{"416111":{"#nid":"416111","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Colleen Kiernan (MCP \u002700) named Woman Making a Mark by Atlanta Magazine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith a bachelor\u2019s degree in environmental studies and political science from Emory University, a master\u2019s in city and regional planning from Georgia Tech, and stints at environmental groups and an architecture and planning firm, Colleen Kiernan seems perfectly suited as the\u0026nbsp;director of the Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club, a position\u0026nbsp;she\u2019s had since 2010. Recent Sierra Club victories include extending MARTA\u2014and bringing the first commuter rail\u2014to Clayton County, increasing Georgia\u2019s solar and wind power energy, and drastically reducing the state\u2019s dependence on power plants. \u201cOur goal is to get to 100 percent clean energy by 2050,\u201d she says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-06-18 11:11:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:35","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Laura Czyzewski","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/women-making-a-mark\/colleen-kiernan\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"129261","name":"colleen kiernan"},{"id":"1243","name":"MARTA"},{"id":"129271","name":"MCP"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}