Who We Are...
Our Staff...
Terry Tamminen
Executive Director
From his youth in Australia to career experiences in Europe, Africa and all
parts of the United States, Terry Tamminen has developed expertise in
business, farming, education, non-profit, the environment, the arts, and
government.
A United States Coast Guard-licensed ship captain, Terry has long been
drawn to the undersea world, starting in the 1960s with a family-run
tropical fish breeding business in Australia and continuing with studies on
conch depletion in the Bahamas, manatee populations in Florida coastal
waters, and mariculture in the Gulf States with Texas A&M University.
On land, Terry managed the largest sheep ranch east of the Mississippi,
assisting the University of Minnesota in developing new methods of
livestock disease control. Terry also managed a multi-million dollar real
estate company, owned/operated a successful recreational services
business, and assisted the west African nation of Nigeria with the creation
of their first solid waste recycling program.
An accomplished author, Terry’s latest book, Lives Per Gallon: The True
Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Island Press), is a timely examination of our
dependence on oil and a strategy to evolve to more sustainable energy
sources. He has also authored a series of best-selling “Ultimate Guides” to
pools and spas (McGraw-Hill) and several theatrical works on the life of
William Shakespeare. Terry is an avid airplane and helicopter pilot and
speaks German, Dutch and Spanish.
In 1993, Terry founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper and served as its
Executive Director for six years. He co-founded Waterkeeper programs in
San Diego, Orange County, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. He also served for
five years as Executive Director of the Environment Now Foundation in
Santa Monica, CA and co-founded the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law
Clinic at the School of Law, University of California Los Angeles.
In the summer of 2003, Terry helped Arnold Schwarzenegger win the
historic recall election and become Governor of California. He was
appointed as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection
Agency in November, 2003, and Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor
to the Governor, in December, 2004. He continues to advise the Governor
on energy and environmental policy. In April, 2007, he was named the
Cullman Senior Fellow and Director of the Climate Policy Program of the
New America Foundation, a non-profit, post-partisan, public policy institute.
In September, 2007, he was appointed as an Operating Advisor to
Pegasus Capital Advisors. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., is a private
equity fund manager that provides capital to middle market companies
across a wide variety of industries.
He currently travels throughout the United States and the world, lecturing
and providing private consulting services to a variety of clients, including
several Governors and Canadian Premiers, on climate and energy policy.
(For Terry's "Brief Bio," please scroll to the bottom.)
Kristina Haddad
Senior Program Associate
Kristina Haddad is Senior Program Associate for Seventh Generation
Adivsors. In this capacity, she is working to help create a national response
to climate change by building state and local climate action plans.
Previously, Ms. Haddad was the Forestry Project Manager for the
Environment Now Foundation, Santa Monica, California, where she
managed grant making and worked closely with forest activists on the
development of strategy and the implementation of initiatives. Before
joining Environment Now, she was the Programs Director at Santa Monica
BayKeeper, where she ran the successful BeachKeeper Volunteer Water
Quality Monitoring Program, as well as many other projects and programs.
Ms. Haddad is the author of Crude Awakenings: Could an Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Happen in Southern California?, the findings of a three-year research
project for Santa Monica BayKeeper that garnered significant attention from
the media and state policymakers. She is currently a board member for
both Sequoia ForestKeeper, a nonprofit, grassroots organization whose
mission is to protect the world’s Giant Sequoias, and the Fund for Wild
Nature, whose mission is to invest in cutting-edge grassroots organizations
and innovative conservation efforts to protect biodiversity and wilderness.
Ms. Haddad holds a B.S. in social science from the University of California,
Berkeley.
Jenna Cittadino
Executive Assistant
As Executive Assistant of Seventh Generation Advisors, Jenna Cittadino
works with the Director and staff to coordinate and implement the
program’s activities. She assists in the program’s daily operations,
facilitating outreach, scheduling, and research.
Mrs. Cittadino is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California,
Los Angeles, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum
laude, in communication studies with a minor in English. She is also an
accomplished actress and musician who has performed in theater and film
around the world, and is currently producing, writing, and acting in a
successful web series called Blankslate.
Terry Tamminen
Executive Director
A Brief Bio
From his youth in Australia to career experiences in Europe, Africa and all
parts of the United States, Terry has developed expertise in business,
farming, education, non-profit, the environment, the arts, and government.
He managed a multi-million dollar real estate company, owned/operated a
successful recreational services business, and assisted the west African
nation of Nigeria with the creation of their first solid waste recycling
program.
In 1993, Terry founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper and served as the
Executive Director of the Environment Now Foundation in Santa Monica, CA,
where he co-founded the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic at the
School of Law, University of California Los Angeles. He was appointed by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003 as the Secretary of the California
Environmental Protection Agency and later as Cabinet Secretary, the Chief
Policy Advisor to the Governor.
Terry currently lectures and provides private consulting services to a variety
of clients, including several Governors and Canadian Premiers on climate
and energy policy. Terry’s latest book, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of
Our Oil Addiction (Island Press), is a timely examination of our dependence
on oil and a strategy to evolve to more sustainable energy sources.
