Fran Schofield is a founding member of the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative and one of three lead organizers of the Collaborative’s inaugural kick-off event in 2016. She handles communications for the Climate Collaborative and serves as conference coordinator for the Collaborative’s Net Zero 2020 virtual conference.

With a diversified public and private sector background in coastal zone management, land planning, historic preservation/urban revitalization, commercial real estate development and real estate marketing and sales, she brings broad perspective, experience and expertise to the issue of climate crisis mitigation on Cape Cod. A resident of Brewster since 2000, Fran divides her time between her professional role as Realtor with Robert Paul Properties, Inc. and positions on the boards and committees of several area nonprofits where her project management, communications and marketing skills are deployed to advance organizational missions. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Fran attended Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in landscape architecture, and is a proud recipient of the Cape & Islands Democratic Council’s “Democrat of the Year” award.

With a background in environmental law, education, and consulting, Janet Williams brings a unique set of experiences and skills to the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative. She spent a dozen years as an environmental enforcement attorney with the EPA, five years providing legal counsel to commercial real estate developers and lenders, and several years building and teaching social science education programs at the secondary level. She discovered a passion for and commitment to fighting climate change while volunteering as a pro bono legal researcher with the Climate Justice Programme in London in 2005. She’s been in the fight ever since. And she’s not giving up.

Other: Chair, Chatham Conservation Commission; Coordinator, Chatham Climate Action Network; Secretary, Pleasant Bay Community Boating; Member: Conservation Law Foundation

Janet has a BA from Boston College, Teaching Certification from Northeastern University and JD from Villanova University School of Law and is a LEED Accredited Green Associate.

As Executive Director of APCC, Andrew is responsible for determining the focus of APCC’s advocacy and educational efforts, implementing APCC’s programs, coordinating fund raising and membership activities, and the overall management of the daily operations of the organization.

Andrew has more than 30 years of environmental protection experience in government and elected terms in municipal office. Andrew has extensive experience working at all levels of government, having served as a local, state and county official as well as a legislative staff person.

A resident of Mashpee, Andrew is serving a fourth term on the Mashpee Board of Selectmen.

As a Special Projects Coordinator with the Commission, Michele focuses on climate-related initiatives identified in the Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan, such as working with staff to establish a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for Cape Cod, and assisted staff in the development of the Cape Cod Climate Action Plan. She also supports staff in natural resources, economic development, and solid waste planning. Michele previously worked reviewing Developments of Regional Impact at the Commission and has experience in regulatory review and permitting. She has a Master of Science in Soil Science and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences.

Margaret started with Barnstable County in 2002 as an AmeriCorps member (working with the Compact’s programs) and joined the Compact’s staff in 2003. Margaret oversees the commercial & industrial programs. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in Spanish from Hendrix College, completed courses toward a Master of Arts degree in History at Harvard Extension School as well as a Bachelor of Science in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Public Administration at Suffolk University. Margaret spends most of her time entertaining her 4-year-old daughter.

Maria Marasco, Esq. , Executive Director, CVEC- Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative, Inc. – Yarmouth

Maria Marasco, of Yarmouth became Executive Director of the Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative, Inc., (CVEC) a non-profit energy cooperative, in the Spring of 2021. She oversees CVEC and its mission to develop renewable energy generation facilities and procure long-term electric supply and other energy-related goods and services for its government members from the Cape, Islands and Southeastern MA. CVEC currently has 25 municipal members and over 70 solar PV projects under management which produce over 50 megawatts of energy, CVEC has another 17 projects currently pending award.

An attorney with an MBA, Maria previously served in the Baker Administration as the Southeast Regional Director of the MA Office of Business Development focusing a much of her attention on supporting offshore wind supply chain development along with the offshore wind teams at the MA Clean Energy Center and the MA Department of Energy Resources. Maria is also a member of the Cape Cod Chamber’s Blue Economy Project (now Blue Expedition).

Mon Cochran is currently a writer living in South Orleans, on Cape Cod. He grew up on the Cape, went to Orleans public schools, and received his BA from Harvard in sociology. His PhD in developmental psychology is from the University of Michigan. Mon is a professor emeritus at Cornell University, where for 35 years he taught and conducted applied child development research in the College of Human Ecology. Since retirement Mon has shifted his focus to ways of helping children and adults understand why the earth’s climate is changing and what they can do to manage those changes. He is currently Vice President of the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative and an adjunct educator with the Center for Coastal Studies.

Richard F. Delaney is the President of the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, MA. Previously, Mr. Delaney was founding Director of the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston; served as Assistant Secretary of Environmental Affairs in Massachusetts; was National Chair of the Coastal States Organization in Washington DC representing the Governors of 35 coastal states, Great Lake states and US territories on legislative and budgetary matters before Congress. Mr. Delaney has provided consultations to governments in over 20 countries, regarding coastal and ocean management, capacity building, institutional strengthening, and public outreach. As a member of the International Board of Directors of the Global Ocean Forum, he participated in the Rio +20 events in Rio de Janeiro focusing on sustainable develop and conservation of oceans and coasts and Oceans Day at the Paris Climate Conference, December, 2016. Climate change impacts on oceans and coastal communities is the major focus of his local work at as President of the Board of Directors of the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative and international as Board member of the Global Ocean Forum. He also serves as vice-chair of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council; chair of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission and past chair of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce’s Wastewater Task Force. He has BS in Political Science from Harvard, has completed graduate studies in environmental planning and landscape architecture at the State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry and completed a Certificate Program for Senior Executives at Harvard’s JKF School of Government.