Sara Ward
Director

Sara Ward, Director of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light, is one of its original steering committee members and previously served as the Advocacy Chair of the OhIPL Board.  She is presently involved in the 2012 Class of the GreenFaith Fellowship program, a comprehensive education and training program to prepare lay and ordained leaders from diverse religious traditions for environmental leadership.

From 1992 until 2007, Ms. Ward served as Director of Ohio’s State Energy Office in the Ohio Department of Development, responsible for oversight of the State’s energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. More…

Craig Foster
Technical Consultant

Craig Foster, the Founder and President of Foster Energy Management, has over 33 years of experience as an engineer and manager. His experience spans many areas of facility design, optimization and management. Craig is also a Deacon in the Episcopal Church More…

Marti Hunter
Communications Consultant

Marti Hunter comes to OhIPL with a background in religious education and communications work in both the nonprofit and religious communities. Marti worked as Director of Religious Education for churches in Ohio and Wisconsin before joining the staff of the United Church of Christ in Cleveland, Ohio.  More…

Keith Demerest
Social Media Marketing Intern

Keith Demerest is a 26-year-old graduate student at Cleveland State University, working on a MA in Environmental Studies with a focus in Non-Profit Management. He holds a BS in Environmental Sciences with a concentration in Chemistry and a focus in water resource management from Cleveland State University. His Master’s thesis is being developed around the economic impacts of mountain top removal coal mining and suggested policy change. More…

Aaron Baughman
Research Intern

Aaron Baughman is an ELCA Lutheran seminary student from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He currently lives in Columbiana, Alabama with his wife, Sunny Cooper. They are working at the Coosa River Science Center, teaching classes such as canoeing, ecology, rock climbing,  More…