Staff Biographies
Briggs Shore, Administrative Coordinator, fell in love with natural building as an art and interior design student at Iowa State University. After graduation, she decided that she would use her passion for good design to develop natural homes and ecological communities. Overjoyed to find an education program that included natural building in Iowa, she headed down to Fairfield and spent the summer of 2007 as a BGS intern. The following year she worked as a designer at Green Building Supply, and now uses her organizational superpowers to coordinate Big Green Summer and develop the new campus. In her spare time, she remodels her friend's bathrooms and pursues her passion for ceramic art.
By day, Frank Cicela, Director, is a member of the Supply Chain Management team at Clipper Windpower. Clipper Turbineworks is a ISO9001:2000 QMS Certified, 330,000 square foot assembly plant that manufactures 2.5 MW Liberty wind turbines. http://www.clipperwind.com He has traveled extensively both domestically and internationally. His most memorable trip was a two week stay in the Rainforests of Costa Rica as an Alcoa Earthwatch Fellow.
Prior to moving to Iowa in 2007, he and his family spent 8 years living in Crawfordsville, IN. In that period, he provided executive leadership for the community theater board of directors, was an inaugural member of the Crawfordsville Young Professionals Association and liaised with Wabash College and the Crawfordsville Main Street Association on various community projects.
Frank’s passions for the environment, sustainability and community building led him to found a 501 (c) 3 Not- for-Profit organization called Sustainable Indiana. SI’s mission is to provide networking, education, sharing, outreach and community building with regard to various aspects of sustainable living. Among many other events, Sustainable Indiana hosted: Statewide Energy Conferences, a Permaculture Workshop, Screenings of Bioneers, Bicycle Repair Clinics, and arranged donations of Sustainable Living Books to the local public library.
Hear an interview of Frank by Lonnie Gamble and Grover Stock on KRUU Radio’s Abundant Planet: http://www.kruufm.com/station/archives/46
His personal website is: http://www.myearthwatchexperience.com
