Julia Dundorf had previously been employed at a nationally focused nonprofit environmental organization in Durham, NH where she was responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing a financial development program. Julia also jointly founded and directed Yankee Barnraising, Inc., a grass-roots nonprofit dedicated to helping communities identify and manage their own opportunities for shared responsibility. She has had several years of experience with both small business ownership and nonprofit board work.
Julia is a member of the Carbon Coalition Steering Committee and Local Energy Committees Advisory Group, a founding member of Barrington Energy Task Force and a founding member of the Rockingham/Strafford Energy Committee Alliance. Growing up off the grid in Colebrook, NH and now the mother of three small children, Julia has an unparalled enthusiasm for talking to people about climate change and the need for sustainable living practices.
Denise Blaha is a research associate at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire and is involved in a number of educational initiatives. She was previously a researcher with the Global Atmospheric Chemistry group at UNH, studying anthropogenic sources of atmospheric methane. Denise has co-authored two chapters for the Earth Exploration Toolbook that are used by teachers throughout the U.S. to teach students about climate change. She is also a member of the Carbon Coalition Steering Committee and Speakers Bureau.
Julia and Denise founded the NH Carbon Challenge in October 2006 to educate, inspire and support sustained reductions in residential energy consumption. The Carbon Challenge provides households and communities with the tools, resources, strategies, and support to estimate their household energy emissions, map out a plan to reduce these emissions, and chart their progress in achieving their energy reduction goals.