C3’s Board of Directors

Grey McLean

President

Grey McLean is the founder and Board Chairman of the Community Climate Collaborative where he oversees overall strategy and relationship development. Grey is committed to combating climate change, driven by the knowledge that it is the greatest challenge that we face as a global community. In addition to C3, Grey is also adjunct faculty at UVA's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy as well as a Director for the Adiuvans Foundation, a private foundation focused on combating climate change and advancing early childhood education and well being. Prior to moving to Charlottesville, he was the co-founder and COO of MedAssurant, Inc. (now Inovalon, Inc.), a healthcare data analytics firm. Grey serves on the boards of the Albemarle Housing Improvement Program and the Southern Environmental Law Center. He lives in Free Union with his wife, Sarah, and their four children. If you are having trouble finding him, look in the woods.

Kelli Palmer

Vice President

Dr. Kelli E. Palmer is currently the head of Organizational Development and Corporate Citizenship and the former founding head of Global Inclusion Diversity at CFA Institute. She has also had the privilege of leading the development of a robust, multi-year corporate social responsibility strategy, establishing the organization’s sustainability strategy, and ensuring that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations are included in the organization’s day-to-day operations. Kelli earned her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in Higher Education Administration.  Her M.A.Ed. was earned at Wake Forest University in Counseling and her B.A. from Elon University in Elementary Education. She is dedicated to community service through non-profit organizations as demonstrated by her membership on the board of the Community Climate Collaborative, the Heather Heyer Foundation, Peabody School, UVA Physicians Group, PVCC Community College Foundation, and her previous Board work with the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Thomas Jefferson Area United Way, Center for Nonprofit Excellence, LiveArts, and the Elon Alumni Board. Kelli and her husband have four children and reside in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Morgan Butler

Secretary

Morgan Butler is an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center in Charlottesville.  As a member of SELC’s Land & Community team, he promotes transportation and land use decisions that strengthen communities, protect natural resources, and improve residents’ quality of life.  Although he works throughout Virginia, much of his effort is focused on advocating for more sustainable land development patterns and more accessible transportation options in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.  Morgan received his bachelor’s degree and his JD from the University of Virginia, and he lives in Charlottesville with his wife and twin daughters. 

Karl Quist

Treasurer

Karl Quist is the Co-Founder and President of PriceBlink, an online shopping tool that helps people save money when shopping online.  Karl also serves on the board of Computers4Kids and is a Co-founder of Charlottesville for Reasonable Health Insurance.  Karl is dedicated to fighting climate change, with a particular focus on motivating communities to take action to meet this incredibly important challenge.  Prior to founding PriceBlink, he served as New Ventures Director for Landmark Communications, Inc., and previously worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc.  He holds a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and a M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.  Karl lives in Charlottesville with his wife, Dana, and their two children.

Hannah Coman

Hannah Coman is Associate General Counsel at Apex Clean Energy, one of the largest clean energy companies in the United States. In her role at Apex she works closely with business development to negotiate off-take agreements for wind, solar, and storage projects across the country. Hannah previously worked at the Southern Environmental Law Center in Charlottesville as the Virginia Solar Attorney, where she advocated for effective solar policy in Virginia and across the Southeast. Prior to joining SELC, she represented clean energy entrepreneurs and start-ups in commercial matters at Mintz Levin, an international law firm in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Davidson College and Boston College Law School; her studies and work have focused on renewable energy for more than a decade, including studying renewable energy policy in Berlin, Germany, as a Fulbright Scholar. Hannah currently serves on the Board of the Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance. Hannah lives with her husband and two daughters in Charlottesville.

Emily Francis

Emily Francis is Principal of New Dominion Solutions LLC, a consultancy specializing in organizational and strategic support for nonprofits. She has been on the front lines of environmental advocacy and coalition collaboratives in Richmond since 2007 where she works to protect Virginia’s natural landscape and public health from pollution threats. For more than twenty years, Emily’s professional and volunteer efforts have been rooted in the need to increase community involvement in public policy decision making to ultimately build a more equitable society. She currently serves as Chair of the City of Richmond’s Green City Commission.