- We provide environmental and energy policy advice to visionary
political leaders and emerging clean technology firms world-wide. - We guide climate change policy initiatives for non-profit organizations
such as the New America Foundation, The Climate Group, and the
Center for Climate Strategies. - We communicate through books, articles, op-eds, television
interviews, and live speeches. - We solve environmental challenges by engaging the intellectual
capital of the world community via the Square One Planet Project
(launching soon!).
Our Staff...
Terry Tamminen
Executive Director
From his youth in Australia to career experiences in Europe, Africa and all
parts of the United States, Terry Tamminen has developed expertise in
business, farming, education, non-profit, the environment, the arts, and
government.
A United States Coast Guard-licensed ship captain, Terry has long been
drawn to the undersea world, starting in the 1960s with a family-run
tropical fish breeding business in Australia and continuing with studies on
conch depletion in the Bahamas, manatee populations in Florida coastal
waters, and mariculture in the Gulf States with Texas A&M University.
On land, Terry managed the largest sheep ranch east of the Mississippi,
assisting the University of Minnesota in developing new methods of
livestock disease control. Terry also managed a multi-million dollar real
estate company, owned/operated a successful recreational services
business, and assisted the west African nation of Nigeria with the creation
of their first solid waste recycling program.
An accomplished author, Terry’s latest book, Lives Per Gallon: The True
Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Island Press), is a timely examination of our
dependence on oil and a strategy to evolve to more sustainable energy
sources. He has also authored a series of best-selling “Ultimate Guides” to
pools and spas (McGraw-Hill) and several theatrical works on the life of
William Shakespeare. Terry is an avid airplane and helicopter pilot and
speaks German, Dutch and Spanish.
In 1993, Terry founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper and served as its
Executive Director for six years. He co-founded Waterkeeper programs in
San Diego, Orange County, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. He also served for
five years as Executive Director of the Environment Now Foundation in
Santa Monica, CA and co-founded the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law
Clinic at the School of Law, University of California Los Angeles.
In the summer of 2003, Terry helped Arnold Schwarzenegger win the
historic recall election and become Governor of California. He was
appointed as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection
Agency in November, 2003, and Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor
to the Governor, in December, 2004. He continues to advise the Governor
on energy and environmental policy. In April, 2007, he was named the
Cullman Senior Fellow and Director of the Climate Policy Program of the
New America Foundation, a non-profit, post-partisan, public policy institute.
In September, 2007, he was appointed as an Operating Advisor to
Pegasus Capital Advisors. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., is a private
equity fund manager that provides capital to middle market companies
across a wide variety of industries.
He currently travels throughout the United States and the world, lecturing
and providing private consulting services to a variety of clients, including
several Governors and Canadian Premiers, on climate and energy policy.
(For Terry's "Brief Bio," please scroll to the bottom.)
Kristina Haddad
Senior Program Associate
Kristina Haddad is Senior Program Associate for Seventh Generation
Adivsors. In this capacity, she is working to help create a national response
to climate change by building state and local climate action plans.
Previously, Ms. Haddad was the Forestry Project Manager for the
Environment Now Foundation, Santa Monica, California, where she
managed grant making and worked closely with forest activists on the
development of strategy and the implementation of initiatives. Before
joining Environment Now, she was the Programs Director at Santa Monica
BayKeeper, where she ran the successful BeachKeeper Volunteer Water
Quality Monitoring Program, as well as many other projects and programs.
Ms. Haddad is the author of Crude Awakenings: Could an Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Happen in Southern California?, the findings of a three-year research
project for Santa Monica BayKeeper that garnered significant attention from
the media and state policymakers. She is currently a board member for
both Sequoia ForestKeeper, a nonprofit, grassroots organization whose
mission is to protect the world’s Giant Sequoias, and the Fund for Wild
Nature, whose mission is to invest in cutting-edge grassroots organizations
and innovative conservation efforts to protect biodiversity and wilderness.
Ms. Haddad holds a B.S. in social science from the University of California,
Berkeley.
Jenna Cittadino
Executive Assistant
As Executive Assistant of Seventh Generation Advisors, Jenna Cittadino
works with the Director and staff to coordinate and implement the
program’s activities. She assists in the program’s daily operations,
facilitating outreach, scheduling, and research.
Mrs. Cittadino is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California,
Los Angeles, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum
laude, in communication studies with a minor in English. She is also an
accomplished actress and musician who has performed in theater and film
around the world, and is currently producing, writing, and acting in a
successful web series called Blankslate.
Terry Tamminen
Executive Director
A Brief Bio
From his youth in Australia to career experiences in Europe, Africa and all
parts of the United States, Terry has developed expertise in business,
farming, education, non-profit, the environment, the arts, and government.
He managed a multi-million dollar real estate company, owned/operated a
successful recreational services business, and assisted the west African
nation of Nigeria with the creation of their first solid waste recycling
program.
In 1993, Terry founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper and served as the
Executive Director of the Environment Now Foundation in Santa Monica, CA,
where he co-founded the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic at the
School of Law, University of California Los Angeles. He was appointed by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003 as the Secretary of the California
Environmental Protection Agency and later as Cabinet Secretary, the Chief
Policy Advisor to the Governor.
Terry currently lectures and provides private consulting services to a variety
of clients, including several Governors and Canadian Premiers on climate
and energy policy. Terry’s latest book, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of
Our Oil Addiction (Island Press), is a timely examination of our dependence
on oil and a strategy to evolve to more sustainable energy sources.
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