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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Leadership
Safe drinking water, clean air, and a liveable climate are foundational to healthy communities and our health professional members fuel everything we do. You can learn more about volunteering for our leadership roles here >>
Joel Charles, MD, MPH
Board Chair | 100% Clean Energy Co-lead
Joel is a family practice physician at Meadowlark Family Medicine in Viroqua Wisconsin.
Joel Charles is a family physician practicing in rural southwest Wisconsin. He is a co-founder of Meadowlark Family Medicine, a direct primary care clinic. He received his MD and Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health as a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship. He completed his residency at Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency. Joel helped found Healthy Climate Wisconsin. He also serves on the board of the Wisconsin Medical Society.
Claire Gervais MD
Secretary | Treasurer and Climate-Smart Healthcare Lead
Claire is a family practice physician at UW health and has launched multiple nonprofits.
Claire Gervais is a family practice physician and a Professor with the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She is one of the founders of Healthy Lawn Team and Healthy Climate Wisconsin, and additionally serves as the Co-president of the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network.
Pranay is an internal medicine physician with Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Pranay first became interested in climate and sustainability while in his undergraduate years and now as an attending physician is focusing on climate health for his patients. In 2026, Pranay joined the board of Healthy Climate Wisconsin to further work towards the goal of a healthier community for his patients.
Pranay Bonagiri, DO
Board Member
Pranay is an internal medicine physician and assistant professor in Hospital Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin.
Pranay is an internal medicine physician with Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Pranay first became interested in climate and sustainability while in his undergraduate years and now as an attending physician is focusing on climate health for his patients. In 2026, Pranay joined the board of Healthy Climate Wisconsin to further work towards the goal of a healthier community for his patients.
Beth White, MD
Vice-chair | Rural Power Lead
Beth is a family practice physician in Boscobel Wisconsin.
Elizabeth White is a Family Medicine Physician practicing with Emplify Health, formerly Gundersen Health in Boscobel Wisconsin. Her practice is focused on family based care across the life cycle with a focus on prevention and community health. She received her Medical degree at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and continues as a UWSMPH Clinical Adjunct Faculty member as a rural clinical educator. She completed her residency training at Gundersen Health. Dr. White is active both in advocacy for clean energy solutions in rural Wisconsin as well as working to bridge the rural urban divide through climate advocacy.
John Meurer, MD, MBA
Strategic Development Chair | 100% Clean Energy Co-lead
Dr. Meurer is Professor Emeritus of Community Health and General Pediatrics in the Institute for Health & Humanity at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In 2025, John joined the HCW Board and became Strategic Development Chair. He is passionate about healthy climate policy and advocacy.
John is a Professor Emeritus of Community Health and Pediatrics.
Pamela Guthman, DNP, RN, APHN-PHN
Board Member
Pamela has worked in public, community, and population health for over 40 years.
​Pamela is an emeritus Assistant Population Health Nursing Professor at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UW-Eau Claire. She has worked as a school, community and population health nurse for 40 years and served as a Chief Executive Officer for a rural community action agency. She was part of a statewide effort that resulted in the Wisconsin Public Health Association declaring racism as a public health crisis and provided leadership regarding a resolution to support family reunification for refugees relocating to Wisconsin. She is also a board member for Forward Community Investment, a community development financial institution investing in historically under-invested low-income areas and businesses with a goal of achieving racial and social justice.
Rene’ Settle-Robinson, DPM
Board Member
Rene’ is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Outreach Community Health Center.
Dr. Settle-Robinson is a graduate of the Climate and Health Equity Fellowship 2022 Cohort of George Mason University and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. She has been an active leader locally, regionally, and nationally in the National Medical Association and is the first Black Female to be residency trained in foot surgery in the State of Illinois and among the first 5 Black females in the United States. She currently practices at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center, Outreach Community Health Center, on Milwaukee's Northside.
Pranay is an internal medicine physician with Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Pranay first became interested in climate and sustainability while in his undergraduate years and now as an attending physician is focusing on climate health for his patients. In 2026, Pranay joined the board of Healthy Climate Wisconsin to further work towards the goal of a healthier community for his patients.
