We would like to welcome Charlie Fredrick, our new Sierra Club employee who is working with the Building Environmental Community program in the Columbus office. As a Regional Conservation Recruiter, Charlie will be organizing events and skills trainings, as well as working to promote Sierra Club's Building Environmental Communities and Cool Cities programs.

Charlie comes to us from ForestEthics, where he worked as a grassroots campaign organizer for the successful Victoria's Dirty Secret Campaign targeting Limited Brands for their use of endangered forest fiber in their flagship Victoria's Secret catalogs. He was an active member in the Sierra Student Coalition for several years and held leadership positions in that organization, including Midwest Regional Coordinator and Executive Committee member. In 2005 he was awarded the Joseph Barbosa Earth Fund Award, which recognizes a Sierra Club member under the age of 30 for their role in organizing a network of environmental activists in the Midwest for the Sierra Student Coalition.

In his free time, Charlie enjoys volunteering for a number of social justice and environmental groups, namely the Buckeye Forest Council and Food Not Bombs. Contact him .