About Tri-valley cares

Meet our people

Marylia Kelley is the Executive Director of the Livermore-based Tri-Valley CAREs. She brings more than 37 years of in-depth research, analysis and facilitating public participation in decisions regarding U.S. nuclear weapons and environmental cleanup, with a focus on the Department of Energy, its National Nuclear Security Administration and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Kelley has provided testimony on the nuclear weapons complex before the U.S. Congress and the California Legislature, and has been an expert witness in environmental litigation involving Livermore Lab and other nuclear weapons sites. She represents Tri-Valley CAREs at the United Nations, including by conducting advocacy to support the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Kelley has provided input to the National Academy of Sciences, including on the proliferation risks of the National Ignition Facility and remediation challenges posed by toxic and radioactive pollution in groundwater at the Livermore Lab. She has written for numerous publications, including the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Hill, the East Bay Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Kelley also serves as editor for the group’s newsletter, Citizen’s Watch. Kelley’s work with Tri-Valley CAREs has garnered numerous awards over the years, and, in 2002, she was inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. She has a background in journalism and humanities, and graduated summa cum laude from John F. Kennedy University. Kelley has lived in Livermore since 1976. [email protected]

Scott Yundt is the Staff Attorney at Tri-Valley CAREs, a position he has held for more than dozen years. Scott specializes in public interest and environmental law. He manages the group’s community “right to know” program, including Freedom of Information Act activities from initial request through litigation. He also facilitates a support group for Dept. of Energy nuclear weapons workers and contractors made ill by on the job exposures and heads up the group’s activities to achieve conversion of Livermore Lab from nuclear weapons to a “green lab” focused on civilian science initiatives. Scott graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz where he double majored in environmental studies and legal studies. He then graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he received a Public Interest Law Certificate and the Pro Bono Publico Award for his commitment to serving the public interest. [email protected]

Raiza Marciscano-Bettis is the Outreach and Spanish Translation Specialist at Tri-Valley CAREs. Originally from Panama Raiza has been in the U.S. for more than two decades and is a Livermore resident. She fills a leadership role in conducting the group’s outreach activities, including speaking, writing and translating information about Livermore Lab, and its Site 300, into Spanish. Raiza manages the group’s community organizing with the goal of expanding participation opportunities in environmental decision-making for Spanish-speaking residents and youth. She also maintains the group’s website and social media accounts. [email protected]

Peter Strauss began working for Tri-Valley CAREs in 1991 as Technical Advisor on the Superfund cleanup of the Livermore Lab’s Main Site. In the mid-90s, he was also awarded a second contract by Tri- Valley CAREs to analyze data and advise on the Superfund cleanup at the Livermore Lab’s Site 300 high explosives testing range. His responsibilities include providing detailed analysis of reports, well logs and other technical data on soil and groundwater contaminants and their migration through the environment. Peter also provides the group with comparative analyses of potential or selected remediation technologies and assists with the preparation of written comments on key aspects of the Superfund process. Peter authored Tri-Valley CAREs’ Community Guide to the Site 300 Cleanup, as well as its companion guide to the Lab’s Main Site cleanup. Peter has also completed a comprehensive study of plutonium problems at Livermore Lab. He earned a BA from the University of Wisconsin and an MS in Science and Policy from State University of New York. [email protected]

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