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Director named to manage DNC's 'greening'

Rocky Mountain News

Published August 16, 2007 at midnight

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The effort to make the 2008 Democratic National Convention "green" took a step forward Wednesday with the hiring of a staffer to coordinate the work.

Parry Burnap was named the director of greening by the Denver host committee.

Burnap will direct the design and implementation of a greening work plan aimed at limiting the environmental impact of the convention Aug. 25 to 28 at the Pepsi Center.

Burnap will work out of the city's Greenprint Denver office, but her salary is being paid by the Denver Foundation's Eye on the Future Fund.

Democratic Party officials have pledged to make next year's convention the greenest ever, including looking for ways to recycle and to use fewer resources.

"The 2008 Democratic National Convention represents not only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Denver and Colorado but a transformational opportunity for incorporating a sustainability ethic into national conventions," Hickenlooper said. "Parry Burnap will play a key role in ensuring that the convention will be a national model of environmental responsibility."

Burnap most recently worked for Terrachord, a small business she co-founded in 2002.

She previously spent nine years as pollution prevention program manager for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.