Sustainable Lafayette Board
Meet the board...
Sejal Choksi-Chugh
An Atlanta native, Sejal now considers the Bay Area her home. She moved to California in 1999 for law school and earned a J.D. with a specialization in Environmental Law from UC Berkeley. She's now the Executive Director of San Francisco Baykeeper, a local non-profit that has held polluters around the Bay accountable for more than 30 years using science, law, and a patrol boat. Sejal has lived in Lafayette since 2007 and before that was in Moraga for five years. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, baking cookies, hiking, and playing board games with her family.
Brad Crane
Brad is a long-time Lafayette resident and bicycling enthusiast. He has three kids in the local schools and rides to school with them everyday. He also does all the family’s grocery shopping by bike and enjoys front row parking every time. In 2009, he became active as a local cycling advocate and was appointed to the Lafayette Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) advising the City Council on bike/ped issues (Committee Chair for two years). He helped establish the bike valet parking at the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival as a permanent feature of the event and organizes the annual Earth Day Festival Self-Propelled Parade. Brad is also a member of the Sustainable Lafayette Green Schools Committee, helping our schools move towards more sustainable practices.
Eric Law
Eric lives in Lafayette, CA with his wife Stacia and sons Conner and Asher. Eric enjoys the great outdoors and has had a tremendous respect for nature since attending Outward Bound in high school. Protecting our natural resources and the environment has become a passion of Eric’s. He joined Sustainable Lafayette’s board in 2019 with the organization’s sponsorship of the Safe Route to Acalanes bike/ped path project, which he founded.
Pam Palitz
Pam is Sustainable Lafayette's only paid staff member, providing invaluable support and insight for the board.
Anna Reid
Growing up near the bayous of Louisiana instilled Anna’s love for the environment from a young age. A resident of Lafayette since 2012 and a former K-5 educator, Anna has children in high school and middle school. As a Lafayette Girl Scout troop co-leader for 11 years, she has helped the troop partner with the Lafayette Creeks Committee on planting native plants and the Bay Area Rescue Mission to recycle clothing. Her favorite place in Lafayette is her backyard on Las Trampas Creek where you can find her picking up trash after a storm or pointing out crawfish to local kids.
Lynne Jones
Lynne is a native northern Californian and a Lafayette resident since 2004. Recently retired from 30+years as a CPA and chief financial officer of not-for-profit independent schools, she is eager to spend
her newly found time helping create sustainable environmental practices close to home. Lynne has been active environmentally since college, from letters to editors regarding source recycling and organizing regular neighborhood litter clean-ups in Oakland, to spearheading and completing the financing and implementation of a 421 kW solar system at De La Salle High School. Lynne is an avid cyclist, and is also a working member of, and liaison to, the Lafayette Community Garden.
Carrie Libeu
Carrie was born in San Francisco, raised in the North Bay, and has been a resident of the East Bay for over 25 years. Carrie joined the Sustainable Lafayette Board with a desire to work with others interested in preserving our local environment and promoting community health. She brings a background in environmental sciences, public health and fundraising to the Board.
Adrienne Buhmann
Adrienne is a seasoned technology leader with 20 years of experience, bringing her expertise in partnerships and championship of sustainability. She has a proven track record of building thriving partner ecosystems and launching impactful programs, particularly in training and development. Driven by a passion for climate solutions, she most recently led a Go-To-Market team at Google, launching data-driven Sustainability products. Adrienne is committed to raising awareness and inspiring change in her local community, with a focus on empowering youth. Adrienne lives in Lafayette with her 3 daughters and husband, and enjoys exploring the outdoors by skiing, hiking and running.