Tara Donadio

Tara Donadio is the assistant director of sustainability at the Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC) where joined in 2018 to work with municipalities in the region through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Clean Energy Communities Program and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Climate Smart Communities Program. She also works with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program. Donadio previously worked as a clean energy communities coordinator in the Southern Tier at Cornell Cooperative Extension and as a program director at the Troy-based nonprofit Audubon International. She holds a master’s in environmental policy from American University and a BS in environmental science from the University of Albany. Donadio lives in the city of Albany with her son and husband.

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