Encyclopedia of People of Color Environmental Professionals

Encyclopedia of People of Color Environmental Professionals

An encyclopedia created by JEDSI
At Yale School of the Environment

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Marianne Engelman Lado
Deputy General Counsel for Environmental Initiatives, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Raimundo Espinoza Chirinos
Executive Director, 
Conservación ConCiencia
Vincent Leggett
Founder & President, Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, 
Chesapeake Foundation
Jasmine Abrams
Research Scientist in Public Health, 
Yale University
Kathy Abusow
President & CEO , 
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Adams, Dawn Hill
Dawn Hill Adams
Founder and Co-President, 
Tapestry Institute
Adegoke, Jimmy
Jimmy Adegoke
Professor of Geosciences, 
University of Missouri
Adelzadeh, Mary
Mary Adelzadeh
Program Officer, 
First Nations Development Institute
Agrawal, Arun
Arun Agrawal
Samuel Trask Dana Professor, 
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
Aguilar, Andres
Andres Aguilar
Assistant Professor, 
California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Biological Sciences
Mary Anne Alabanza Akers
Dean, College of Environmental Design, 
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Alexander, Claudia
Claudia Alexander
In Memoriam, 
Ali, Mustafa Santiago
Mustafa Santiago Ali
Executive Vice President, 
National Wildlife Federation
Susana Almanza
Founding Member & Executive Director, 
People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources
Maya Almaraz
Associate Research Scientist, 
Yale School of the Environment; Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture
Alonso, Alfonso
Alfonso Alonso
Managing Director of Field Programs, 
Smithsonian Institution
Giuseppe Amatulli
Research Scientist in GeoComputation and Spatial Science, 
Yale School of the Environment
Richard Anderson
Lead Decision Scientist , 
Cox Automotive
Anderson, Rhonda
Rhonda Anderson
Environmental Justice Organizer, 
Sierra Club
LaShunda Anderson Hodges
Associate Professor of Soil and Plant Science , 
Southern University and A&M College
Annette Angus
R&D Manager, Microbiology, 
Clorox
Anthony, Carl
Carl Anthony
Founder of Breakthrough Communities, 
Earth House Center
Albert Antoine
Chemist, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Appiah-Opoku, Seth
Seth Appiah-Opoku
Professor, 
University of Alabama, Department of Geography

About the Encyclopedia of People of Color Environmental Professionals

Yale School of the Environment’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) is honored to share the updated Encyclopedia of People of Color Environmental Professionals. This encyclopedia features profiles of courage and leadership from individuals in the United States who contribute to the environment, health, climate justice, and related fields. These profiles were written using source materials from interviews and surveys conducted by Dr. Dorceta Taylor’s staff, personal and academic websites, and other publicly available online information. This is the third iteration of the project.  

The first compilation was published by the Minority Environmental Leadership Development Initiative (MELDI) in 2005, and the second by Vision for a Sustainable Environmental Future (VSEF) at the University of Michigan in 2016. 

Additional research, writing, compilation, and amendments by: Dr. Dorceta E. Taylor, Meg Daupan, Katherine Allison, Claire Nichols, Lily Fillwalk, PwintPhyu Nandar, Te’Yah Wright, Dr. Haille Rae, Dr. Carla Dhillon, Tabitha Sookdeo, Andre Eanes, Kate Gehrke, and Allie Douma.

Special thanks to Teona Williams, Maren Spolum, and Latonia Phillips for their work writing and building the previous versions of this project. 

Nominations to the Encyclopedia

We welcome nominations of individuals with at least 15 years of professional experience in the climate and environmental sectors. Please send the names, affiliations, and contact information of suggested individuals to jedsi@yale.edu.