Meet our Advisory Board Members
National Advisory Board
Stacey Abrams
Founder of Fair Fight and the Southern Economic Advancement Project
Amanda Aguirre
Former Director of Public Engagement at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Mustafa Ali
VP of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, National Wildlife Federation
Carol Browner
Chair, Board of Directors, League of Conservation Voters
Brandi Colander
Principal, The Raben Group, and former Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Assistant Secretary during the Obama Administration
Michelle Deatrick
Founder and Chair of the DNC Environmental and Climate Crisis Council, Poet, Former County Commissioner
Abdul El-Sayed
Physician, Epidemiologist, Progressive Activist. Chair of Southpaw Michigan
Mike Fishman
Climate Jobs National Resource Center, and former Secretary Treasurer, SEIU
Rhiana Gunn-Wright
Co-Author of the Green New Deal
Abigail Ross Hopper
President and CEO of Solar Energy Industries Association
Jim Hunter
Former Director, Utility Department IBEW, and former President, Unions for Jobs & Environmental Progress (UJEP)
Kaniela Ing
Climate Justice Campaign Director for People's Action, formerly a Hawaii State Legislator
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Founder/CEO, Ocean Collectiv
Bill Lipton
Working Families Party
Thomas López
Climate Strike Partnerships Coordinator at the Future Coalition, co-founder of the International Indigenous Youth Council
Greisa Martínez
Deputy Executive Director, United We Dream
Representative Harold Mitchell Jr. (SC)
South Carolina State House, founder of ReGenesis Project
Secretary Ernest Moniz
Former United States Secretary of Energy
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin
Advocate for People and Planet and National Climate Strategist
Bill Peduto
Mayor of Pittsburgh
John Podesta
Advisor to Presidents Clinton and Obama
Varshini Prakash
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Sunrise
Jamal Raad
Co-founder and Campaign Director for Evergreen Action
Senator Harry Reid
United States Senator from Nevada
Tom Steyer
Former Investor, Philanthropist, and Founder of NextGen America
Nick Tilsen
President and CEO, NDN Collective
María Urbina
Chief of Staff, National Political Director, Indivisible
Jim Williams
General Vice President, IUPAT
Say Yang
Program Coordinator for Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy
Creative Council Advisory Board
Cristela Alonzo
Comedian, Producer, and Actor
Rosanna Arquette
Actress, Producer, and Activist
Vic Barrett
Climate Justice Activist
Xiye Bastida
Climate Justice Activist
Connie Britton
Actress, Producer, and Activist
Haven Coleman
Climate Activist
Zooey Deschanel
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, and Activist
Jerome Foster II
Virtual Reality Developer and Executive Director of OneMillionOfUs
Debra Messing
Actress and Activist
Adam Met
6X Platinum Musician, UNDP Advocate, PhD Researcher, Executive Director Sustainable Partners, Inc.
Kevin J. Patel
Founder and Executive Director of OneUpAction
Piper Perabo
Actress and Activist
Questlove
Musician, Producer, Author
Ashley Renne
Environmental Activist and Sustainability Expert
Ryann Richardson
Activist, Entrepreneur, and Miss Black America
Mj Rodriguez
Actress, Singer, and Activist
Paul Scheer
Actor, Writer, Director
Stephanie Shepherd
Entrepreneur, Advocate, Co-founder of Future Earth
Lauren Singer
CEO of Package Free and Founder of Trash is For Tossers
Leah Thomas
Intersectional Environmental Activist, Eco-Communicator, and founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist Platform
Opal Tometi
Activist, Social Entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter
Danni Washington
Science Communicator
State Co-Chair Advisory Board
Kirsten Engel, Arizona
State Representative
Stephen Gilman, Arizona
10th District Field Service Representative, International Association of Fire Fighters
Alejandra Gómez, Arizona
Co-Executive Director of LUCHA Arizona
Rebecca Ríos, Arizona
State Senator
Eduardo Sainz, Arizona
Arizona State Director of Mi Familia Vota
Howard Chou, Colorado
Vice-Chair of the Colorado Democratic Party
Nicole Johnston, Colorado
Mayor Pro-tem and Aurora City Councilwoman
Dr. Kristopher Larsen, Colorado
Mayor of Nederland
Ean Thomas Tafoya, Colorado
Co-chair of the Colorado Latino Forum
Dr. Frances Colón, Florida
Former Deputy Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State at the U.S. State Department
Valencia Gunder, Florida
Founder of The Smile Trust
Joanne Pérodin, MPH, Florida
Climate Justice Program Director, Florida Rising
José Javier Rodríguez, Florida
State Senator
Dr. Philip K. Stoddard, Florida
Former Mayor of South Miami
Jonathan Webber, Florida
Deputy Director, Florida Conservation Voters
Daniel Blackman, Georgia
Climate Policymaker, Environmental Justice and Public Health Activist
Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Georgia
Pastor Emeritus Providence Baptist Church and Board Chair Interfaith Power& Light
Natasha Dyer, Georgia
Sustainable Smyrna board member
Lindsay Harper, Georgia
Arm in Arm National Core Support Team Coordinator
Dr. Na'Taki Jelks, Georgia
Assistant Professor of Environmental & Health Sciences at Spelman College
Dr. Mildred McClain, Georgia
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Harambee House/Citizens For Environmental Justice
Valerie Rawls, Georgia
Director of Black Green Agenda with the New Georgia Project
Tyler Olson, Iowa
City Councilmember and clean energy business owner
LaTricea Adams, Michigan
Founder CEO & President - Black Millennials 4 Flint
Mallory McMorrow, Michigan
State Senator
Melissa Hortman, Minnesota
Minnesota State House Speaker
Justin Jones, Nevada
Clark County Commissioner
William J. Barber III, North Carolina
Strategic Partnerships Manager-Climate Justice Initiative, The Climate Reality Project; Founder and President, The Rural Beacon Initiative, LLC
Jay Chaudhuri, North Carolina
State Senator
DeAndrea Salvador, North Carolina
Founder and Executive Director of RETI -Renewable Energy Transition Initiative
Erica Smith, North Carolina
State Senator
Susannah Tuttle, North Carolina
Director of North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
Sara Innamorato, Pennsylvania
State Representative
Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania
State Representative
Janet Bewley, Wisconsin
State Senate Minority Leader
David Cieslewicz, Wisconsin
Former Mayor of Madison
Darrol Gibson, Wisconsin
Managing Director of LIT Milwaukee
Jennifer Giegerich, Wisconsin
Government Affairs Director, Wisconsin Conservation Voters
Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin
State Treasurer
Chris Larson, Wisconsin
State Senator
Cory Mason, Wisconsin
Mayor of Racine
Jeff Smith, Wisconsin
State Senator
