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Webb is assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Center for Sustainability at Houghton College. He is also the founder and co-director of the Christian Climate Observers Program and is engaged in numerous national-level Creation Care initiatives.

Lowe is the Deputy Executive Director at A Rocha international while also serving as a Board Member at Christians for Social Action and Senior Advisor to Young Evangelicals for Climate Actions, which he co-founded.

Barnett-Loro serves as Interim Executive Director at Climate Advocacy Lab where she oversees programmatic offerings, organizational learning, and evaluation work. She spent six years organizing local and state-level climate and energy campaigns with the North Carolina Sierra Club and Union of Concerned Scientists.

Low leads YPCCC’s strategy for engaging and supporting the climate and clean energy advocacy, media, and education communities. Prior to YPCCC, he managed campaigns and led grasstops and grassroots organizing efforts that advanced bipartisan support for climate action, elected climate champions, and passed legislation that expanded access to clean energy in multiple states.

Katie is a Manager of Learning and Tools for the Center for Behavior & the Environment where she develops tools, resources, and trainings on Behavior-Centered Design. Katie has a passion for developing inclusive and engaging learning experiences for global audiences interested in environmental behavior change and human well-being. She earned an M.S. from the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability.
 

Gurney is a professor of psychology and clinical psychologist who specializes in resiliency, rebuilding relationships, and rethinking ways we care for one another. Following post-doctoral work at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Boston Children’s Hospital, she has spent two decades in the Santa Barbara community working extensively with church and other community groups responding to natural disasters and deep polarizing divides.

Carlson is a physicist at Westmont who teaches a course that frames concepts in physics around key environmental issues including conventional and alternative energy sources. He is currently working on projects to integrate small-scale energy infrastructure into education.

Reeder is a New Testament professor and co-coordinator of the Gender Studies program at Westmont. Her research addresses social issues—particularly war, women, and violence—in the Bible and biblical worlds. She teaches for Westmont’s Environmental Studies program, and her courses “Gender in Theological Perspective” and “Apocalypse” both deal heavily with environmental themes, including ecofeminism and end-times theology.

Boorse specializes in aquatic community ecology and invasive species. She is on the board of Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies, and a senior advisor to Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. She was the lead author of a report on poverty and climate change, Loving the Least of These: Addressing a Changing Environment for the National Association of Evangelicals.

Eben Drost is a pastoral musician serving in both the Music Department and Campus Pastor’s Office at Westmont. His primary instrument is piano, and he has a background in jazz, classical, and popular music. He studied music at Westmont (’11) and earned a Masters in Theology at Fuller Seminary (’18).

Gardner is a rhetorician in the Communication Studies department at Westmont College. Her expertise is in public discourse, argumentation and advocacy, and communication criticism, and her research specializes on social change in response to public campaigns.

Schloss is a biologist who co-developed the international Creation Care Study Program, has spoken and taught widely on creation stewardship, and was a charter member of the Evangelical Environmental Network and Chair of Education for the Christian Environmental Council.

Knapp is a student at Westmont. She is majoring in Religious Studies, and Biology. She has served as Westmont Sustainability Intern since Fall 2023.

Bryant specializes in international development, and political economy, examining the organizational characteristics of foreign aid agencies. She teaches Westmont’s course in environmental politics for our Environmental Studies program.

Tori serves as the National Organizer and Spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. She holds an undergraduate degree in communications and political science from Gordon College and a masters of environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School. Tori spent 4 years as Communications Director for YECA and the Evangelical Environmental Network.