Elizabeth moved to California to attend college and never left.  She has lived with her family in Fairfax for over 25 years.  Elizabeth has a BA from Mills College and advanced training from Bryn Mawr College in Higher Education Administration.  She has been the Director of Admissions for a California college and was the Director of Health & Wellness at the Marin Jewish Community Center for 12 years.  

Elizabeth has been a volunteer with Sustainable Fairfax since 2005.  She has served on the Development committee, co-chair of the Sustainability Center and garden, Vice President and most recently as the Interim Executive Director. 

Elizabeth is a graduate of the Environmental Forum of Marin and the Regenerative Design Institute 4- season permaculture program. She became a Marin Master Gardener in 2010 and is currently the Master Gardener Chair for the Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden in Novato. She enjoys participating in the local community to provide support and access to resources that helps us live on the earth respectfully.  Most recently, Elizabeth helped to launch the Fairfax Food Bank and continues to volunteer with the program.  Elizabeth was instrumental in establishing Fairfax as the 99th Town as part of the Transition Town USA Initiative.  

Her vision is to create educational and supportive resources for the community to understand the importance of localization and the inter-relatedness of food, watershed, environment, health and well-being for all.

Boog holds an MBA in Sustainable Management where her emphasis was on local economies and local currencies.  She has worked in the environmental field for over 35 years in a plethora of different situations from community recycling in the early days to running work crews for the Marin Conservation Corps; training at risk young adults in carpentry and natural resource management skills and then directing the whole work program.  She also initiated the recycling in parks program on a statewide level when the bottle bill was first passed.  She has worked with organic food and fiber, environmental education, wilderness preservation, ecotourism and renewal energy.  

She is personally committed to living as sustainable as lifestyle as possible and sharing her knowledge with others, being a role model especially as a bike commuter.  Boog rides 18 miles to work and 27 miles to school.  As well as the previously mentioned jobs, she is a carpenter by trade and wiliderness guide.  For the last sixteen years she has had her own business providing financial management services to small local sustainable oriented businesses and has been an income tax professional for individuals for 12 years.  

She has lived in Marin County for over twenty years, and ten in Fairfax.  She spends a great deal of time hiking, biking, kayaking and enjoying the amazing natural resources surrounding us and wants to insure they remain preserved forever. Boog also went through the Environmental Forum of Marin program.   

Boog is interested in renewable energy and transportation reform, social justice issues, values driven business, and community organizing.  She is committed to incorporating integrated systems thinking, both in the environment and in social systems and within the office. She wants to become more engaged with her local community and feels that being the Treasurer of Sustainable Fairfax is an ideal scenario for her to contribute her skills to make an impact. 

Jen Jones, a talented local artist, has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2008 and a resident of Fairfax for 15 years. She is currently Event Coordinator.

Originally from England, Jen studied Art and English Literature in college and has been making art ever since she was a little girl. Jen has an innate aesthetic sensibility - her nature is to create and beautify, and all those around her benefit from her artistic expression. She began her career as a book illustrator for herbal, health and children’s books. Jen is a sought-after painter specializing in exterior and interior decorative painting as well as the crafting of beautiful hand-made signs. Her fine art, decorative paintings and hand-made signs can be seen all over Fairfax: at Sustainable Fairfax, the Sleeping Lady Restaurant, Good Earth Organic & Natural Foods, many town events and as downtown banners along Bolinas Road.

Jen is a very active member of our community and is an integral part of many local events. She has been on the Fairfax Ecofest Committee since its inception and has held the position of Ecofest Coordinator for the past two years. For six years, Jen has worked with children via her Peace Flag Making project. To date, over 1,200 peace flags have been created. The flags have traveled all over the Bay Area to decorate events, schools, and even a wedding. They also grace the façade of our Sustainability Center.

Jen is passionate about making art, gardening, caring for critters, keeping bees and engaging with her community. Sustainability and cherishing our environment is second-nature to her. Jen's hope is contribute to the movement towards a better future.

Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and recently received her MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School.

She is in the midst of a career change after eighteen years working as a paralegal on lawsuits related to toxic waste sites and consumer protection.  She has been active in political campaigns, and served four years as the Election Reform Committee Chair for DemocracyAction, a San Francisco Democratic Club. 

She is now focused on inspiring positive change by helping businesses and individuals implement sustainable practices so that our planet, people and economy can prosper for many years to come.  Jen moved from San Francisco to Fairfax in August 2010, and now lives with her fiancee Brian, and two boys Keegan and Aidan.  She is enjoying the strong sense of community here in Fairfax and wants to encourage and support its progressive values and commitment to sustainability principles.