Our Team
Madison Hilly
Founder, Executive Director
Madison began her career fighting for nuclear power as a researcher and analyst for Environmental Progress, a pro-nuclear research and policy organization in Berkeley, California. She supported and co-authored analyses that have been cited in Forbes, the Washington Post, USA Today, and the New York Times.
As Executive Vice President of EP, Madison oversaw all of the organization’s research, advocacy efforts, and campaigns.
Madison has traveled to meet with and advise policymakers and journalists around the world, including in France, Germany, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and South Korea. Her organizing efforts built a coalition of industry and civil society that led to the world’s largest pro-nuclear demonstration, Stand Up For Nuclear. She has presented her work at the 2019 AtomExpo International Forum, the 2019 International Uranium Fuel Seminar, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
The onset of coronavirus underscored the related crises the U.S. is facing, and Madison decided she needed to focus her efforts on her home country. She returned to her birth city of Chicago, the epicenter of U.S. nuclear power, and launched the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal.
Madison holds a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
State Coordinators
Alan Medsker
Illinois Coordinator
“My faith teaches me that loving all people is like the speed of light – 186,000 miles per second. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law! And loving all people means doing whatever we can to provide for them, to raise them out of poverty. By providing clean, abundant, affordable power, nuclear energy can help achieve these objectives”. - Alan Medsker
Heather Hoff
California Coordinator
Heather Hoff is an operator and procedure writer at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, as well as a founder of Mothers For Nuclear. She works passionately to share her knowledge and experiences with people who are less comfortable with nuclear power. She cares deeply for both the natural environment and humanity, and belives nuclear power is necessary to enable people to overcome energy poverty while also living in concert with the Earth that supports us. She is actively involved in professional societies such as Women In Nuclear and the California Association of Women in Water, Energy, and Environment. She supports her company and community by routinely volunteering with nuclear educational outreach, native habitat restoration, and trash cleanups. Her eleven-year-old daughter often joins in these activities, and can accurately describe how mommy helps make energy so friends can run things like electric cars.
Heather also has a materials engineering degree from Cal Poly, and has positive hopes for the use of technology to solve energy challenges both now and in the future.