CeCe Grant
Campaign Director
CeCe (she/her) has over 15 years of experience in government affairs, public policy, and grassroots organizing. She previously worked for Congress, securing billions in federal funding for infrastructure projects. She also served in the Obama Administration working for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, where she served as editor of the US DOT/EPA Report to Congress: Transportation's Role in Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions. A native Detroiter, she holds a master’s degree in Political Management from George Washington University. CeCe lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Iliana Paul
Deputy Campaign Director
Iliana (she/her) has over 10 years of experience, she specializes in climate-friendly trade and community engagement around industrial decarbonization projects. Before joining Sierra Club, she was a senior policy analyst at the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law, focusing on federal and state applications of the social cost of greenhouse gases. Iliana holds a Master of Public Administration from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a BA in International Relations and French from Mount Holyoke College.
Yong Kwon
Senior Campaign Advisor
Yong (he/him) comes to the Sierra Club from the Korea Economic Institute, where he wrote and edited articles, newsletters, videos, podcast episodes, and other products examining the relationship between social inclusion and economic growth. Prior to the Sierra Club, Yong was a consultant at The Asia Group and supported market expansion efforts of U.S. companies in Asia. In addition to providing clients with analysis on dynamics shaping trade negotiations between the United States and governments in the region, he designed and supported campaigns for regulatory redress.
Harry Manin
Deputy Legislative Director for Industry Policy & Trade
Harry (he/him) lobbies for federal legislation and administrative actions to promote clean industrial production, green manufacturing, and environmentally conscious trade agendas. He is also a Sierra Club Steering Committee Member for the Blue-Green Alliance and CHIPS Communities United coalitions. Before joining the Sierra Club, he served as the climate subject-matter expert for the House Oversight Committee Democrats, collaborating with the Sierra Club to advance environmental, equity, and labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act, overseeing the Justice40 Initiative, investigating Big Oil's climate deception, and writing cumulative-impacts legislation.
Tzippy Horowitz
Senior Campaign Organizer
Tzippy (she/they) is a grassroots advocate and data engineer focused on building grassroots power through personal connections and leveraging digital tools to scale movement building. Organizing since 2012, Tzippy brings a diverse background in organizing and lobbying to the Industrial Transformation team, including the Sierra Club in Missouri, the Bernie 2020 campaign, the New Hampshire Youth Movement, and most recently, the Baltimore Campaigns Coordinator for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Tzippy is passionate about empowering individuals to protect their communities through air quality monitoring and participating in regulatory and legislative policymaking, and finding innovative ways to understand and communicate the impact of industrial pollution.
Ginny (she/her) is the deputy press secretary for the Industrial Transformation and Sustainable Finance campaigns at the Sierra Club. Prior to the Sierra Club, she worked as a media director at Stand.earth and in support of local environmental organizations focused on clean energy, clean water, and land conservation in the Pacific Northwest. She is a recovered journalist turned climate communicator who still isn’t quite sure how she feels about oxford commas or en dashes. Ginny holds an M.Ed in environmental education from Western Washington University and a BA in journalism from the University of Montana. She lives in Washington state.
Christian O’Rourke (he/him) has been at the Sierra Club since June 2019. He began as a regional organizer for the Beyond Coal campaign in the Midwest before taking over the western states. He’s now working as a Senior National Digital Strategist with the Building Electrification, Beyond Coal, and Industrial Transformation teams. One thing that Christian loves most about this role is the passion, optimism, and dedication that his digital strategies team has for making the world a better place. Christian is from California, but currently lives in Colorado, near his brother and parents.