Annie Presley, Lead

Annie Presley is passionate about protecting the environment. She has been a successful business owner since 1985 and serves on many local and national boards including Free Flow, a hydrologic power corporation. Her business experience spans from national politics to Wall Street. She now runs The McKellar Group a fundraising consultancy for non-profits. Annie supplemented her Political Science degree from the University of Missouri with a Masters in Public Affairs from the UMKC Bloch School of Business.

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Chris Green, Environmental Analyst

Chris Green graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Science from UMKC. As a consultant, he has helped clients save thousands of dollars in operational costs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He has assisted with research at UMKC's Laboratory of Climate Assessment and Modeling, the Center for Applied Environmental Research, the EPA's Western Ecology Research Division and the recent Kansas City Urban Market Assets (KCUMA) study.

Christy Howard, Strategic Planner

Christy graduated from Vanderbilt University with a double major in economics and sociology, attended KU School of Law, and began her career as an attorney with Gage & Tucker (now Lathrop & Gage). Her practice consisted primarily of real estate and environmental issues. She co-authored the First Edition of the Environmental Due Diligence Handbook, published by Government Institutes in 1989.

Christy held the title of Environmental Conservation Manager at Hallmark Cards from 1990 to 1993.  During her 19-year career there, she worked on issues from forestry certification to LEED ratings, and presented environmental language to the US Senate and EPA in Washington, D.C.