Our Team

350 Colorado Staff

Micah Parkin, Executive Director and Co-Founder

Micah has 30+ years of experience as a climate and clean energy advocate, community organizer and nonprofit director. She moved from New Orleans to Colorado after Hurricane Katrina. Micah began organizing what became 350 Colorado in 2009 and co-founded the group officially as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2013. She serves on the national 350 Network Council and was also a founding board member of 350 Colorado Action, Community Fruit Rescue, as well as Colorado Rising and Safe & Healthy Colorado, which organized ballot initiative efforts to protect communities from fracking in 2018 to the present. She is a spokesperson for Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate, with 55 member groups in CO. Micah was recognized as a 2017 “City of Boulder Hometown Hero” and received a 2014 “FearLess Women Leading GREEN” award and Sierra Club’s 2007 Delta Chapter Black Bear Award. Love for her daughters and a deep sense of responsibility to protect future generations and life on our beautiful planet fuel her passion to build a powerful climate and clean energy movement, create resilient communities and transition to a sustainable future. Micah(at)350colorado.org

Chelsea Alexander, Movement Building & Volunteer Director

Chelsea began working in the volunteer management field 10 years ago at an animal shelter in Bloomington, IN as an intern. Her work in justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion led to her nomination for a ‘Be More’ Award from the city of Bloomington in 2014. After moving to Chicago she pursued a career in volunteer management and built volunteer programs at non-profits, created partnerships, streamlined operations, and planned organizational-wide events. Chelsea enjoys playing guitar, singing, traveling, spending as much time outside as possible, putting hot sauce on most things she eats, and spending time with her partner, family, and friends. Hablo Español. Chelsea(at)350colorado.org

Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Mooney, Beyond Oil & Gas Campaign Director & Staff Attorney

Bobbie Mooney is a proud Vermonter who moved to Colorado “sight unseen” in 2011, and fell in love with the mountains and sunshine here. Now she lives in Denver with her husband, their two young sons, and 6 laying hens. Bobbie loves growing food in her backyard, roller skating indoors and out, and putting her shoulder to the wheel of climate justice. Bobbie brings a decade of experience in the Colorado climate movements, professional experience in federal and state government, experience as a Councilwoman for the City of Sheridan, CO, and an environmental law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. She is passionate about building personal, community, and regional resilience in the face of the Climate Crisis. As a founding board member of 350 Colorado in 2013, joining the 350 Colorado team as a staff member a decade later is a dream come true for Bobbie! Bobbie(at)350colorado.org

Brigit Stattelman-Scanlan, Development Director

Brigit’s background in climate justice, gender studies, and frontline communities have laid the groundwork for her career in climate action and intersectional project development. She became first involved in 350 in Madison, Wisconsin where she worked on pipeline resistance and divestment campaigns with 350 Wisconsin alongside working with the Sierra Club. She has worked with subnational governments and international NGOs to protect tropical forests and indigenous communities with the Governor’s Climate and Forest Task Force. Most recently, Brigit finished working as a Project Manager with the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research at CU working to complete a NSF grant for wildfire mitigation and restoration. Apart from climate action, Brigit does pottery, helps run a coffee company, and leads trips for women+ groups in the backcountry. Hablo Español. Brigit(at)350colorado.org

Heidi Leathwood, Climate Policy Analyst

In looking back, Heidi sees that for a long time she was the frog in the pot set on the stove to boil: slowly being warmed, oblivious to danger. Fortunately, she woke up and leapt out of the pot and into action. Her climate action began with volunteering on campaigns, gathering petition signatures for prop. 112 (the fracking setbacks ballot initiative), marching in climate strikes, and participating in NVDA campaigns. Eventually, Heidi decided to change careers, transitioning away from her teaching and performing career toward working full time for the climate. She has a graduate certificate in Environmental Policy from University College at DU, and is a candidate for an ABA-approved paralegal certificate (graduation December, 2023). Prior to joining staff in January 2022, Heidi contributed as a volunteer to 350 Colorado’s participation in regulatory action.

Heidi(at)350colorado.org

Matt Gose, Promoting Climate Solutions Coordinator

Born and raised in Western Colorado, Matt has been lucky enough to grow up in an area where climate justice has always been a topic of conversation. He attended college at The University of Wyoming in Laramie, where he obtained a degree in Business Marketing and a minor in Natural Resource Management. In the Spring of 2021 Matt helped organize and execute the first ever Laramie Community Climate Summit, which was the first event of its kind ever to be held, and spurred localized action by establishing a starting point. In December of 2022, Matt joined our team as our Roaring Fork Team Coordinator and helped block the proposed Uinta Basin Railway that threatened to triple the amount of heated waxy crude oil being transported along long sensitive stretches of the Colorado River. In 2024, he moved to Denver and shifted his focus to our Promoting Climate Solutions work. Matt has an intense passion for climate action and making an impact in his role! Matt(at)350colorado.org.

