OUR BOARD

Rinda Just

Boise, President

Chad Worth

Boise, Treasurer

Terry Kaufmann

Pocatello, Secretary

Amy O’Brien

Boise, Vice President

Tim Andreae

Boise

Bryant Kusy

Boise

Julie Hoefnagels

Boise

Hannah Smay

Ketchum

Kelly Cox

Boise

Jerry Riener

Boise

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Rinda Just | Boise, President

Rinda was an Idaho deputy attorney general for the Department of Parks and Recreation. She is a native Idahoan and graduated from Boise State University and the University of Washington Law School. She is retired and recently “Solarized” her home in Boise where she crafts amazing needlepoint. She is excited to pursue the Alliance’s mission in this time of new opportunities and challenges.

Chad Worth | Boise, Treasurer

Chad has been working in clean energy for over 10 years and currently works as an engineer for a nation-wide energy efficiency and distributed generation consulting company, Energy Solutions. Chad started the Solarize the Valley program, represents the Alliance on Idaho Power’s Integrated Resource Planning Advisory Committee and was a 2018 City of Boise Livability Ambassador. When not geeking out on energy stuff Chad enjoys exploring Idaho, watching baseball, fixing cars and finding new things to cook in his solar oven. Chad is in his second term.

Terry Kaufmann | Pocatello, Secretary

Terry grew up in Philadelphia. After she and her husband served in the Peace Corps in Western Samoa, they traveled throughout Asia and then settled in Pocatello. She is an active member of the community and has volunteered for many years with the Alliance and for Nurses Against Nuclear Weapons. She is serving in her first term.

Amy O’Brien | Boise

As a professional dancer based in New York City, Amy performed on Broadway, was a member of Twyla Tharp’s Company, choreographed for and toured with Mikhail Baryshnikov and his White Oak Dance Project. She is co-founder of The Atlanta School, an Art and Architecture School located in a rugged mountain town at the foot of the Sawtooth Wilderness Area. She has been saving, restoring and revitalizing historic buildings in Atlanta, Idaho since 1998. Amy is a 2007 recipient of an Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship for the Performing Arts.

Amy’s connection with the Alliance began with her participation in a multi artist exhibition ‘Holding What Can’t Be Held’ based on touring the radioactive cleanup sites at the Idaho National Laboratory. Her work travelled to Boulder, CO as part of ‘Facing Rocky Flats’ an art exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Rocky Flats Truth Force where she became inspired by the dedication and work of anti- nuclear activists. She has been a passionate supporter of the Alliance and is honored to serve on its board.

Tim Andreae | Boise

Tim is a long time advocate for local food and father of an amazing 5 year old. Besides working as a mental health counselor, he attempts to stay in touch with himself by making art and music. He is the host of Greasy Greens, playing a wide range of eclectic music on Boise Community Radio. He is founder and organizer of Holding What Can’t Be Held, a project that brings artists into relationship with the radioactive waste in our own backyard. He keeps an eye out for new ways to enliven community around issues that matter. He is currently serving his fourth term.

Bryant Kusy | Boise

Bryant Kusy grew up in Twin Falls and Eagle, Idaho. He lived in New Mexico for 14 years before returning to the Treasure Valley in 2015. He is a therapist, poet and mountain biker who enjoys helping others find joy in their lives. Bryant starting caring about non-proliferation for some reason around the age of 11. This is his first term.

Julie Hoefnagels| Boise

Julie is a longtime Alliance member and Idaho resident who has traveled the world and finally come home. She was a member of the group Beyond War in San Francisco and the Ecology Party in Belgium. She works as a free-lance interpreter in hospitals and schools (French, Spanish) and worked in the past as a medical and legal secretary. She became active around nuclear issues after the Chernobyl accident, has been a regular Alliance volunteer and is now serving her second term on the Board.

Hannah Smay | Ketchum

Inspired by her upbringing among Idaho’s treasured landscapes, Hannah has pursued studies in the environmental field, worked to promote renewable energy investments and served as a community and campus organizer for environmental advocacy. In 2019, Hannah received her master’s in environmental humanities from the University of Utah after researching intertwined histories of indigenous communities, the nuclear age and seismic forces in the American West. Her passion for anti-nuclear activism was ignited by her experience traveling with Alliance staff and members to the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s D.C. Days in 2018. Hannah is honored to serve on the board of the Alliance and is dedicated to a nuclear-free future. Hannah is in her first term.

Kelly Cox | Boise

Kelly Cox grew up in Madison, Wisconsin where she and her friends spent their time in giant rubber boots fishing trash out of the lakes – for fun. She logged many hours on the reef, scuba diving around the world with her parents witnessing both the bounty and the decline of our ancient paradise.

She fell in love with the West in her explorations of Southern Utah and then moved to Missoula, Montana for school where she received a BFA in Ceramics. Several years were then spent in Minneapolis volunteering with activist puppet and urban farm opera troupes as well and meandering for days along the Superior Hiking Trail.

In 2011 she was backpacking around Japan during the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster which began her interest in the nuclear mess and her commitment to pursuing “no regrets” solutions to our climate problems. In 2012 she moved to Boise, Idaho with her high school sweetheart to attend and work for Boise State University where she received an MFA in Ceramics. In 2017 hurricane Irma ravaged her parents and their house in Saint Croix, USVI driving home her fears and passions about the need for climate action.

Currently she teaches Art at Boise State, Fort Boise Community Center and the Potter’s Center and makes ceramic sculpture about her love and concern for the planetary systems with her husband and son. You can find images of their work at www.Mullox.com.

Jerry Riener | Boise

Having grown up rafting the rivers of Idaho, Jerry became concerned on protecting these pristine landscapes from an early age. After spending his time in Zambia as a Peace Corps volunteer, Jerry decided to take a more active role in protecting and preserving nature. Jerry’s first experience with the Alliance was when he did an internship during grad school. This led to him attending DC days and spending a summer as an outreach coordinator. Jerry is in his first term.