Bob Shippee, legislative committee chair of the Virginia Chapter of The Sierra Club, will speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club Wednesday, Aug. 14, on the important environmental issues facing the General Assembly in 2020.
The Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club is over 20,000 members strong. It is part of the national Sierra Club, the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
The club will meet at 1:30 p.m. in Classroom 2 of the LOW Community Center at Sweetbriar Park. The program is open to all, regardless of political affiliation.
Shippee has bachelor’s degrees in economics and industrial engineering from Syracuse University and master’s degrees in business administration and labor relations from Cornell University. He worked in financial services for 28 years before retiring in 2015. He ran for county office in 2015, which led him to become active in politics.
He has been a member of the Sierra Club for many years, volunteered in various capacities, and served as chapter treasurer from 2007-2010. He joined the Sierra Club chapter’s Legislative and Political Committees in 2016.
His exposure to the chapter’s work in this arena led him to become Legislative Committee co-chair in 2017 and chair in 2018. He serves as a full-time volunteer advocate in the General Assembly.
Shippee is treasurer of the Henrico County Democratic Committee and vice chair of the Henrico Electoral Board.
He is the father of five children, ages 13 to 30.
The concerns of the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club includes work in climate action, offshore wind, solar energy, fracking, coal ash, coal dust, oil and gas pipelines, environmental justice, and legislative and political engagement.
More information is available at the Sierra Club chapter’s Web site.