Action Committee Chairs
Building / Construction
Reggie Wood - Reggie is a second generation design/builder who specializes in green building. He moved to Ojai from Ventura in 1984 and established West Wood Construction. He is a member of the United States Green Building Council and serves as the Ventura County Advocacy Committee Chair with the tri counties chapter. He is a Certified Green Building Professional ( CGBP) with California's Build it Green organization.
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Energy
Peter Cantle works in the field of air pollution control and has spent his professional career in energy development and energy management-related matters. A native of San Pedro, California and long-time resident of Ojai, he received his B.S. and M.S. in ecology from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. From 1978 - 1985, he was employed by the Hydril Company (an oilfield equipment manufacturing firm) and Shell Mining Company in Houston, Texas. He left Shell in 1985 to join Santa Barbara County's Energy Division, managing the environmental review, permitting, construction oversight and compliance of major oil and gas development projects. He has been with the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District since 1988, managing the engineering, permitting, compliance & enforcement, innovative technologies, and air toxics functions. He is married and the proud father of two young men – the elder a photographer for two well-known motorsports magazines, the younger a PhD candidate in neuroscience at UCLA.
Environmental Health
Marleen Luckman holds an MS in Family Environmental Science and is a certified Building Biology Environmental Inspector (BBEI). She is a teacher through the International Institute of Building Biology and Ecology, a nutrition/cleansing coach, and is a public speaker on environmental issues as they relate to our health.
Food and Agriculture
Dulanie Ellis-La Barre has been a filmmaker for the last 25 years, first as a Script Supervisor for feature films and television, and later as an Associate Producer on four award-winning documentary films for Tell The Truth Pictures. In 2002, Dulanie launched her own production company, Walk Your Talk Productions. Believing that the world-class farmland and agriculture of Ventura County was worth protecting, she began making a series of films that addressed various elements of sustainable agriculture for the Ag Futures Alliance. That lead to a film for the real estate industry on mortgage fraud and more recently to an educational film about Community Emergency Response Training. Dulanie serves on a number of community committees and is the Co-Chair for the OVGC Food & Agriculture Committee
Transportation
Kenley Neufeld lives in Ojai with his wife Leslie Davis and their two children. He works as the Library Director at Santa Barbara City College and drives the van pool three days a week from Ojai. His environmental activism began in 1987 when he became a vegetarian in response to the deforestation of the rainforest's for the American cattle industry. Kenley recognizes that our civilization may end soon unless we make radical changes in the way we interact with the planet. In addition to local efforts and initiatives, a sustained and organized effort by world leaders must be started to turn the situation around.
Waste Management
Brad Hudson Since moving to Ojai in 2003, Brad has developed a small town outlook that encourages keeping it local while still striving to have a positive global impact. He believes in Growing Green personally, professionally and as a community, and that doing so is a continuing life process. Brad is a Shaklee Distributor focusing on their GET CLEAN™ line of environmentally-friendly household products. Contact Brad at contactwastemgmt@ojaivalleygreencoalition.com
Deborah Pendrey has lived in Oak View for seven years. The Coalition is her first volunteer participation in a formal organization and she says “I’ve been waiting for something like the Coalition to join” At an early age, Deb’s mom had her and her siblings digging in the golf course trash cans in the wee hours of the morning for aluminum cans. So, Deborah’s had a role model from the start, making the waste management committee a natural fit. She also joined the communications committee to expand her horizons. Deborah and her husband run a wholesale retractable screens business from their home, a home and property they plan will eventually be a model green living space. Contact Deborah at deborah.ovgc@yahoo.com
Watershed
Paul Jenkin is the Environmental Director of the Ventura County Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, and founder of the Matilija Coalition. The Surfrider Foundation is an international environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the world’s waves and beaches through conservation, activism, research, and education (CARE).
Since 1994, Paul has worked to restore the coast and watershed where he lives, in Ventura, California. He serves on the Surfers Point Working Group, a multi-agency task force working to solve beach erosion problems near the mouth of the Ventura River. From 2000 – 2004 Paul served on the various work groups within the Matilija Dam Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, and acts as the coordinator of the non-government efforts to remove Matilija Dam and restore the Ventura River watershed.
Paul Jenkin has a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University (1985) and a M.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University (1989). Contact Paul at contactwatershed@ojaivalleygreencoalition.com
Dianne Ulyon Bullard, a longtime member of Sierra Club, is new as an activist in the green movement. Dianne openly admits she has no technical expertise to offer. In her professional career she has been a freelance writer, marketing consultant and entrepreneur. Her background includes time in Ohio politics, Chicago bank marketing and Los Angeles’ themed entertainment industry. She currently owns and operates a home cleaning franchise in the LA area. She has owned a second home in Ojai Valley since 1999 and spends several days a week here.
Sheri Ann Cate has a degree in Communications with an emphasis on business and non-profit organizations. She has served as Chair of Ojai’s Redevelopment Commission, President of the Ventura County Professional Women’s Network, and has sat on many boards and commissions including the Ventura County Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund grant committee and the Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce. She is Chairperson of the Chamber’s Environmental Affairs Committee. Recently she served as a table discussion leader for Supervisor Steve Bennett’s Valley-Wide Discussion Group. Cate’s business is the Ojai Valley Insurance Services. Serving the OVGC combines this experience with her desire to help preserve the Ojai Valley’s beautiful, yet fragile eco-system. Contact Sheri Ann at contactcommunications@ojaivalleygreencoalition.com
Linda Harmon A free-lance writer and editor living in Ojai for the past 20 years, Linda is a locally known artist serving on the Board of Trustees of the Ojai Center for the Arts. A mother and a grandmother, Linda grew up in a small Michigan town and has a degree in Communications from Michigan State University. She especially enjoys writing about the people and issues in our valley and her byline can be seen in The Ojai Valley News. 
Joan Roberts is well known in the community for her selfless community involvement and known and respected as one of the Ojai Valley’s foremost real estate agents. After living abroad for 8 years, Joan moved to Ojai starting her real estate career in 1987 and then became a broker associate in 1999. Joan served as president of the Ojai Valley Board of Realtors and California state director. Joan counts her blessings for the good fortune of being a resident of the Ojai Valley and is very concerned about preserving it for future generations. She has hiked, mountain biked, and camped throughout most of the back country around Ojai, and has surfed the coastline as well. She serves with the Red Cross, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, Chamber of Commerce, Keep the Sespe Wild, Los Padres Forest Watch, Little House and is a Forest Service volunteer.
Kale Starbird has been concerned about Global Warming for 15 years and has been more focused since she is now a grandmother. Climate Change is the number one issue in current times and for future generations. She is thrilled with the attention it is receiving now and eager to participate in helping the Ojai Valley to become a model green community.
Anca Colbert was born in Romania, raised in France, and has lived most of her life in Los Angeles and Ojai, California. She has a classical European education in the arts, literature, and languages, holds a License ès lettres from the Sorbonne, with additional studies at L’Ecole du Louvre and at L’Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. In her professional life, Anca has worked in a variety of related fields: as an art publisher, the owner and manager of two art galleries, a graphics design consultant, a fundraiser, and a planner of special events and public relations. As a volunteer, Anca has been involved with organizations focused on education and after-school enrichment programs. She brings to the OVGC her heartfelt desire to preserve the unique beauty of the Ojai Valley.
Tim Baird is one of the cofounders of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition and Chairman of the Board. He is active in many local community support groups including the Chamber of Commerce Board, The Ojai Youth Foundation Board, Rotary, The Stop the Trucks Executive Committee, and The Ojai Performing Arts Executive Board.
