Our Team
Program Manager
Shannon Wilson is a creative generalist dedicated to working for the public good. While working for digital agencies and as a freelance consultant, she has helped myriad non-profits as a product designer, information architect, content strategist, and project manager. She helped to launch Climate.gov, contributed to an app for the National Cancer Institute, and has worked with a number of community credit unions. Shannon is passionate about fighting climate change and bringing about change in our local community and beyond. She lives with her husband and two kitties in her nearly net zero home in St. Johns.
Outreach Coordinator
Kate Szrom is passionate about community climate resilience. Most recently, she worked with rural Oregon health departments to share information with their communities, with a focus on emerging health issues like wildfire smoke exposure. Previously, she worked in emergency management at the city of Portland, coordinating with community organizations on climate emergency response. Her efforts included getting cooling equipment to community locations, offering heat illness education, and translating safety messages into over 20 languages. At home, she enjoys her garden and mini orchard, where she especially loves growing black currants and kabocha squash.
Eli Spevak is a developer, general contractor and urban planner. After working in the non-profit affordable housing sector for over a decade, he launched Orange Splot LLC to build new models of community-oriented, affordable, green housing. He hasn’t brought gas into any of the last 40 homes he’s built, and is excited to educate Portlanders on how to say farewell to fossil fuels. Eli was awarded a Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard GSD, co-founded www.accessorydwellings.org, and serves on Portland’s Planning & Sustainability Commission and Oregon’s ReBuilding Task Force.
Noelle Studer-Spevak mothers two while writing and organizing our way toward a healthy and just future through trees, clean energy, and collective action with Families for Climate. She served as an agroforestry extension agent in sub-Saharan Africa, earned a double masters in public administration and urban forestry, and formerly worked in the higher ed. sustainability field. Why ElectrifyPDX? “Our household has had all-renewable electric transportation, utilities and lawncare since 2021 and I’m excited for others to taste freedom, too!”
ElectrifyPDX Ambassadors
Through our ambassador program, funded by our recent PCEF grant, we are building a small team of knowledgeable, bicultural home electrification ambassadors to connect with Portland’s communities, build trust, and facilitate meaningful conversations about energy efficiency and electrification. Our ambassadors will join us at events, tabling, answering questions and sharing resources about transitioning to clean energy in your home.
Troy Ramsey is a Community Ambassador who loves connecting people, amplifying diverse perspectives, and driving positive change through grassroots initiatives and partnerships. He champions collaborative problem-solving, bridges gaps between neighbors and organizations, and is dedicated to fostering inclusive, engaged communities where everyone has a voice and the opportunity to thrive.