Meet C3's New Hires for Summer 2023
Our team is growing! C3 is excited to welcome all their new hires for Summer 2023. Our undergraduate interns will aid C3 on communications, policy research, development projects, and more to advance our mission and promote C3’s local climate work. Our Climate Justice Fellow will be working on policy and design research.
We look forward to the impactful achievements they’ll accomplish this season.
Fellows
Dylan Metsch-Ampel – Climate Justice Fellow
Dylan is a rising second-year master’s student in the Urban + Environmental Planning program at the University of Virginia. Before coming to Charlottesville, Dylan worked as a litigation case manager after graduating from Bates College, where he studied Rhetoric and Environmental Studies. He is passionate about understanding people’s sense of place and place attachment and leveraging urban planning, policy, and advocacy to promote healthy neighborhoods and homes. When he is not working, Dylan loves exploring Belmont, going to the park to play basketball, and running the Rivanna Trail with his dog.
Undergraduate Interns
Danielle Dickson – Corporate Sustainability Intern
Danielle is a rising fourth-year at the University of Virginia from Fairfax, Virginia. She is working towards completing her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and minor in Computer Science. She is especially interested in climate science and mitigation strategies, and their political and economic intersections. Outside of interning at C3, she enjoys being outdoors, trying new foods and restaurants, and spending time with friends and family.
Eryn Rhodes — Communications Intern
Eryn is a fourth year at the University of Virginia from Houston, Texas and Great Falls, Virginia. She is double majoring in History with a Law & Society concentration and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Passionate about advocacy-centered writing, she is excited to promote C3’s objectives through strategic communications. Eryn has experience in writing and publication management, serving as a staff writer for the UVA Women Center’s IRIS Magazine and as an Executive Editor and Co-Founder of the Virginia Undergraduate Law Review. In her free time, Eryn rides her two horses, Kitty and Arrow, and is always looking for book recommendations.
Sydney O’Connell – Climate Policy Intern
Sydney is a fourth-year at the University of Virginia from Richmond, Virginia. She is double majoring in Global Public Health and Foreign Affairs, and has a passion for the intersection of climate, health, and politics. She is also the chair of the outreach committee for the Center for Global Health Equity Student Advisory Board at UVA’s Center for Global Health Equity and the Virginia Journal of Bioethics. When she’s not with them or C3, she’s likely outside or reading (or both).
Ava Birdwell – Development Intern
Ava is a rising fourth-year at the University of Virginia majoring in Environmental Science. She fell in love with the environment, especially marine habitats, while volunteering for the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme and scuba diving. Ava is passionate about public policy and citizen science to engage more people in conservation and climate solutions. In her free time she loves playing sports outdoors, traveling, diving, and spending time with family, friends, and dogs.
Kendall Kelly – Make Your Own Impact Intern
Kendall is a fourth-year from the University of Virginia majoring in Environmental Science and Statistics. Originally from Roanoke, Virginia, Kendall embraced spending time outside at a young age, which translated to her current passion for environmental activism. Combined with her interest in statistics, Kendall has conducted research projects to analyze data and address concerns about climate injustice. In her free time, she enjoys playing pickleball, beach volleyball, and spending time with her family's two golden retrievers, Kona and Sawyer.
Keep up with our blog and social media to see what these C3 team members are up to over the coming months.