Jeff Mikulina

Jeffrey Mikulina is the Director of the Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter. He serves as the lobbyist and spokesperson for the organization that has a statewide membership of over 5,500. He earned a Masters of Science degree in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying decision theory.  His accomplishments with the Sierra Club include passing legislation that sets a binding cap on Hawaii’s greenhouse gas emissions, requires returnable deposits on all beverage containers, provides incentives for renewable energy use, and increases the funding of natural resources through tourism taxes. Jeffrey has been awarded an EPA Region 9 Environmental Hero Award and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ranked him among "10 Who Made a Difference" in 2005. In 2007 he received training from former Vice President Al Gore on The Climate Project presentation. Mikulina has served as Vice Chair of both the Honolulu Planning and Charter Commissions.