Cynthia (Cyn) M. Sarthou
Executive Director

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Phone: 504-525-1528 ext 202

Cyn works to elevate regional issues to a national level. She also works to obtain state and federal agency action to address the “Dead Zone.” Cyn received her B.A. from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, her law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1983, and her Masters of Law in Law and Marine Affairs from the University of Washington in 1992.

Matt Rota
Director, Water Resources Program

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Matt leads GRN efforts to educate and assist residents of Mississippi and Louisiana in obtaining state and federal agency action to reduce polluted runoff and to protect wetland resources. Matt has a Master's Degree in Earth and Environmental Resources Management from the University of South Carolina and a B.S in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology from Tulane University.

Aaron Viles
Campaign Director

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Aaron leads our efforts to ensure sustainable fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. He has B.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Conservation, Ecology and Evolution from the University of Washington and worked for many years as a Campaign Director/Organizer for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

Briana Kerstein
Director of Organizational Development

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Briana works to expand the GRN's base of support. She coordinates our partnership with Aveda salons, and handles membership communication. Briana has a B.A. from Colorado College and worked for many years as an organizer in the Northwest.

Dan Favre
Campaign Organizer

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Dan Favre works with the Campaign Director to implement grassroots public education and outreach efforts to protect important Gulf habitats, such as cypress forests, throughout the Gulf. Dan received his B.A. in Sociology from Brown University and worked as a field organizer for the League of Conservation Voters and Green Corps through their 2006 Environmental Leadership Training Program.

Joseph Murphy
Florida Program Coordinator

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Phone: 352-583-0870

In 2007, Joe successfully launched GRN's first Florida office. He has been working with local organizations in Florida on behalf of GRN to protect and restore the Gulf Coast of Florida. Joe Murphy is a native Floridian who grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida and now lives in Hernando County, Fl. with his wife and three dogs. Joe has worked on conservation and coastal issues as an advocate and community organizer in Florida since 1990, working for groups like the Sierra Club, Florida PIRG, the Endangered Species Coalition, and Oceana. Joe also volunteers with the Hernando Audubon Society and Florida Defenders of the Environment. He enjoys kayaking and fishing along the Gulf Coast of Florida, and is always looking for an excuse to spend time along Florida's Nature Coast.

Casey DeMoss Roberts
Special Projects Coordinator

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Casey is working with GRN’s water quality staff to important projects: (1) GRN’s long awaited sewage manual, hold workshops throughout the Gulf on that manual, and (2) GRN’s planned Gulf-wide water quality report. Casey has her BA in Psychology from the University of Texas and her MsPH in Biostatistics from the Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. Before joining the GRN she served as Executive Director of Global Health Inc, in St. George Utah, Community Liaison for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in New Orleans, and Data Manager at ACTION! Tulane School of Public Health.

Raleigh Hoke
Mississippi Organizer

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Raleigh works to protect the natural resources of the Mississippi Gulf Coast by empowering and organizing individuals and groups within the community to fight for the health of their environment. He has a B.A. in Political Science from Tulane University and has worked with the GRN over the past year as a Campaign Associate and Assistant Canvass Director.

Jonathan Henderson
Louisiana Global Warming Organizer

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Jonathan Henderson, the Louisiana Global Warming Organizer for the Gulf Restoration Network, is a native of New Orleans. He is the official 1Sky representative (1sky.org) in Louisiana and is working to accelerate the movement to demand bold federal climate policy to prevent catastrophic climate change by galvanizing organizations and individuals across the State around a hopeful vision for our shared future. In doing so, Jonathan is advocating for the creation of 5 million new green jobs nationwide, reducing global warming by at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, and ending the development of new coal plants that emit global warming pollution. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School, Jonathan went on to LSU where he received a bachelor's degree in Theater. He then went on to receive a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Law degree from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Jonathan has worked in government relations for many years including as a legislative assistant at the Louisiana State Legislature and as Director of Governmental Relations for the Brylski Company, a full-scale public relations firm.

Collin Thomas
Campus Organizer

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Collin is from Schenectady, NY, and graduated from the University at Albany, where he majored in Political Science focusing in Public Law. He worked with the New York Public Interest Research Group on campus, organizing students around environmental concerns. Collin later lobbied for NYPIRG as a Legislative Associate, specifically on recycling legislation, and some energy issues. He also worked with NYPIRG's canvass outreach program, focusing on alternative energy planning, and Global Climate Change. Collin came down to New Orleans in late June of 2008 to help with the Gulf Restoration Network's first canvass, and now I am GRN's Campus Organizer, through the AmeriCorps Vista program, working with the Tulane Center for Public Service. His job is to promote GRN's campaigns to the Gulf community at large, working closely with student interns and volunteers throughout the Gulf region. The goal of these partnerships is to raise student awareness regarding the environmental problems facing the Gulf Coast, as many students are from other areas of the country, and build a wide range of support to increase the visibility of these concerns. As the students participate in community outreach, they learn valuable skills, and become more aware themselves of the importance of the Gulf region to their lives back home.

Jeffrey Dubinsky
Website Administrator

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Jeffrey has been working with GRN on a consulting basis since 2006 and officially joined the web team in April 2007. He assists staff with all things web, graphics and image related. Jeffrey brings with him over 12 years of design experience.