Dear John,

After a search process spanning several months and hundreds of
candidates, the governing boards of Citizens' Climate Education and
Citizens' Climate Lobby are excited to announce Rachel Kerestes as the
organizations' new incoming Executive Director.

A trained biologist and public policy analyst, Rachel Kerestes's career
spans the worlds of public affairs, advocacy, marketing and
communications. She has held senior executive positions in national
nonprofits and industry associations and leadership roles in
consultancies specializing in public affairs, brand development and
state and local government affairs. Her former clients include Fortune
50 companies, national nonprofits, foreign embassies, leading consumer
brands, innovative start-ups and some of Washington's most influential
advocacy groups.

We are thrilled about the expertise Rachel brings to the Citizens'
Climate team. Rachel has impressed us as an enthusiastic and
compassionate leader committed to bipartisan action on climate change.

Most recently, Rachel served as founding Executive Director of Science
is US, uniting the scientific, engineering, higher education and labor
communities in pursuit of building bipartisan support for science,
technology, engineering, math and medicine.

She will succeed acting Executive Director Mark Reynolds this summer.
The boards are grateful to Mark for his outstanding leadership and
commitment to CCL, including his support of Rachel through this
transition.

We know volunteers will be eager to get to know Rachel, so we invite you
to tell her your stories and ask her your questions here.

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Then, plan to join CCL staff for a meet and greet call with Rachel

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on the evening of July 2.

Here at Citizens' Climate, we have a track record of meaningful impact
in our communities and on Capitol Hill alike. We've already made
incredible strides toward the livable world we want. We're poised to do
so much more, and the climate demands that we do. As your board chairs,
we are confident and energized about the future of Citizens' Climate
with Rachel at the helm.

Warm regards,

Zaurie Zimmerman

Board Chair, Citizens' Climate Lobby

Sandra Kirtland Turner

Board Chair, Citizens' Climate Education

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