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Our Crew
We are creatives, educators, activists, and diverse experts committed to promoting action-oriented, innovative approaches to social and environmental change.
Image: Gleb Raygorodetsky
STAFF
Staff
Tara DePorte / Founder & Executive Director
Rosalie Le Grelle / Community Research Coordinator
Jolly Patel / Community Coordinator
Alvaro Valencia / Programs Coordinator
Avalon Akashi / Climate Justice Fellow
Tara Asgar / Climate Justice Fellow
Saeeda Karim / Bookkeeper
Samantha (Sammy) Aldover / NGO Management Intern
Mariana Oliveira /
Creative CommunicationIntern
Maya Ortega / NGO Management Intern
Long (Kiki) Liu / Global Leadership Intern
Tessa Kolovarsky / Environmental Education Intern
Board
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Doug Semmes / Board President / Drum Roll Composter
John Averill / Board Member / Depop
Alexa Eskenazi / Board Member / General Atlantic
Tricia Nichols / Board Member / Wellbent Co
Julien Saur / Treasurer / Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Suraya Williams / Vice President / Robertson Foundation
Tara DePorte / Board Member / Human Impacts Institute
Kristen Svorka / Secretary / Sproutwell
Carlos Deivis Lozano Suarez / Board Member / Centro Amazónico del Buen Vivir
Célio Monteiro José / Board Member / EcoHope Mozambique
Carmen Valenzuela / Board Member / VCH Studio, Hablemos de Futuros
Steven Yanovsky / Board Member
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Advisory Council
Wendy Star / Advisor / FDNY
Lucas Wasson / Advisor
Betsy Ukeritis / Advisor / NYS DEC
Brian Tate / Advisor / Tate Strategy
Melanie Griffin / Advisor / Open Space Institute
Katie Carpenter / Advisor / WNET PBS
Leticia Doormann / Advisor / TINTA
Hervé Levite / Advisor / Hervé Levite, Advisor / UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Shino Tanikawa / Advisor / NYSWCD
Divya Venkatesh / Advisor / London College of Communication
Niharika Tyagi / Advisor
Tony Sadiku / Advisor / WCBS
Vandita Sariya / Advisor
Wara Iris Ruiz Condori / Advisor / Indigenous Peoples Rights International
Courtney Leigh Elmes / Advisor / Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
Louise Kyhl Triolo / Advisor
Dylan Pereira / Advisor / NEA EIRENE / Revista Diplomacia
Helena Boateng / Advisor
Mira Atherton / Advisor / MTA Construction & Development
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