Andover WECAN - Electrify your life, electrify your town!
Jul 29, 2022
Mary Pritchard and Kate Margolese
Andover WECAN - Electrify your life, electrify your town!

Andover WECAN strives to prepare the community to lead and flourish in a sustainable future. We work to educate residents on steps individuals can take to reduce their climate impact.

As chapter of the Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN), we join community chapters across the Commonwealth that share a commitment to reducing climate change and a passion for a sustainable future. This network is made up of local independent organizations who believe that community-based climate solutions lead our commonwealth and our nation to action on climate change.

Bio - Kate Margolese - Kate has over 25 years of professional experience in the high tech industry as an engineer, management consultant and marketing professional. Currently she works as a marketing and communications specialist for nonprofits. Her nonprofit work began as Chief Marketing Office for Perkins School for the Blind. Prior to Perkins, she led marketing efforts at technology companies including Sun Microsystems and Nets Inc. and worked as a consultant at McKinsey and Company, where she focused primarily on strategic direction for technology companies. Kate earned an MBA from Harvard University and has a B.S. in engineering from the University of Michigan.

Currently Kate is Governing Board Chair for West Parish Church, Vice President on the Andover Community Trust (ACT) Board and serves on the steering committees for both Andover WECAN and Courageous Conversations. Throughout her time in Andover she has served in many volunteer roles including board member of A Better Chance of Andover, foster care reviewer for the Department of Children and Families, Friendly Visitor for homebound residents, board member of the Andover Fund for Education, co-producer for 3 Merrimack Junior Theatre productions, Girl Scout leader and co-leader of the transition team for High Plain and Wood Hill.

Bio - Mary Pritchard - After raising three daughters, I turned my attention to community engagement:  

  • Served on the board of A Better Chance of Andover for 12 years, three years as president.  
  • Founded Courageous Conversations in 2016.  We are now entering our 8th year of programming on issues of systemic racism, affordable housing, structural racism in our community, the injustice of our criminal justice system, immigration, racial identity and privilege, and so forth.  https://mhl.org/courageous-conversations-merrimack-valley-history-events
  • Founded Andover WECAN in 2018 to educate residents on steps individuals can take to reduce their climate impact. Andover WECAN also works closely with the town to promote climate action at the community level. andoverwecan.org
  • Also a member of the South Church Green Team and Social Justice Coalition plus on the steering committee for the MA ACLU's What a Difference A District Attorney Makes."