About Mission Electric
Mission Electric is brought to you by Empire Clean Cities, a New York-based 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit and local U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Coalition. Empire Clean Cities’ mission is to ensure clean air for future generations.
Mission Electric is an electric vehicle campaign and one-stop shop for all information regarding resources, events, and funding incentives to help you transition to electric vehicles.
We believe electric vehicles are a safe, sustainable, and zero-emission solution to clean transportation that protects our local health through air quality and our regional resilience to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
Mission Electric is an electric vehicle campaign and one-stop shop for all information regarding resources, events, and funding incentives to help you transition to electric vehicles.
We believe electric vehicles are a safe, sustainable, and zero-emission solution to clean transportation that protects our local health through air quality and our regional resilience to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
Our Team
Joy Gardner
Joy is Empire Clean Cities' Executive Director, as well as the Clean Cities Coalition Coordinator. She coordinates grant programs, memberships, outreach, and local events. She holds a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management from the New School for Public Engagement and has over 10 years experience working for a variety of social impact campaigns. Joy collaborates with ECC's partners and local communities to work towards an environmentally sustainable future.
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Lauren Kesner O'Brien
Lauren is the Policy and Partnerships Manager at Empire Clean Cities. She earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, with a concentration in economic development, and worked as a journalist covering technology, energy policy, and electric and alternative fuel vehicles for Bloomberg Television, PBS, and CNBC. Later she lobbied for successful climate bills in Albany and New York City. Lauren is committed to advancing clean transportation, sustainable mobility, and environmental justice by building impactful relationships between stakeholders, industry, and government.
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David Chernack
David is the Program Manager at Empire Clean Cities. He received his M.Sc. in Environmental Policy from Bard Center of Environmental Policy in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in the spring of 2021; while at Bard CEP, David focused on electromobility issues and municipal access to EV technology. Previously, David was the Sustainability Coordinator for the Town of Rhinebeck, New York. David is particularly interested in how the electromobility revolution can address many of the historic economic and social inequities of the U.S.'s current transportation ecosystem.
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Zanasia Graham
Zanasia is Mission Electric’s Coordinator under Empire Clean Cities. She recently graduated from UCLA and studied International Development Studies and Environmental Systems and Society. She has worked on diverse collaboration projects to push for an environmentally conscious and healthy campus with the following organizations: UCLA Sustainability Office, UCLA Zero Waste, and local community gardens.
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