SIERRA CLUB MAINE HIRES FIRST DIRECTOR
Seasoned Activist to Lead and Expand Sierra Club’s Grassroots Efforts in Maine

Sierra Club Maine hired long-time environmentalist Glen Brand as the first Director in the organization’s history. As Director, Mr. Brand will help build the group’s grassroots conservation, political and educational programs to protect Maine’s environment.

Mr. Brand has served on the staff of several national and state environmental organizations, including Maine Conservation Voters, Greenpeace, and the national Sierra Club. During his tenure at the national Sierra Club (1998-2010), he co-founded and directed the “Cool Cities” program, a grassroots campaign helping local communities across the country to adopt clean energy solutions.

“I am proud to have been chosen as the first Director of Sierra Club Maine, and I’m excited about working with thousands of Club members to build on the success of current programs such as Maine Partners for Cool Communities and the Maine Woods campaign,” said Brand. “I’m also looking forward to the challenge of building greater public support for home-grown, clean energy solutions and closing down dirty coal-burning power plants in the Northeast that affect Maine families’
health and safety.”

Mr. Brand’s other plans include expanding the Chapter’s political and outings programs, as well focusing on issues affecting the Greater Portland and Southern Coast areas. “My major goal is to make it easier for more Maine citizens to get involved and take meaningful action to defend and extend our hard-won environmental protections.”

Mr. Brand moved to Maine in 2004 and resides in Falmouth with his wife, University of Southern Maine professor and poet Annie Finch, his 13-year old daughter Althea, and his son Julian when home from college. He graduated from the University of Florida and holds a graduate degree from the University of Houston. An avid gardener, canoeist, camper and amateur jazz musician, he enjoys working on and spending time at his family’s cabin on Moosehead Lake.

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