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Edison High School
50 Boulevard of the Eagles
Edison, New Jersey, 08817
United States

Gregory Gorman

Conservation Chair for the NJ Sierra Club

〣 Volunteer with Nj Sierra Club since 2009 and serving as Conservation Chair since 2014. 〣 Graduate of Al Gore’s first online Climate Reality Leadership Training-July 2020. 〣 NJ Skylands Sunrise Movement Hub Coordinator and Chair of NJ Skylands Group-NJSC since 2019. 〣 Active with DivestNJ and EmpowerNJ advocating for clean energy economy. 〣 Retired after a 37-year career as Contracting Officer for U.S. Army Contracting Command at Picatinny Arsenal. 〣 Fellow of the National Contract Management Association. 〣 Recipient of Certificate of Excellence presented by Assistant Secretary of the Navy (May 1996) 〣 Defense Acquisition Executive Certificate of Achievement presented by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (April 2000) 〣 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award presented by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (June 2002).

Justin Paik

Coordinator for Columbia University's Youth Climate Summit

Justin Paik is a junior at Columbia University studying Earth and Environmental Engineering, originally from Providence, RI. He is a leading member of Columbia EcoReps, the largest student group on campus dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability. Within EcoReps, he serves as co-coordinator for the Columbia Youth Climate Summit, a conference that brings together over 200 high school students each year to hear about climate change from leading experts. Students also work together to write Climate Action Plans that they implement back in their schools. He also serves as co-lead for Columbia Engineers Without Borders–Morocco, where he traveled to a rural village in Morocco in August 2019 to help construct a water distribution system for a community that previously had to walk several hours per day to obtain drinking water. In addition, Justin also enjoys playing goaltender on the Columbia Men’s Ice Hockey Team.