Staff

Dena Mottola

Dena was born in Hoboken and grew up in Old Bridge, New Jersey. She is a 1993 graduate of Cornell University and worked as a community organizer and health care consumer advocate in Chicago prior to joining staff as the Clean Water Advocate in 2000. Dena became Executive Director in March of 2003, and resides in Trenton.

 

Doug O'Malley

Doug helps to coordinate Environment New Jersey Research & Policy Center’s field resources, media and membership outreach. Over the last 6 years, he has worked on a range of environmental issues, including our recent state and federal global warming campaigns and the public diesel trucks ballot campaign. He also ran campaigns focused on protecting the state's drinking water sources through the Clean Water Act and restricting development in critical watersheds areas, including the Highlands. Doug  also directed the Princeton canvass office for two summers. Doug graduated from Harvard in 2001.