Executive Committee (ExCom) Election Information
The Executive Committee of the Long Island group is the governing and local policy making body of the Long Island group. It is composed of 11 Sierra Club L. I. group members who volunteer their time to serve for a two year term. They are elected only by the Sierra Club members who live in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. They act as representatives of the full membership.
On December 31st, the terms of 5 Ex Comm member’s expire. Five members are up for 5 seats. The candidate personal bios are below.
Do not vote online if you have mailed or intend to mail a ballot.
This year, voting for Group ExCom election will occur via Sierra Club’s My Account platform.
You can log onto our member center platform, My Account by clicking here. For first time users, you'll need to create an account with your member ID or simply tell us who you are, by providing your name, email address and zip code. Once you've successfully signed in, you will be able to: change your address, update your preferences, view your past giving donations, sign petitions, cast Group and Chapter ballots, and more!
See here for a help doc and to learn more about casting your ballot via My Account.
Dec 31: Excom ballots (votes) due.​ When you follow the link, please make sure to scroll down and select the group for Long Island before you cast your votes. Thank you.
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Biographies for LI Sierra Club Executive Committee
​KELLY DEVINE
I have always been awed by nature and concerned about the impact humans have upon it. Since moving to Port Jefferson in 1996, I volunteered with the Sierra Club to work on single-use bag issues and the transportation sector transition as part of the Suffolk County Clean Energy Group and the NY-CTFA Strategy group. I volunteered with the Village Go Green activities at the community garden and as part of a loose group of gardeners maintaining native planting throughout the village. I served on the Six Acre Park committee with the goal of turning an open space covered in invasives into a showcase for native trees and plant species. Since 2006, I have programmed a peace-centered festival in Florida that features environmental programming and promotes positive community action. Currently, I am a member of the Port Jefferson Citizen's Tree Committee, which is working to achieve Tree City status for the Village.
DIANE IVES
I have been a member of the LI Sierra Club for 40 years and have been an EXCOM for 14 years. I am proud of LISC’s work in protecting our clean air, water, food, and wildlife, and I want to continue the work I do with them. I hold monthly community programs at a local library with speakers from local nature centers and organizations: Seatuck Environmental Association, the Coastal Research and Education Society of LI, and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The program occasionally shows a film that has significant environmental information. I have attended rallies with the Sierra Club-LI Group to protest GMOs in food production and the building of natural gas infrastructures, as well as advocate for renewable energy and investments in energy efficiency vs. building new power plants. In addition, I work with volunteers to remove invasive plants at various locations in both Nassau and Suffolk counties.
HARVEY MILLER
I’ve been a member of the Executive Committee since 2005, first as its Webmaster and, since September ‘09, its Treasurer. As Treasurer, I’ve decreased response time in paying bills and reimbursements, increased our amount of reimbursements, revamped our monthly Treasurer Reports in a way that enables the other members of our ExCom to fully understand what is going on in our accounts which frees up time at our meetings to focus on our environmental activities, enabled online and offline backup of our banking data so that it is both safer and accessible to other members of the ExCom and lots more. I ask that you vote for me so that I can continue what has proven to be an experience that all the members of our ExCom have appreciated.
JOHANNA RIOUX
Born in the 60s, a native New Yorker, I was always outdoors focused. Exploring the Adirondacks and the Catskills with my family formed my respect for nature and its inhabitants. My very first awareness of environmental issues was when I saw the Ohio Cuyahoga River on fire. The Sierra Club was the first environmental organization that I joined over 25 years ago when the Department of Interior Secretary was James Watt under Ronald Reagan. I wanted to support political action. I've since joined many other environmental organizations to support efforts to restore and safeguard habitat, to preserve clean water, and to support wildlife. I remain an active outdoors person hiking all along the east coast. I've backpacked part of the Appalachian trail and have summited Mount Washington in NH numerous times. My other environmental interests are invasive species removal, light pollution reduction, water quality improvement, and renewable energy expansion.
JILL WEBER
I’ve been a proud member of the Executive Committee since 2020. I am currently the Chairperson of the Conservation Committee, the group’s Atlantic Chapter representative, and I serve on the off-shore wind and political committees. I have had the opportunity to advocate for environmental initiatives with elected officials and the public and am honored to represent the thousands of Sierra Club members who live on Long Island. After earning an environmental science degree, I worked in the environmental field for over 40 years as Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the town of North Hempstead, Park Administrator for the NYC Department of Parks, and an education director for the NY Botanical Gardens. If given the opportunity to serve on the Executive Committee, I will continue to fight for smart climate solutions and sound environmental policy locally and nationally.