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Our Team

Our Employees

Hilary Starcher-O'Toole (She/Her)

Executive Director

Hometown: Center Township and Monaca

Current Community: Center Township

Education:

  • Center High School – Graduate
  • Penn State University – Bachelor of Arts in Communications, specialized in Corporate Communications
  • Francican University of Steubenville – Master of Science in Education

Favorite Achievement: Working every day in my home town to advocate for the needs of my own community. 

Fun Fact: I always wanted to be a writer.

Hilary Flint (She/Her)

Director of Communications and Community Engagement

Other Affiliations:

  • PA Field Manager, Center for Oil and Gas Organizing 
  • Steering Committee, Mutual Aid + Disaster Response Working Group (Break Free From Plastic)
  • Advocate, Moms Clean Air Force 
  • Member, People Power Working Group (POPCO)
  • Member, Petrochemicals Working Group, Railroad Pollution + Community Impacts Working Group, Upper Ohio River Valley EPA Monitoring Grant Steering Committee (Breathe Project) 
  • Volunteer, Beaver County Young Democrats

Hometown: Enon Valley, PA 

Current Community: Enon Valley, PA + Burdett, NY 

Education: 

  • Blackhawk High School – Graduate 
  • Humber College – Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations, specialized in Event Management 
  • Babson College – Conscious Capitalism Certificate 
  • The Smithsonian Institute – Climate Change Communications Certificate 
  • Harvard University – Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster Certificate 

Certifications: CPR/AED, Advanced First Aid, SABER Pepper Spray End User

Favorite Achievement: Writing a letter that prompted a visit from the sitting President of the United States to my community—and having the incredible opportunity to meet him in person.

Fun Fact: I studied at a university in Canada and previously worked in the sports, arts, and entertainment industry.

Our Board

Rachel Sica Meyer (She/Her)

Board Chairperson

Current Role: Ohio River Valley Field Organizer, Moms Clean Air Force

Other Affiliations:

  • Member, Chemical Recycling Regional Working Group (POPCO)
  • Member, Petrochemicals Working Group, Railroad Pollution + Community Impacts Working Group, Upper Ohio River Valley EPA Monitoring Grant Steering Committee (Breathe Project) 

Hometown: Moon Township

Current Community: Independence Township

Education:

  • Villanova University – Bachelor of Arts, Sociology 
  • Slippery Rock University – Master of Education in Environmental Education 
  • San Francisco State University – Multiple Subject Teaching Credential
  • PA Teaching Certifications – Biology, General Science, Environmental Education, Elementary Education

Favorite Achievement: Helping hundreds of children to become more environmentally literate

Fun Fact: I’m a certified “Master Gardener”

Phoebe Shackeroff Reese (She/Her)

Board Member

Current Role: Director of Programs, Breathe Project

Other Affiliations: 

  • Climate Reality Leader/former Co-Chair, Pittsburgh & SWPA Chapter

Hometown: Seal Beach, CA

Current Community: Pittsburgh

Education:

  • Yale University – Bachelor of Arts, Literature 
  • University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts – MFA, Film & Television Production

Fun Fact: I have visited 30 states and lived in 5, and believe that the work being done in Southwestern Pennsylvania will impact the entire country.

Rick Starcher (He/Him)

Board Member

Hometown: Monaca

Education:

  • Geneva College – BS, Biology/Chemistry 
  • Duquesne University – MS, Environmental Science and Management 

Fun Fact: I like walking and enjoying nature whenever possible. Seeing a variety of wild flowers often makes my day.

Bob Schmetzer (He/Him)

Board Member

Dr. Clifford Lau (He/Him)

Board Member