{"id":7888,"date":"2021-09-24T00:40:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T07:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinlivingmagazine.com\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2023-03-02T12:41:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:41:41","slug":"meet-5-local-changemakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinlivingmagazine.com\/meet-5-local-changemakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet 5 Local Changemakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Changemakers are people who identify a social problem, then decide to do the work to help solve that problem and don\u2019t stop until they make an impact. We are lucky to be able to call many of those people our friends and neighbors. Meet five of them who are making a difference in our community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Cynthia Koehler\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>

Superpower:<\/b> A water resources champion for Marin and beyond<\/span><\/p>

As Marin faces exceptional drought conditions, conversations are turning to once far-fetched solutions ranging from construction of a pipeline across the Richmond\u2013San Rafael Bridge to desalination plants. Helping make sense of it all and lead the county through mounting water issues is Cynthia Koehler, president of Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) board of directors.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIf I\u2019ve had a role at the board, it has been to spur the district toward innovation,\u201d says Koehler. First elected to the MMWD board in 2005, she has guided Marin through water challenges by putting efficiency and conservation measures in place, an approach that has successfully reduced water demand to below projected needs.<\/span><\/p>

Koehler\u2019s perspective is rooted in protecting the functioning of Marin\u2019s unique Mount Tamalpais watershed. Her work on pesticide bans and greenhouse gas emission targets has brought renewed attention to the connection between local ecology and water resources. \u201cI think I\u2019ve always had the view that a solution that brings us prosperity, future security, reliability and resilience has got to be one that is in harmony with a sustainable environmental health,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Water has long buoyed Koehler\u2019s career from wilderness canoe guide to positions at law firms, Save the Bay, and the Environmental Defense Fund. Leading at the national level, she currently serves on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Environmental Financial Advisory Board. As co-founder\/executive director of the WaterNow Alliance, she also works with towns and utilities across the country to develop holistic water systems that consider factors like gray water, rainwater and efficient water use. Her work closer to home has garnered the accolades of the Bay Institute (2013 Bay Hero Award) and the Marin Conservation League (2011 Ted Wellman Water Award).<\/span><\/p>

As Koehler looks to the future, she is championing community connections to the watershed. \u201cI feel that we have more to do here, but that we\u2019ve really shifted MMWD as more of a community partner,\u201d she says. In this vein, she credits the MMWD team for recent work on audits, rebates and \u201cDrought Drive Ups\u201d to distribute water-saving kits that directly impact conservation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

While present-day conditions are increasingly dire, Koehler remains resolute in her commitment to policymaking and innovation, bringing her immense expertise to Marin and beyond: \u201cI feel this is solvable, this is doable, and in the face of everything that is so hard right now, having that sense of possibility and purpose is energizing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Mohamed Lahna<\/b><\/h2>

Superpower:<\/b> A Paralympian medalist who cycles, swims and runs to victory<\/span><\/p>

When he was growing up in Casablanca, Morocco, all Mohamed Lahna wanted to do was join the soccer games that the other kids were always playing in his neighborhood. But playing soccer was very difficult for Lahna due to a disability he was born with called proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD) that left him without a femur on his right side and without hip sockets. He got around the problem by playing on crutches, but the other children were not always kind.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI just wanted to be like the other kids, but if we lost a game, they would start insulting me and my disability and sometimes I would go home crying,\u201d Lahna says. But his mother wasn\u2019t having any of it and would send him right back out. \u201c\u2018Go fight for yourself,\u2019 she would say. She was pushing me to build that personality and be able to ignore those insults.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

That inner strength paid off. At age 24 Lahna received his first prosthesis, and a whole new world of sports \u2014 and a dream of becoming a Paralympian \u2014 opened up. He started cycling in 500-kilometer events, crossed the Atlas Mountains and became very curious about triathlons. But while swimming and cycling were no problem for him, doctors advised against running because of Lahna\u2019s lack of hip sockets. Moving to the Bay Area in 2009 to go to college and discovering the San Francisco branch of the Challenged Athletes Foundation<\/a> (CAF) changed all that.<\/span><\/p>

