Ellie Leonardsmith, Grassroots Campaign Organizer

Ellie joined Clean Water Action in February of 2011, and is focused on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Campaign, working with communities to build support for EPR legislation. You may have seen her around the Providence community on the Board of Directors for the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island (EJLRI), directing the Community Environmental College (a joint effort of Brown University and the EJLRI), or serving as Community Garden Coordinator at the UEL Garden. She graduated from Brown University's Masters of Environmental Studies program in 2010, and lives in Sharon, MA with her wife, dog, and many bees. 

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Jessica Rhodes, Canvass Director

Jessica first started working for Clean Water Action during her freshman year of college in February 2007. She worked as a canvasser, trainer and field manager for the Philadelphia office until moving to Rhode Island in the summer of 2010. Jessica graduated from Temple University in May 2010 and began Canvass Directing in September 2010 for the Providence office. She lives in Providence with her husband and enjoys traveling, yoga, and her two cats.

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Mark Gray, Office Manager, Recruitment Director, and Diesel Campaign Organizer

For years, Mark longed to work for a cool, earth-saving, non-profit. In January 2011, Clean Water Action gave him the opportunity to make his dreams come true.  Now he gets to recruit an army of peaceful warriors that will help save the world.  In his spare time, he enjoys watching Jeopardy!, reading non-fiction, and acting in the occasional play.  A Providence native, Mark lives in Elmwood with his folk-singer girlfriend and their awesome kids. 

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