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Allison Rogers

Program Manager, Green the Capitol Office

Allison Rogers, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Green the Capitol OfficeAllison Rogers serves as Program Manager at the Green the Capitol Office. Prior to Capitol Hill, Rogers worked at the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, where she coordinated the sustainability programs for Harvard College, Law School, and Business School. Committed to bringing awareness about climate change to the general public, Rogers decided to compete for Miss Rhode Island with her platform "Go Green! Global Warming Awareness," which she won on Earth Day 2006. In January 2007, she became the first contestant to bring a climate change platform to the national stage at the historic Miss America Competition.

One of the first 50 people to be trained by Former Vice President Al Gore to present on global warming, Rogers spent the past year traveling throughout the northeast working with schools, businesses, and community organizations to go green. Rogers has been recognized as a 2007 Wild Gift Fellow and she was awarded the "Individual Environmentalist of the Year" Award by Earth Day RI and "Strong Women and the Environment" Award by RI Clean Water Action, Ocean State Action, and Environment Rhode Island. Allison received her B.A. in Comparative Study of Religion from Harvard University, where she is also working on her M.Ed. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Quotes:

"Going green is not just about preserving the environment for tomorrow."

"It's about improving our health and our quality of life for today. It's about saving money and promoting good business practices. What gets me most excited is working with people to find cutting edge, innovative practices to not only enhance our environment, but to enrich our community life as well."

"My hope is that the thousands of tourists who come to Capitol Hill each day and learn about our Green the Capitol efforts will be inspired to return home and green their own homes and communities across America."