Lahna soon attended a CAF triathlon camp, where he saw a girl like him running and asked her about it. \u201cShe told me, \u2018I think you can run because I have the same condition as you,\u2019\u201d he says. A year later, Lahna applied for a grant through CAF and got a racing prosthesis. \u201cIt\u2019s a sense of freedom that I never, ever had before; I\u2019m finally running with my hands free,\u201d he says. \u201cI can go anywhere; I can run anywhere.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

And run he did, earning a bronze medal in triathlon for Morocco in the 2016 Rio Paralympics with coaching, travel and equipment help from CAF \u2014 an organization that routinely sends a large number of athletes to the Paralympics (Lahana just returned from competing in cycling in the 2020 Tokyo games).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for the Challenged Athletes Foundation because it changed my life completely,\u201d he says, adding that he advises kids and their families all over the world who have PFFD. \u201cWe do this because we love sports. We want to show the world that we are just as good as the able-bodied.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Janelle Kellman<\/b><\/h2>

Superpower: <\/b>Protecting her community from sea-level rise<\/span><\/p>

Janelle Kellman is an activist, community leader, environmental lawyer, lifelong athlete and fierce fighter raising awareness for climate change. It\u2019s no surprise that this real-life superwoman was elected to Sausalito\u2019s city council with a record number of votes and is currently powering through her term as the city\u2019s vice mayor during her first year in office.<\/span><\/p>

At work, <\/span>Kellman<\/a> oversees the resolving of this diverse community\u2019s most urgent challenges, such as protecting Sausalito\u2019s waterfront, the area\u2019s local businesses and Marinship artists. \u201cMy background lends itself to doing interdisciplinary work across environmental issues, and I enjoy doing work for my community,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Kellman earned her undergraduate degree at Yale before moving to Oxford for her master\u2019s in environmental management. She then worked in Washington, D.C., studying the links between environmental degradation and national security issues. Kellman attended law school at Stanford and was entranced with the beauty of the university\u2019s outdoor campus. She says it felt as if she was going to school at a national park, which fueled her desire to protect these delicate landscapes in the face of climate change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

She decided it was time to take action, and she was well-equipped for politics. \u201cSomething I enjoyed about running for office was how many people I got to talk to and hearing their stories to better understand what types of resources and assets that we have here. I see my role as tapping into those assets in order to do better things for our community.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Kellman is currently working with the <\/span>Center for Sea Rise Solutions<\/span><\/a>, which uses communication and cutting-edge technology to fight to protect coastal communities (such as Sausalito) from sea-level rise and flooding. \u201cI felt as we were evolving and issues were changing around climate, more needed to be done about rising seas, and disaster preparedness as it relates to fires and evacuation risk,\u201d she says. Kellman is proud of the tools and the talent in her Marin community and is confident that individuals will partner with her in working toward solving climate issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cPeople here are at the cutting edge of their industries,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019re thought leaders, novelists, artists \u2014 you can get into a conversation with somebody as you\u2019re waiting for coffee only to discover they solved a huge issue you didn\u2019t even know existed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Erin Uesugi<\/b><\/h2>

Superpower:<\/b> Building a better future for Marinites with developmental disabilities<\/span><\/p>

When Erin Uesugi came across the opportunity to help Lifehouse build its new headquarters in San Rafael, she felt compelled to get involved. Her involvement with the\u00a0<\/span>Lifehouse project<\/a>\u00a0was a personal endeavor, as her daughter Sophie is a client of the organization and her husband, Doug, serves on the board. The nonprofit is a lifeline for many, and the organization works tirelessly to improve the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities. Uesugi, a Berkeley native, attended UC Berkeley and after graduating moved to Japan to study and pursue a career in architecture. She has worked on projects both in the U.S. and abroad, and this experience left her in an ideal position to help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cLifehouse has been one of the most fulfilling projects, and I don\u2019t just say that,\u201d she reflects. \u201cAny time you can do a project that is so profoundly changing or affecting the client in how they work or live, it is so gratifying and rewarding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Uesugi designed the new Lifehouse building space pro bono and oversaw the entire 18-month project. With her professional expertise and guidance, the team created a layout that both was functional and would accommodate the future of Lifehouse\u2019s growing staff and services.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