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Kim Nelson, Administrative Director

Kim graduated with a degree in Political Science from Fordham University and started out her career as an activist many years ago, working on environmental campaigns in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Colorado. She took a detour and became a professional photographer, opening a studio in Fort Collins 20 years ago. She has now come full circle back to her roots and passion for environmental issues with 350 Colorado. Utilizing her admin skills from both non-profit administration and owning a small business, she is happy to share her experience working on the climate crisis. In her free time, Kim likes to hike, raft the rivers of Colorado, and spend time with her husband and two adult children. Kim(at)350colorado.org

Steve Kuschner, 350 Roaring Fork Team Coordinator

I was born in NYC and raised on Long Island, from an early age I was an animal lover, concerned for all the wildlife and wild things and made nature an important part of my life. After a few years working in retail my life changed after a bicycle accident which left me injured but not deterred to make a difference in the world. I went back to school and got my certification in Massage Therapy, followed that up with a certification in Yoga and spent many years helping others reconnect with their body/mind/spirit.
I eventually traveled the country with my wife of 32 years making sure to be near any rallies or demonstrations where we could be activists and had amazing interactions with people from all over the world who were also motivated to work to change the hearts and minds of our politicians and fellow citizens. I’ve been a member of 10 organizations related to the environment, animal rights, peace and justice and here in the Roaring Fork Valley became involved in the Colorado 350.org movement to stop the Uinta Rail Train from expanding. I realized that my future is directing me to get working to help expand the message of Peace on Earth, with Earth and for Earth. Steve(at)350colorado.org.

350 Colorado Board of Directors

Gail Nordheim, Board of Directors, Chair, Denver, CO

Gail moved to Denver from Madison, Wisconsin in 2023. She is a dedicated climate activist with strong interest and background in nonprofit management. In addition to her work with 350 Colorado, she serves on the Steering Committees of Safe and Healthy Colorado and Third Act Colorado.

Before moving to Colorado, Gail served as Board President of 350 Wisconsin. For four years, until 350 WI hired its first executive director, she also served as Acting Executive Director.

Gail previously was a management consultant, working with a wide range of non-profit, governmental, and for-profit organizations. She has also held senior management positions in state and local government. Gail enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, hiking, reading, and Pilates.

Katessia Robertson, Board of Directors, Vice-Chair, Denver, CO

Katessia Robertson is a youth advocate and small business owner who grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. Katessia recently graduated from the University of Denver with a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Social Work with a concentration in Ecological Justice. In the future, Katessia wants to use their social work degree to fight against the harm the fast fashion industry causes to people and the earth. Their small business is called “The Clothing Cycle”, they sell secondhand clothes to help them avoid going to a landfill and work towards a regenerative future.

They spend their free time exploring Colorado, thrifting, playing board games, and spending time with friends.

Heron Lenz, Board of Directors, Secretary, Colorado Springs, CO

Heron grew up in Fort Collins, CO before moving to Evanston, IL to attend Northwestern University. After receiving a B.A. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from Northwestern,

he served on the board of the Evanston Environmental Association, raising money to fund urban environmental education programs as well as conservation projects in the city. Heron has recently returned to Colorado to study for a Master’s degree in Ecology and Evolution from University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. As a newer member of 350, he looks forward to continuing the work he loves in his home state. When he’s not rock climbing, hiking, or traveling, Heron works to generate ecological research that can inform future climate policy.

Paul Culnan, Board of Directors, Treasurer, Boulder, CO

Paul Culnan has been a “super-volunteer” with 350 colorado, supporting our organization in virtually every way a person can support us: from financial support to helping with policy analysis to participating in nonviolent direct actions at the Colorado state capitol. He is a prolific writer and has helped bring issues into public view. Beyond his sharp analytical intelligence and patient people skills, Paul doesn’t hesitate to say what needs to be said when testifying in decision-making venues. His willingness to speak truth to power in an intelligent yet unequivocally simple way has helped our elected officials and volunteers alike understand with clarity how we can solve this crisis. He passionately believes we must stop extracting, processing and burning fossil fuels and that political leaders are not doing the job we need them to do on the climate crisis. We, the people must encourage them, in every way possible, to lead the public to a clean prosperous future as quickly as possible. Paul is a retired computer program and enjoys hiking, biking and small boat sailing.

Patricia Garcia-Nelson, Board of Directors, Greeley, CO

Patricia Garcia-Nelson was born and raised in Northern Colorado. Her family has lived in Greeley since her parents immigrated from Mexico in the late 1970s. Her son Diego was a student at Bella Romero Academy, where the construction of a 24 oil well pad site has been approved, less than 700 feet from the playground. She was the sole parent plaintiff in a case against the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) and Extraction Oil & Gas, for the approval of the permits. For years, she has worked with 350 Colorado, Colorado Rising, Safe and Healthy Colorado, Weld Air and Water and other organizations to raise awareness about Bella Romero and residential drilling.

Finn Jackson, Board of Directors, Boulder, CO

Finn was born and raised in Cody, Wyoming and is a graduate of the University of Wyoming. He served on the board of the Laramie Alliance of Renewable Energy from 2021 to 2023, helped organize the Park County Citizens for Sustainability in 2023, and has continued volunteering with the Sierra Club of Wyoming since 2022.

In September 2023, Finn moved to Boulder, Colorado to work at EcoCycle’s Hard-to-Recycle Facility. He has volunteered with 350 Colorado since early 2024, mostly with the Boulder County Team. Outside of 350, Finn also works with the Denver Hub of the Sunrise Movement. His volunteer activities with 350 have mostly included connecting with fellow community members and lobbying state legislators. A new board member, Finn looks forward to being involved with 350 Colorado on a deeper level, and hopes his expertise can help grow the organization.

Angie Berktold, Board of Directors, Englewood, CO

Angie grew up on a farm in Minnesota, and moved to Colorado after college. Always a fan of being outside, with animals, and preferably at a higher altitude; from climbing bins as a child to mountain views now. She was a part of 350CO previously as a volunteer in development, helping with logistics of grant work. She is a lifelong learner, continuing to grow in analytical and creative ways. With degrees in music therapy and business administration, Angie has experience building relationships and is passionate about working to build a better future. Angie is happiest outside, including with her pup and especially in the snow.