Ryan McCall

Ryan J. McCall is a Certified Financial Planner® with Clarendon Wealth Management, a boutique asset management firm located in Arlington, VA. Ryan has been servicing clients in the DC / Charlottesville area for 20+ years, and has now begun to focus his attention on environmental issues as well. A 10 year resident of Albemarle County, Ryan’s passion for doing his part in taking care of the earth began with volunteer work for the Charlottesville ASPCA as well as the Rivanna Conservation Alliance. Ryan is also involved with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and he supports other non-profits such as NRDC, IFAW, The Nature Conservancy, The Ocean Cleanup Project, OPS and the Kiss the Ground Impact fund. In his free time, Ryan enjoys watching his two young sons wreak havoc on the soccer field and traveling the world with his wife Shannon. He believes that if there ever was a time to commit our lives to something bigger than us, it is now.

Paige Perriello

Paige Perriello is a general pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville. She received a BA from Princeton University before completing her Medical Degree at George Washington University in Washington, DC.  She completed her residency training in pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center is Washington, D.C..  In 2008, she returned to her hometown of Charlottesville to join the pediatric practice her father helped co-found. She serves on the Board of the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and leads the Trauma Informed Leadership Team at Pediatric Associates.  She is focused on the convergence of health inequity and environmental justice, as well mitigating the impact of childhood trauma.  She and her husband have three daughters.

Javier Raudales

Javier Raudales is the Town Administrator of the Town of Scottsville, Virginia. Javier is also a commissioner on the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) Board of Commissioners in addition to being a board member of the Charlottesville Community Development Corporation (CCDC). Javier received a BA from the University of Virginia in Foreign Affairs and completed a Masters in Public Administration from George Mason University. He is formally the Client Service Coordinator of Sin Barreras/Without Barrier Inc., a nonprofit focused on direct support to the immigrant community of Central Virginia and the Blue Ridge area through legal services, education, and advocacy. Prior to his role as Town Administrator of the Town of Scottsville, Javier served as The Town Clerk and Accountant of the Town of Scottsville, Virginia. Javier Raudales has lived most of his life in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area and feels that it is important to support environmental justice and address climate change in our area. Beyond his civic work and public service, Javier has dedicated his time to local organizing for all our neighbors in Virginia and continues to support the Latine community of Charlottesville, Albemarle, and the Blue Ridge as an advocate and community member.

Harrison Wallace

Harrison Wallace is a Program Officer with the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund. He was formerly the Virginia Director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) where he led both lobbying and grassroots organizing campaigns focused on climate action in the southern coal state. Harrison Wallace is a lifelong Virginian, born in the Shenandoah Valley and then spending the rest of his childhood in Richmond. Harrison earned his Bachelors of English Degree from James Madison University (Go Dukes). Harrison has previously served as the co-chair for the Virginia contingent of the 2017 People’s climate march and on the steering committee of the Virginia Environmental Justice Collaborative. He currently serves on the boards of the Virginia Civic Engagement Table and he is a graduate and advisory board member of the Virginia Progressive Leadership Project. In his spare time, Harrison enjoys watching/playing basketball, reading on his porch, and hiking.

Barbara Brown Wilson

Barbara Brown Wilson is an associate professor of urban and environmental planning at the UVA School of Architecture, and co-founder and faculty director at the UVA Democracy Initiative Center for the Redress of Inequity through Community-Engaged Scholarship (aka The Equity Center). Her research and teaching focus on the history, theory, ethics, and practice of planning for climate justice, and on the role of urban social movements in the built world. Dr. Wilson writes for both academic and mainstream audiences, and is the author of Resilience for All: Striving for Equity through Community-Driven Design (Island Press: 2018), and co-author of  Questioning Architectural Judgement: The Problem of Codes in the United States (Routledge: 2013). Her research is often change-oriented, meaning she collaborates with community partners to identify opportunities to move our communities, and the field of urban planning, toward social and environmental justice. She is currently the co-chair of the Piedmont Housing Alliance Board of Directors and recently completed research around Transportation Equity for the Charlottesville Region.