She also relied on personal and professional relationships, reaching out to former corporate clients asking for donations or help to significantly trim down expenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Uesugi was able to acquire everything from fabrics to light fixtures to carpet and plastic laminate via donation or for a reduced cost \u2014 and Nancy Dow Moody, president and CEO of Lifehouse, acknowledges Uesugi\u2019s generosity and long-lasting contribution to the community and to Lifehouse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cShe is a true example of the spirit of Lifehouse,\u201d says Moody. \u201cIt was an enormous project that Erin enthusiastically embraced. Her pro bono services totaled more than $280,000. Additionally, using her connections, the furniture donation and the discount she was able to obtain on finishes totaled more than $400,000.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

It\u2019s very clear that the relationship is symbiotic and that both Uesugi\u2019s family and the Lifehouse family will reap the benefits for decades to come. \u201cMy daughter now lives in Novato in one of their supported living homes,\u201d says Uesugi. \u201cWe\u2019re so grateful, and I cannot tell you the positive changes it\u2019s made in our lives, and in hers \u2014 it\u2019s been a win-win. We give to them, but we get back so much more.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Rick Jones<\/b><\/h2>

Superpower:<\/b> A vintner who is working to prevent wildfires and the destruction they cause<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019re not expecting [a bad fire season in Napa], but we\u2019re fearful that it could be as bad \u2014 and it could even be worse \u2014 than the last four or five years. We are in an unprecedented drought \u2026 The wildlands that haven\u2019t yet burned are drier than they have been in decades. If a fire were to break out, and we couldn\u2019t stop it immediately, it has the potential of being devastating.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Rick Jones and his wife were sleeping soundly when the Glass Fire broke out last September; they evacuated within a half hour, only able to see the glow of flames against the night sky. While the family\u2019s home was spared, their 10 acres of vines joined a large number of other vineyards that also suffered damage. And so began Jones\u2019 yearlong effort to figure out how to lessen the effect of wildfires on lives and businesses in time for Napa\u2019s next fire season, which is now upon us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

When Jones retired to Napa in 1992, he didn\u2019t anticipate entering the grape-growing business, let alone the need to prepare for fires coming through his property. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the reality that many, many people in Napa came to realize,\u201d he says. \u201cThat this is no longer somebody else\u2019s problem. This is all of our problems.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

In addition to being the owner and proprietor of Jones Family Vineyards<\/a>, Jones acts as chairman of the Fire Prevention and Mitigation Committee of the Napa Valley Vintners, made up of 50 wineries (the Napa Valley Vintners includes 550 wineries). With the urging of the Vintners, the county has already allocated more than $15 million over the next five years for reducing fuel loads (they are asking for a total of $43 million) and, in turn, the intensity of fires in the wildlands. \u201cWe don\u2019t have all the answers, but we\u2019re going to be working with a variety of conservancy organizations too,\u201d he says, \u201cand then make sure that Napa has a long-term plan for the right balance between fire resistance and water conservation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

According to Jones, fire mitigation is a multifaceted effort that everyone can partake in. Property owners should build and landscape with fire-resistant materials like stucco and gravel; Napa could use more firefighting resources, even beyond the new volunteers and dedicated helicopters recently acquired; fire insurance rates don\u2019t reflect real risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI\u2019ve been very pleased with the success that we\u2019ve had in many of these areas in the space of nine months or so. We are getting traction, and there\u2019s more to do. But we\u2019ve done a lot,\u201d Jones says. \u201cNapa is a safer place going into this fire season than it was going into last.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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