Haakon is the executive director of Committee to Bridge the Gap. Since 2018, he has worked alongside Dan Hirsch as a researcher, strategist, writer, and speaker on campaigns to clean up the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Santa Susana Field Lab, improve stewardship of high-level nuclear waste, oppose the greenwashing of nuclear power, and strengthen radiation protection standards. He has been published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and has appeared in outlets like the San Francisco Chronicle. He serves on Congressman Mike Levin’s SONGS Task Force, helped start the Chico, CA chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and is a board member of Humboldt Mediation Services. He is passionate about electronic music, personal development, and authentic dialogue. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2016 with BAs in Environmental Studies and Philosophy.
