Contact

Cities working to implement GreenStep best practices can call on GreenStep advisors, and representatives of the GreenStep partnership. In addition, contact the GreenStep coordinator using the contact information below to:

• Ask questions to better understand the GreenStep Cities program and how to join. 
• Clarify where to find different types of resources on the web site. 
• Request a person in one of the CERTs regions to visit.
• Build capacity by asking us how to work with AmeriCorps, students, interns, community volunteers, and more. 
• Get help reporting your accomplishments online and sharing your success!
• Request help as you work on taking action and tracking metrics. 
• Order GreenStep road signs.
• Make suggestions for improving the GreenStep program. 
• Attend a meeting of the GreenStep partners. 
• Report errors on the web site, suggest new resources, and identify broken web links.

Who can help? Talk to best practice advisors.

Kristin Mroz
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Rd. N., 2nd Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194
651/757-2793
Kristin.mroz-risse@state.mn.us

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a degree in Natural Resource Management, Kristin provided environmental education in Nicaragua as a Peace Corps volunteer before working as the Environmental Coordinator at the City of Elk River and the Local Government Coordinator (and GreenStep Cities co-director) at the Environmental Quality Board. Today, Kristin is the GreenStep Cities and Tribal Nations Coordinator with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), supporting Minnesota communities with assistance and recognition in the GreenStep program. Kristin is also a member of the GreenStep Schools (K-12) steering committee and is co-chair of the Sustainable States Network. 

Lola Schoenrich
Great Plains Institute
2801 21st Ave S., Suite 220
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-278-7154
lschoenrich@gpisd.net

Lola is the vice president of communities at the Great Plains Institute (GPI), working on sustainable communities and energy efficiency, providing strategic direction, fundraising, and facilitation. Lola has over 35 years of experience in energy policy and community energy initiatives. She has extensive background in bringing diverse groups of people together to craft energy policy and implement projects in networks, coalitions, and working teams. For example, she was one of the founders of the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) and of the GreenStep Cities program. She is one of the founders of the Sustainable States Network, of which GreenStep Cities is a partner, and has managed the network since 2019. Previous to joining GPI, she was the Energy Program Director at the Minnesota Project, where she led the energy policy and coalition work and numerous other projects, including community sustainability, waste management, recycling, household hazardous waste management and waste reduction. Previous to her work with the Minnesota Project, she was the Executive Director of the Self-Reliance Center (now the Sustainable Resources Center), running community-based energy efficiency and conservation programs in Minneapolis neighborhoods. Lola has a BA in biology from Hampshire College.