Jeremiah Baumann is the advocate for Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center. A native of Montana who spent his childhood in Pasco, Washington, Jeremiah joined Environment Oregon's staff in the spring of 2005 after working on the national staff of the state PIRGs' New Voters Project, where he directed strategic planning and non-student outreach efforts for the campaign. Jeremiah joined the organization in 1998 as an Environmental Associate in our federal lobbying office in Washington, DC. As director of the state PIRGs' federal Toxics and Environmental Health program from 2000 to 2003, he directed successful campaigns to twice expand EPA right-to-know regulations, requiring thousands of companies to start disclosing toxic pollution to the public and, in the wake of 9/11, developed a Chemical Plant Security campaign to require chemical companies to adopt safer chemicals and processes in order to make communities safer from potential terrorist activity. Mr. Baumann is a graduate of Yale University.

Jonathan Jelen is the Field Director for Environment Oregon Research & Policy Director. As Field Director, Jonathan builds and organizes support around public interest issues such as protecting Oregon’s clean air and clean water, increasing the use of clean energy sources, and protecting Oregon’s last wild places. Before starting in his current role, Jonathan was the Director of the Telephone Outreach Project in Portland where he oversaw fundraising and citizen outreach for several of several state environment groups and state PIRGs across the country, including Environment Oregon. In his four years directing the Telephone Project, he worked on several successful clean energy campaigns as well as campaigns to protect Oregon’s wild forests. He also worked to establish the state’s Clean Cars program, which will reduce the global warming pollution emitted by cars and trucks across the state. Starting with the State PIRGs in 2001, Jonathan directed canvass offices in Alaska, New Mexico, and Oregon. Jonathan is originally from the suburbs of Chicago and is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.