Michigan State Director
Sean learned the importance of protecting drinking water and our environment from a young age, growing up in a community devastated by perennial droughts and poor water and air quality in California’s central valley. He worked briefly as a firefighter before leaving California to attend school at Franciscan University in Ohio, where he studied History. Sean married his wife, Rose, in 2010 and moved to Grand Rapids, where he worked retail before joining Clean Water Action in Lansing in 2011.
Sean started out as a canvasser, became a Field Manager, then Senior Field Manager, and became the Canvass Director of the Lansing Office in July of 2013. From there Sean moved into program, policy, and legislative work, spending many years as Legislative and Policy Director before becoming Clean Water's Michigan State Director in 2023.
In his spare time, Sean enjoys woodworking, restoring and playing various musical instruments, reading, and teaching his two year old daughter, Mary, to love and appreciate the Great Lakes and the beautiful natural world that surrounds us.
