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H2E Staff

Laura Brannen
Executive Director
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Phone: 603-795-9966
Laura has been working in health care for 20 years in a variety of jobs related to environmental management, including serving as the Assistant Director of Environmental Services at Massachusetts General Hospital and environmental programs coordinator at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Laura joined H2E in 2001 as the full-time Director and is motivated by the tremendous opportunity within the health care sector to reduce our collective environmental footprint. Laura and her husband, Barney, have two teenage girls, Grayson and Conner, and are avid mountain bikers and hikers. And when not doing those things or working at all hours, you can find Laura in the garden in Lyme, NH.

Chen Wen
EPA Coordinator
E-mail:
Phone: 202-564-8849
Chen Wen has been active in the program since its inception in 1998. You don't hear about Chen as much, because he does a lot of the behind-the-scene work to make sure that the H2E program continues to provide the quality services that H2E Partners have come to expect. Chen received a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Washington, and a Master of Arts degree in public policy studies from the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. Chen has had a variety of work experiences during his 15-year tenure at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and finds H2E to be one of the most fun and challenging programs he's ever worked on.

Janet Brown
Partner Coordinator
E-mail:
Phone: 413-253-0254
After 13 years as Beth Israel Medical Center's Medical Waste Manager in New York City, Janet Brown joined the H2E staff as Partner Coordinator in 2004. She is committed to assisting health care facilities in the implementation and maintenance of environmentally responsible health care initiatives, whether it's getting the work off the ground or working on specific projects. Janet coordinates the monthly H2E teleconference series and is on the Steering Committee for the Green Guide for Health Care (http://www.gghc.org). Janet lives in Massachusetts with her husband Dean and children Grafton and Frances.

Sarah O'Brien
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Specialist
E-mail:
Phone: 802-479-0317
Sarah O’Brien has been developing, analyzing and negotiating public policies on a variety of environmental health-related issues since 1989. She was an Environmental Health Advocate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) for six years, and was instrumental in gaining passage of Vermont’s groundbreaking 1998 mercury product labeling law, and the state’s “Healthy Schools” law, which encourages Vermont schools to eliminate their use of toxic products. Later, as Northeast Coordinator of the National Wildlife Federation’s Clean the Rain Campaign, she promoted passage of mercury product legislation throughout New England and carried out a public education campaign on the dangers of mercury pollution and the need for strong mercury reduction measures. Prior to coming to H2E, Sarah worked with INFORM, a national nonprofit, to assist states, municipalities and other large institutions to develop environmentally preferable purchasing strategies and specifications. Sarah tends chickens and gardens from her home in rural Vermont, which she shares with her two daughters Willa (13) and Clare (9) and her husband Randall, a musician and teacher.

Cecilia DeLoach
State Partnership Programs Coordinator
E-mail:
Phone: 800-727-4179
Cecilia DeLoach is based in H2E's Arlington, VA office. In addition to her background in environmental and political science, Cecilia is a certified health care environmental manager, and has nine years of experience working with hospitals on pollution prevention and environmental issues. Cecilia is currently working toward an MBA with a healthcare administration focus at the George Washington University, and has been with H2E since its inception. In her role as State Partnership Program Coordinator, she has taken the lead on developing a national infrastructure to support state H2E programs and works closely with hospitals, health systems, state hospital associations and pollution prevention agencies at the state level. She currently oversees the development of more than 30 state programs. Cecilia also helps provide individualized technical assistance to health systems and individual health care facilities.

Mark Tecca
Business Manager
E-mail:
Phone: 603-795-9966
Mark joined H2E in 2006 to help us make the transition from funded EPA program to independent organization. He is responsible for finance, legal, human resources, and Product and Services Directory management. Mark brings 17 years of experience in sales, marketing, product and operations management in small to medium-sized companies in the technology business. More recently, he has acted as a business consultant to non-profits, including the Dartmouth Medical School. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth. When not working for H2E, he’s running after Michael (16), Christopher (14) and Grace (10), singing with his wife Martha in a community chorus, volunteering, and getting too little exercise hiking, playing golf, tennis, ice hockey or basketball.

Julie Taylor
Office Coordinator
E-mail:
Phone: 603-795-9966
Julie Taylor joined the H2E team in 2006 bringing with her a strong business and administrative background. She comes to us after five years as office and project manager in the publications department at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Julie serves as the Listserv administrator and keeps the NH office running smoothly.