Citizen support for environmental protection is central to PennFuture’s mission. Heather Sage heads up our programs that engage PennFuture members, the larger environmental/conservation community, and interested Pennsylvania citizens in environmental protection and restoration activities. These programs provide organizing and media assistance to local environmental organizations, networking and coordination services for statewide environmental groups, and information about current environmental issues to PennFuture members and the general public.
Sage joined PennFuture in March 2003, with a background in development and fundraising, grant writing, communications, events planning and education. She served as both the outreach coordinator for Western Pennsylvania and the director of outreach at PennFuture. A cum laude graduate of Miami University in Ohio, Sage holds a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology, and a Master of Environmental Science degree with a concentration in communications and biological conservation. She has lectured at Miami University; served as director of communications at Greenacres Foundation in Cincinnati (an environmental education center and sustainable farm); and was development director at Earth Share of Ohio, creating new opportunities for individual charitable giving to environmental organizations through workplace campaigns.
Sage has also served as a board director for Earth Share at the national level, a member of the executive committee of the Center for Coalfield Justice (formerly Tri-State Citizens Mining Network), and as a board director for the Young Preservationists Association. She currently serves as co-chair of the Allegheny County Public Participation Panel of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (the region’s metropolitan planning organization), a member of the Allegheny County Air Quality Task Force, a member of the City of Pittsburgh’s Marketing-Based Revenue Opportunities Task Force, and is a member of the Three Rivers Community Foundation grant committee.
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