Author: Doug Bogen

SAPL Executive Director Doug Bogen has been an environmental organizer and advocate for over 35 years. Doug is a uniquely qualified leader for grassroots movements and citizen advocacy efforts. With his expertise in the fields of environmental science, media relations and public education, his extensive knowledge of the history of the energy industry, and a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory process, Bogen is able to develop real-world community-based solutions to our most challenging environmental issues. In addition to his work with SAPL, Doug Bogen is a founding member of Seacoast Peace Response and the Portsmouth-Severodvinsk Connection. He was Program Director of the Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative from 2011 to May, 2016. From 1991 to 2009, Doug worked with Clean Water Action’s New Hampshire program, where he served as state program director for most of that time. His work included cleaning up the state’s old fossil-fueled power plants, combating climate disruption, protecting drinking water and coastal water quality, and addressing toxic contamination—particularly mercury and military waste. Doug has also served from 1995 to 2023 as Community Co-Chair of the Restoration Advisory Board for the superfund mitigation of toxic waste sites at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Doug lives in Barrington, New Hampshire. He holds a master’s in science in environmental education from Cornell University and a bachelor’s in biology from Colorado College.