Board of Directors Biographies

Sean Fallon (he/him) is a Solar Project Engineer at Invenergy, a global developer of wind, solar, battery storage, and desalination projects, in Chicago, USA. At Invenergy, Sean leads the site evaluation, technical design, and construction engineering support for several utility-scale solar projects and is Lead Engineer for Invenergy’s Central Development Region. Previously, Sean was a Renewable Energy Associate at the WashU Office of Sustainability, a Management Consultant & Technology Specialist for NVP Energy, an Engineering & Business Intern at StraightUp Solar, and a Chemical Engineering Co-op at Dynegy Energy Company. Sean graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a double Major in Chemical Engineering and Economics & Strategy, a Minor in Energy Engineering, and a Certificate in Renewable Energy and the Environment.

Sean is passionate about renewable energy, business strategy development, and combatting climate change. He was a delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP23 in Bonn, Germany in 2017 and serves on the Associate Board of Directors for Chicago Scholars, a non-profit mentoring over 4,000 first-generation college students. In his free time, Sean enjoys running, swimming, hiking, and traveling, having explored 27 countries by the age of 23.

Tonichi Regalado is the Vice Chair of Care About Climate’s Board of Directors. Based in the Philippines, Tonichi works on Climate Change Research and Diplomacy under the 160 year-old Manila Observatory. He develops projects in the fields of mitigation, adaptation, and non-economic loss and damage.

Under MO, Tonichi works as Director of RENDER (Renewable Energy and Developing Ecological Responsibility), a youth-led climate mitigation platform for coastal communities in the Philippines. Currently, Tonichi is a research resident with Emerging Islands in San Juan, La Union, working on climate and culture and is finishing his postgraduate diploma in archaeology in UP Diliman.

Jack Turner (They/Them or He/His) is the Treasurer at Care About Climate. He has been doing environmental and social justice advocacy since 2013, and has previously worked with the Sierra Club, 350.org, Sunrise Movement, Environment America, and local grassroots groups in Northeast Ohio. In 2019, he helped to co-found Roll-A-Rack, a designer of solar PV racking, which provides racking that is much faster to install than alternatives on the market today. He attended Case Western Reserve University, where completed a BA with majors in Economics and Environmental Studies in 2017 and an MBA in 2019. While working on his MBA he worked at the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. He currently works on digital process automation at EY. Outside of work, Jack likes hiking, cross country skiing, cycling, kayaking, canoeing, and white water rafting.

Natalie was introduced to the power of grassroots organizing after attending the Power Shift conference in 2007. She realized that as a new graduate with an environmental degree, it wasn’t enough to know why climate change was the greatest threat to human civilization; she needed to organize to combat it. She received training in grassroots organizing and political advocacy from Wellstone Action. As a grassroots organizer, she developed, led and implemented campaigns with communities, to work with the local, state and federal government on coal fired power plants, climate legislation, and clean energy. Natalie graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Environmental Science and Policy and received her Masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona Sweden.

Natalie was on the Board of Directors of the Power Shift Network and Young Voices for the Planet. She is an adult mentor for the international youth climate organization Zero Hour, serving on the advocacy and finance teams. Natalie works with youth across the country to build a powerful and inclusive movement of activists leading the way to a just and sustainable future. Natalie is the co-founder of the National Children’s Campaign and is the vice president of government relations and public policy. She was the dirty fuels lobbyist for the national Sierra Club from 2015 until July of 2019, fighting the expansion of oil, gas, and pipelines and working to protect public lands. Today, as the U.S. Policy Director of 350.org, she works to influence our federal government to phase out fossil fuels and justly transition to an economy run by 100 percent clean and renewable energy.

Elondra (she/her) has been an advocate for sustainability throughout most of her life. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Sustainable Built Environments. While in school, Elondra developed a passion for food systems and leadership. She has been involved in several advocacy groups involving sustainable food systems, where she had met the founders of Care About Climate. Elondra recently finished 8 years in restaurant management and is pivoting her focus to data analytics. She is scheduled to finish her certificate in Google Data Analytics in September 2022. Her goal is to use her background in operations management and sustainability to become a strong and needed sustainability analyst.

Elondra is a student and stay-at-home-mom for her 1-year-old son, named Sequoia. She currently lives in central Oregon and loves to go camping, hiking, and walking with her family and dogs. Elondra also loves to play the piano, listen to Broadway musicals, and cook delicious vegan meals in her spare time.

Olumide IDOWU is a Nigerian climate change champion. He advocates for environmental consciousness and champions a balanced approach to development and environmental conservation. He is equally passionate about development as he is about climate change and environmental conservation efforts. His conservation work spans various platforms. He has been actively involved in climate change advocacy for the last 12 years and is strategically positioned to engage younger and older generations through his articles, active participation in climate change groups and the use of social media where he is popularly known as ‘Mr Climate’

Through the years, he has worked with corporates, and the media and managed culturally and nationally diverse teams. He has volunteered in social change initiatives, mentored and worked as a strategist for various private and public institutions.

Olumide IDOWU is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Development Initiative, a non-governmental institution that seeks to grow climate-smart generations across Africa while addressing gaps in development. He is also the Youth Focal Point in Nigeria for UNDP Small Grant Program, Youth Lead Author Global Environmental Outlook (GEO6) & Executive Coordinator for African Youth Initiative on Climate Change. He is an alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) to the United State of America and the Atlas Corps Fellow.

Kaite Ebertz is a devoted steward of the climate and is currently working in the compliance regulatory sector for Facility Emission Control. Katie's journey with caring for the environment began after inspiration struck one day in a high school psychology lecture. The course focused on animal psychology and touched on the ongoing research of prairie dogs' "language" after scientists witnessed months of complex social structures. Katie would go on to Arizona State University where she would join the School of Life Sciences and The Conservation Biology Club where she learned from Game and Fish Employees to assist them in a survey on Prairie Dogs! This personal connection to a collaboration of science and preservation of the animals helped push her along the journey in looking for ways to contribute to the fight against climate change. Today Katie is dedicated to working within the regulatory world in order to understand the relationship between modern policy decisions, rulemaking, and project managing compliance timelines better.