Caren Madsen
As a volunteer, Silver Spring resident Caren Madsen chairs the Conservation Montgomery Board of Directors and is serving a second term on the Montgomery County Forest Conservation Advisory Committee. In 2006, Caren was a member of the County Forest Conservation Task Force convened by the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission. A former journalist, she is an advocate of preserving trees in the County and developing new legislative solutions to preserve tree canopy and protect local watersheds. Over the years, Caren has served on other boards and volunteer positions with Friends of Sligo Creek, the Montgomery Sierra Club group and the Montgomery County Civic Federation. For 7 years, she was a Girl Scout troop leader and organized multi-troop activities and recruitment of girls and troop leaders for Woodlin Elementary School for 4 years. In 2008, she was honored with an award for outstanding volunteer service from the Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital service unit for the Silver Spring-Takoma Park area.
In 2009, she was on assignment to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) as the Deputy Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs. She has over 27 years of experience in communications management in private industry and in the federal sector. Caren has been honored with awards for news and feature writing as well as for awards for community environmental volunteer work and communications, including recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Georgia Press Association, the Georgia Healthcare Association, the Hotel Sales & Marketing Association and the National Association of Government Communicators. In 2010, she was recognized as one of Montgomery County, Maryland’s “40 Environmentalists Who Made a Difference” on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Along with Ginny Barnes from Conservation Montgomery, she was honored for her public service with the Star Cup Award for 2011 from the Montgomery County Civic Federation. She also received a 2011 Local Hero Award from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation Neighborhoods Excellence Initiative for her local volunteer work in conservation.
Caren is a Senior Fellow of the National Partnership for Public Service Excellence in Government leadership program and a graduate of the Department of Commerce Executive Leadership Development Program.
RECUSAL NOTICE: Related to Conservation Montgomery and matters pertaining to the State of Maryland, Caren Madsen has recused herself from discussions, meetings or any involvement with offshore wind energy issues.
