OUR TEAM

Our Team

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David Garbett

Executive Director

david@o2utah.org

Father of two, former mayoral candidate,

occasional mustache haver, avid backcountry skier/splitboarder, wannabe climber and vegan.

Eliza Cowie

Policy Director

eliza@o2utah.org

Community builder, outdoor adrenaline junkie, snack enthusiast, former Division I athlete,

former U.S. congressional staffer, Utah air quality and economy advocate.

Travis Suite

Political Director

travis@o2utah.org

Avid trail runner, snowboarder, dog dad, vegetarian, soccer connoisseur, political junkie.

Greg Yerkes

Development Director

greg@o2utah.org

Gardening geek, mountain man, desert dude, cat co-parent, baker of breads, Utah cheerleader.

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Eli Davis

Communications Director

eli@o2utah.org

Proud teleskier, devoted Baltimore sports fan, hunter of grammatical errors, ice cream

enthusiast, chairlift joke expert, Seinfeld pundit.

Samantha Pensari

Community & Events Manager

samantha@o2utah.org

Dog mom, plant lover, big foodie, gardening queen, hiker, book lover, Utah local, passionate about the environment.

Sarah Lyman

Account Supervisor at Redirect.

Long track record in politics, prefaced by a New York City career in PR.

Passionate skier.

TJ Ellerbeck

Executive Director at Rural Utah Project. Political Director for Utah Democratic Party 2015-2017.

Jeffrey Eisenberg

Attorney and partner at Eisenberg, Lowrance, Lundell, Lofgren. Former President of the Brain Injury Alliance of Utah and founder the Utah Democratic Lawyers Council.

OUR BOARD

David Garbett

O₂ Utah Executive Director. Former Salt Lake City mayoral candidate and attorney.

Molly Hutsinpiller

O₂ Utah Board Chair. Recently retired. Outdoors as much as possible: skiing, biking, hiking. Figuring out how to give back.

Peter Metcalf

Lead Co-Founder of Black Diamond Equipment until 2015. Director of Outdoor Industry’s Conservation Alliance, Outdoor Alliance, and American Alpine Club.

Jamie Henn

Founder and Director of Fossil Free Media.

Co-Founder and previous Strategy and Communications Director at 350.org.

Our Board