Jennette
Gayer
State Director, Environment Georgia
Started on staff: 2000
B.A. and B.S., The College of William and Mary
As director, Jennette coordinates policy development, research, outreach and legislative advocacy for Environment Georgia. She has run successful campaigns to designate Georgia’s first outstanding national resource water along the headwaters of the Conasauga River, expand parks along the Chattahoochee River and Jekyll Island State Park, and stop construction of three new coal-fired power plants in Georgia, while also advocating for solar policies that have helped make Georgia one of the top 10 states for solar in the country. She serves on the leadership team for the Georgia Water Coalition, and on the boards of Citizens for Progressive Transit and The Georgia Solar Energy Association. Jennette lives in Atlanta, where she enjoys training for triathlons and hiking and camping in Georgia’s mountains.
Posts by Jennette Gayer
5 surprising facts about renewable energy growth in Georgia
Georgia produces more than 37 times as much solar as it did a decade ago. Find more clean energy facts here.
Hurricane Helene: Environment Florida, Environment Georgia leaders available to talk
Environment Florida Advocate Mia McCormick and Environment Georgia State Director Jennette Gayer are available for eyewitness accounts about Helene’s effects
Statement: Second young right whale dead in a month
More devastating news for the critically endangered species
5 reasons why a titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp is a terrible idea
Home to some of our nation’s rarest animals, this natural wonder is at risk of being devastated by a 773-acre heavy metals strip mine.