Chirantan Mukhopadhyay, MD
Board Member
Chirantan is an Ophthalmologist at NorthShore University Health System.
Chirantan Mukhopadhyay is an ophthalmologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem. After the birth of his second child, Chirantan became passionate about climate change and believes it is a critical part of patient care, education, and public health. Chirantan helped found the Healthy Climate Wisconsin and believes action is the best cure for despair.
Pranay is an internal medicine physician with Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Pranay first became interested in climate and sustainability while in his undergraduate years and now as an attending physician is focusing on climate health for his patients. In 2026, Pranay joined the board of Healthy Climate Wisconsin to further work towards the goal of a healthier community for his patients.
Amanda Richman, MPH
Board Member | Utility Accountability Co-lead
Amanda is a Workforce Development Coordinator at the City of Milwaukee Health Department.
Amanda Richman is a Workforce Development Coordinator at the City of Milwaukee Health Department and an active HCW member helping lead local fights against gas plants and data centers.
Andrew Lewandowski, DO
Board Member
Andrew is a community pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics.
Andrew Lewandowski, DO, is a pediatrician who is dedicated to climate justice. Within the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics, he is a clinical pediatrician who focuses on integrating planetary health into all aspects of medical care. Throughout his career, he has developed climate and health expertise in political advocacy, medical education, multidisciplinary collaboration, organizational leadership, and climate-informed patient care.
Richard Dart, MD
Board Member
Dick is an Emeritus Research Clinician at Marshfield Clinic Health Systems.
Dr. Dart is presently an Emeritus Research Clinician, in the Center for Precision Medicine at Marshfield Clinic Health Systems Research Institute. He trained at the Cleveland Clinics in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, both of which he is board-certified. Dr. Dart was in clinic practice on the staff at Marshfield Clinic for 34 years. He previously served as the President of the Wisconsin Medical Society and is on the Health and Public Policy Committee of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Physicians.
Pranay is an internal medicine physician with Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Pranay first became interested in climate and sustainability while in his undergraduate years and now as an attending physician is focusing on climate health for his patients. In 2026, Pranay joined the board of Healthy Climate Wisconsin to further work towards the goal of a healthier community for his patients.
Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD, MS
Board Member
Jonathan is the Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement at UW Madison School of Medicine & Public Health and a professor of Family Medicine.
Dr. Temte is the Associate Dean for Public Health & Community Engagement at UW-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health and a professor of Family Medicine. He Chairs the North American Primary Care Research Group’s Climate Change and Health Special Interest Group. He holds a MS in Biological Oceanography and a PhD in Zoology.
Pranay is an internal medicine physician with Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Pranay first became interested in climate and sustainability while in his undergraduate years and now as an attending physician is focusing on climate health for his patients. In 2026, Pranay joined the board of Healthy Climate Wisconsin to further work towards the goal of a healthier community for his patients.
Eric Ido-Bruce, DNP, RN, BSN
100% Clean Energy Co-lead
Eric Ido Bruce currently works for a digital health company providing remote monitoring services for hospitals serving rural communities.
Eric Ido Bruce currently works for a digital health company providing remote monitoring services for hospitals serving rural communities. He is active in advocacy for both planetary health and the LGBTQ.
Victoria Gillet, MD
Milwaukee Lead | Utility Accountability Co-lead
Victoria is a primary care internist and Associate Program Director for Primary Care at Advocate Aurora Health.
Dr. Victoria Gillet is a primary care physician and the Director for the Primary Care Track in the Internal Medicine Residency at Aurora Health Care. Victoria earned her Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chicago Pritzer School of Medicine and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic.
Alexandria Zielinski, DNP, RN
Healthy Food, Lands, and Water Lead
Alexandria is a nurse practitioner at Medical College of Wisconsin and Clinical Faculty at Marquette University.
Alexandria Zielinski is a nurse practitioner working in outpatient internal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is also clinical faculty at Marquette University where she guides undergraduate nursing students in nursing theory and practice. Alex has passion for systems change and understanding that all things are interconnected and interdependent, so she strives to improve planetary health. As a lifelong Wisconsinite, she is committed to finding beauty in the world while also working with others to improve her state.
