Since 1990
We are committed to assuring a clean environment and healthy economy for citizens of coastal Georgia.
Our Mission
A safe and healthy place to raise our families.
Our Vision
Our History
The Glynn Environmental Coalition (GEC) was formed in 1990 by concerned citizens wanting to know how our community became so polluted, why we continue to have health-threatening pollution, and how we could develop an action plan to correct the problem. Since our organization's inception, the Glynn Environmental Coalition has worked diligently to make Glynn County a safe and healthy place to raise our families.
The need is great as Glynn County is home to 17 identified hazardous waste sites, four Superfund Sites, and four actively polluting industries. We work for you through community organizing, educational presentations, technical assistance, submitting comments, and requesting public hearings. The focus of the GEC has expanded to include governmental oversight and environmental justice.
We empower citizens by providing technical assistance at our four Superfund Sites by administering EPA Technical Assistance Grants, which provide our community with answers and an independent review and analysis of site documents. We also submit comments on clean-up plans and "permit to pollute" requests. Since the inception of the GEC, the focus has been on Glynn County, but we increasingly collaborate with local, state, and national organizations to address the environmental quality of life in all of coastal Georgia.
The Glynn Environmental Coalition Board of Directors
Tony started attending Glynn Environmental Coalition 1st Friday lunches and over time became a valuable volunteer and wealth of knowledge about rural, water, and agricultural issues. Tony lives in north McIntosh County and helps serve the area, and plan Glynn Environmental Coalition meetings and events.
Tony Robinson - President
Bonyetta Brison-Kitts - Vice President
Bonyetta Brison-Kitts is the owner and founder of The Brison Group, a boutique public relations firm. Bonyetta also owns Source 21, an employment agency, with her parents, which serves the Golden Isles and surrounding counties. Bonyetta currently serves on the City of Brunswick's Audit Committee, is the Chair of the City's Tree Board, and is a founding member of the Urbana-Perry Park Neighborhood Planning Assembly.
Kent Goering - Interim Treasurer/Secretary
Kent Goering is a retired research civil engineer. His professional career was with the U.S. Department of Defense and private industry in Alexandria, VA. He has expertise in structural dynamics and geotechnical engineering and has always been an advocate for environmental issues. He joined the GEC after coming to St. Simons in 2015. He represented the GEC as a judge in regional science fairs and became a member of the Board in 2018.
Sam Frazier
Sam joined the GEC during community organizing activities around the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site. Until recently, Sam worked at the Georgia Pacific Gypsum Plant, which was closed due to the economic slowdown. He lived in the neighborhood adjacent to the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site until it was bought by the pulp mill and razed. Sam keeps in touch with the former residents, has reluctantly retired to spend time with his children and family, and is active in his church.
Carolyn Wallace
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Nancy Neylans
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Glynn Environmental Coalition Personnel
Rachael Thompson
Executive Director
After obtaining her B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of Rhode Island, Rachael traveled to Georgia to serve as a Marine Science Instructor for the University of Georgia on both Jekyll and Tybee Islands. The next 5 years she spent educating and inspiring people to protect Georgia's most special places: working as a Naturalist at The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island and as the Watershed Outreach and Development Assistance with the Satilla Riverkeeper. Rachael started her tenure with the Glynn Environmental Coalition to facilitate the first leadership transition the organization had seen since its inception in 1990. In 2019, she was promoted to Executive Director and has since been nationally recognized for her community organizing work by being awarded the 2019 National Notable Achievement Award for Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement.
Frank Anastasi
Technical Advisor
Frank Anastasi is an independent environmental consultant who has worked on a wide variety of environmental cleanup projects since 1981. He is a licensed Professional Geologist in North Carolina, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania. Frank is supporting the Glynn Environmental Coalition and the Brunswick community as Technical Advisor under US EPA's Superfund Technical Assistance Grant program. He provides technical support to other groups of concerned citizens, as well as to private-sector and government clients.
Martha Dismer
Seafood Outreach Assitant
Mieyana Milner
Canvasser
Heather Riviera
Finance Assistant