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Press Release
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For Immediate Release
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New Year, New Leadership at CTLCV
Hartford, CT - January 21, 2009 -
After more than eight years at the helm,
CTLCV Board Chairs Julie Belaga and Russ Brenneman, two of CTLCV's original
founders, are passing their chairmanships on to Martha Phillips and David
Bingham.
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Martha Phillips, CTLCV Co-Chair
 Martha Phillips, of Goshen, worked in various staff positions in the
U.S. House of Representatives beginning in 1965. Phillips was deputy minority
counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee (1977-1986) and Minority Staff
Director to the House Budget Committee (1986-1992). From 1992 to 1999, Phillips
was executive director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan, nonprofit
advocacy organization founded by former Senators Warren Rudman (R-NH) and Paul
Tsongas (D-MA) to end federal deficit spending and promote entitlement reform
and a balanced federal budget. Phillips is now a member of the Concord
Coalition board. She is also Vice President of Redefining Progress, a public
policy think tank dedicated to promoting sustainability through sound
economics. Additionally, as Action Chair of the Litchfield County League of
Women Voters, Phillips focuses on various environmental and energy issues. She is a Vice-Chair of the Garden Club of
America National Affairs and Legislation Committee, Vice-President of the
Litchfield Garden Club, and has served on the Endangered Lands Coalition.
"During
this era of budget deficits and budget cuts, CTLCV's work is more important
than ever. We will work with the legislature and the Rell administration to
make sure that critical environmental protections are not neglected. Our
state's coffers may be temporarily empty, but our natural resources are
abundant-and we need to protect them so they stay that way," said Phillips. |
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David Bingham, CTLCV Co-Chair
 Joining Phillips as CTLCV Co-Chair is David Bingham, a retired
physician from Salem and self-styled "amateur naturalist." Bingham has been active with the Sierra Club,
NARAL, Audubon Society, and the national League of Conservation Voters. He
currently serves on the Boards of Rivers Alliance, the CT Land Conservation
Coalition, the Salem Land Trust and the Sierra Club (CT Chapter). An elected member of the Salem Planning and
Zoning Commission, Bingham has worked with The Nature Conservancy and the Salem
Land Trust to save land. Bingham ran for
Congress in 1994 to emphasize fiscal and social responsibility for a sound
environment. His grandfather, Hiram
Bingham, was Governor and US Senator.
In sync with Phillips, Bingham believes
that "Conserving the beauty of our
landscape and our wildlife, and protecting the health of our environment,
requires vision, oversight, education and investment. Cutting corners
cannot be acceptable, even in these difficult times. Natural resources that are lost are
often lost forever. We are responsible
for what future generations inherit, and these values are priceless. Martha and I have big shoes to fill, and we
are honored to pick up where Russ and Julie left off."
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Contact: Lori Brown 860.236.5442 lori.brown@ctlcv.org
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About the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters
The Connecticut League of Conservation
Voters (www.ctlcv.org) is a bipartisan environmental advocacy
group that focuses on getting smart, sustainable environmental policies enacted
in Connecticut. Its affiliates include
the CTLCV Education Fund, www.conservationeducation.org, and the CTLCV PAC.
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