Staff Directory

Mariko previously interned with Minnesota Renewable Now and the Metro Clean Energy Resource Team in the Twin Cities. She also worked as a summer Access Clean Energy Savings intern at the Environmental and Energy Study Institute in Washington D.C. 

Mariko is currently a student at Macalester College in Saint Paul where she is majoring in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Community and Global Health and a minor in Geography.

As a software engineer, Ariel supports our IT team improving our inhouse system, CEEtrack. 

Prior to CEE, Ariel worked for the Minnesota Senate as a programmer analyst, where he worked with the other bodies of the state government to redesign and maintain the senate website. He also gained experience as a computer programmer at Integrity Viking Funds in Minot, North Dakota and was in charge of developing and maintaining existing applications created help generate financial reports. Ariel has experience as a backend developer, having worked on projects including smartphone apps, websites, and custom software for corporations.

Ariel holds a BS in computer science with a minor in mathematics from Minot State University in North Dakota.