pacific Marine Energy Center, where his research focuses on public perceptions of marine renewable energy development. He completed his Master of Public Policy degree at OSU in 2019, working on the Smart & Connected Kids for Sustainable Energy Communities project. He completed his PhD in Public Policy at OSU in 2024 on public perceptions of and response to large-scale energy proposals.

Heather Moline

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Heather Moline completed her Master of Public Policy at OSU in 2019. Her essay explored the perspectives of 4th and 5th graders in Fremont, California, and Corvallis, Oregon, on their household energy use as part of the Smart and Connected Kids for Sustainable Energy Communities Project. She went on to a position as an energy and environmental justice policy associate at the Northwest Energy Coalition.

Hannah Brachfeld

Hannah Brachfeld

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Hannah is a master’s student in the Marine Resource Management Program at Oregon State University. She served in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer for almost nine years, deploying on two ships and earning the title of Nuclear Engineering Officer. She graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from Loyola University of Chicago and has always held an appreciation for the scientific world. Her research focused on Department of Defense and Coast Guard involvement in Offshore Wind and Marine Energy siting and policy, specifically offshore wind energy that was proposed off the coasts of Oregon and Virginia. She is passionate about clean energy as a solution to climate challenges and currently works at Delphinus Engineering.

Viviana Oquendo

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Viviana Oquendo is a Columbian Fulbright grantee. She completed her Ph.D. in Public Policy at Oregon State University. She worked as an MSc in Economic Sciences, supporting several areas of public policy, until her personal life unveiled her passion for peacebuilding and rural welfare. Her dissertation focused on how rural development can promote a culture of peace in countries that are overcoming civil war (such as her own home country). She acknowledges how public policy has influenced her life, so she wants to serve as a policy analyst for peacebuilding purposes.

Anna Kelly

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Anna Kelly is Director of Strategy and Innovation at SBW Consulting. She previously worked at Power TakeOff, Colorado Energy Office and The Cadmus Group. While a graduate student at OSU, Anna studied opposition to large scale renewable energy developments and hybrid energy systems.

Casey Taylor

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Casey Taylor graduated in 2016 with a PhD in Environmental Science and Public Policy. Her dissertation examined the use of science in collaborative management efforts to conserve Sage Grouse populations in the West. Casey also worked with Dr. Boudet on a research project evaluating the response of local communities to large-scale renewable energy development in the West. Before arriving at OSU, Casey completed her MS in Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology at University of Michigan and spent several years working in field biology and environmental education. She is now a faculty member the University of Delaware.

Stephen Gunther

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Stephen Gunther completed his Masters of Public Policy at OSU in 2018. He received his Bachelor’s degree in political science from James Madison University. Prior to coming to OSU, he worked at a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for nearly five years. He went on to work at the Center of Sustainable Energy in San Diego on issues related to distributed energy resources.

Johanna Cervantes

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Johanna was born in Colombia. She studied sociology and earned a master’s degree in social studies of science at the National University of Colombia. She worked as a researcher with different public and private universities and institutions. Her last job was with the National and District Planning Departments as a part of the Office of Public Policy Evaluations. She is mostly interested in social and gender policy evaluation with an emphasis on mixed methods. In my spare time, I like to watch movies and series, do yoga and swimming, and talk with friends and family. She is working with Hilary on an analysis of public perceptions of wave energy on the U.S. West Coast.