350 New Mexico

We are building an inclusive movement in New Mexico to prevent the worst effects of climate change and climate injustice. Ordinary New Mexicans are standing up to the fossil fuel industry and driving a just transition to renewable energy for all – join us!

         Team

 

Tom Solomon

CO-COORDINATOR

tasolomon6 (at) gmail (dot) com

Tom Solomon, co-coordinator of 350.org New Mexico, is a retired electrical engineer. During his 34 year career at Intel he led the team which built and ramped Fab 11X in Rio Rancho, the $2B expansion that doubled the size of their microprocessor Fab in 2001. He also led the efforts to build Intel’s first (10kW) solar array in NM in 2008, and a larger 100kW rooftop installation in 2011. After retirement, Tom became a full-time activist. He was a field organizer for OFA in 2012 and now co-leads the NM chapter of 350.org, fighting global warming to ensure a safe climate for his 3 children. 350NM’s campaigns include UNM divestment, large public climate rallies, public education forums on methane leakage, rooftop solar advocacy at neighborhood associations and coalition efforts at the PRC to replace the power from PNM’s San Juan coal plant with Wind and Solar energy.

Jim Mackenzie

CO-COORDINATOR

jim (at) 350newmexico (dot) org

Jim Mackenzie, co-coordinator of 350 New Mexico, worked in the New Mexico electrical industry for over 35 years. During that time, he was a principal of two distributed electrical generation (DG) New Mexico businesses including a startup wind turbine manufacturing company using spinoff technology from Sandia Labs. He is a retired commercial and industrial union electrician and has lived in New Mexico for almost 50 years while raising his three children.

Mackenzie’s activism and organizing spans 50 years including the civil rights, anti-Viet Nam war and environmental movements. Highlights of that work include attending Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have A Dream” protest in Washington, DC., helping to stop the construction of a uranium mill in Sandoval County and organizing a 600-person Albuquerque demonstration in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe fight against the North Dakota Access pipeline.

Jim served in the U. S. Army, Signal Corps and was deployed in Viet Nam, 1966-1967.

Nancy Singham

 RURAL SUPPORT AND EDUCATION COMMITTEES 

nancywsingham@gmail.com

Age 9: outdoor explorer, birder

Age 16: AFS exchange student in Brazil, reader

Age 25: APS kindergarten teacher, backpacker, gardener

Age 36: mother, supporter of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, socialist, potter

Present: Combining all of my accumulated experience to create a just and peaceful world by building a global climate justice movement with 350 New Mexico

Ken Bergeron

STEERING COMMITTEE

ken7berg (at) gmail (dot) com

Prior to my involvement with 350 New Mexico I spent 25 years at Sandia National Laboratories carrying out or managing scientific research in a variety of energy-related fields, including fusion energy, solar thermal systems development, and nuclear reactor safety. After retiring from Sandia I published Tritium on Ice, a book about the dangers of using commercial nuclear power plants to produce materials for nuclear weapons. I hope my background in science and technology helps inform my involvement in climate change issues. I think 350.org is a tremendous force for good in a world facing the existential challenge of climate change. Being involved in the New Mexico chapter seems to me to be a great way to make a difference at both the local and national levels.

Ann McCartney

RENEWABLE ENERGY IN VALENCIA COUNTY

Ann@350newmexico.org

I built (with lots of help) a passive solar adobe back in the 70’s with a composting toilet, grey water system and hand-driven well. Overuse of resources by developed/developing countries has been a long held concern.  I am solo practitioner of law in Los Lunas and am deeply involved in my community to make inroads to a transition to renewable energy.  Climate change activism is the obvious work for me to be involved in to impact the planet positively.

 

 

Ward McCartney

RENEWABLE ENERGY IN VALENCIA COUNTY and  RENEWABLE ENERGY ADVOCACY FOR RURAL COOPS

WardMcCartney@gmail.com

I graduated college in 1971 and after doing various non college related jobs, moved to Whitefish, MT, forming a three person construction partnership and getting involved in local politics, via an organization called Citizens for a Better Flathead (county). I moved to NM twelve years ago and after listening to Tom’s climate change talk, two years ago, Ann and I decided to jump in. Luckily, another five or more concerned people have also recently jumped in. Its a great group that needs others to join. Just take the forty minutes to listen to Tom’s talk. We’ll look forward to meeting you at our next meeting or better yet up in Santa Fe.

Dylan Connelly

SOLAR CONSULTANT

Dylan@affordable-solar.com

Dylan Connelly is a solar and sustainability consultant. Dylan is also a licensed mechanical engineer. Prior to joining Affordable Solar in early 2018, he was designing ultra-efficient residential and commercial buildings for 10 years. His passion for renewable energy inspired him to move into the solar field full time. He is able to use his diverse expertise to provide his customers with a comprehensive perspective in order to meet their energy-saving goals.

 

Walter Gerstle

TREASURER

walter (at) 350newmexico (dot) org

Walter Gerstle is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He is Treasurer for the New Mexico Solar Energy Society. Gerstle is Chief Technical Officer of CSolPower LLC, a renewable energy storage company. He is President of the UNM 21 Club and Treasurer of the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra. Gerstle is Past President of the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers, Past President of the New Mexico Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Past President of the UNM chapter of Sigma Xi, the Research Society.

 

Stefi Weisburd

COMMUNICATIONS, WEBSITE, ELECTRIFICATION

weisburd (at) mac (dot) com

Stefi Weisburd has been a Congressional policy analyst, science journalist and the School of Engineering outreach manager at the University of New Mexico (UNM). At UNM she worked on programs in solar energy, nanoscience, smart lighting, biomedical engineering and finally a petroleum engineering grant. The latter propelled her to lead a fossil fuel divestment campaign at UNM and then to quit her job completely due to grant leadership minimizing (and some industry partners denying) climate change. She has been a board member of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association, where she still manages some social media.  Degrees in physics serve her well for science communication and two poetry books. She and her husband are electrifying their house, and as a Rewiring America Electric Coach, she helps others reduce climate pollution, harmful gases and energy use in their homes.