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

Displaying 1 - 445 of 445
Displaying 73 - 96 of 445
Dominique Carter
VP of Food & Nutrition Affairs, 
Food Minds
Cassius Cash
Superintendent for Great Smoky Mountains National Park , 
National Park Service
J. Mijin Cha
Assistant Professor, 
University of California, Santa Cruz
Carolina Chacon Mendoza
Founder, Principal Consultant, 
Carolina Chacon Consulting, LLC
Gisela Chapa
Self-Governance Director, 
Orutsararmiut Native Council
Ronda Lee Chapman
Associate Vice President, Equity and Belonging , 
Trust for Public Land
Donna Chavis
Climate & Energy Justice Program Manager, 
Friends of the Earth
Chen, Don
Don Chen
President, 
Surdna Foundation
Chen, Tsing-Chang
Tsing-Chang (Mike) Chen
Professor Emeritus of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, 
Iowa State University
Chigbu, Paulinus
Paulinus Chigbu
Professor & Director, NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center, 
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Allison Chin
President, Board of Directors, 
Sierra Club
Chitewere, Tendai
Tendai Chitewere
Professor of Geography and Environment, 
San Francisco State University
M. Arnita Hannon Christmon
Acting Director, State and Local Relations, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Avexnim Cojti Ren
Director of Programs, 
Cultural Survival
Brandi Colander
Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer and Government Affairs , 
ENVIVA Biomass
Angela Coleman
Associate Chief , 
US Forest Service
Comeaux, William
Bill Comeaux
Meteorologist-in-Charge, 
National Weather Service
Comes at Night, Roylene
Roylene Rides at the Door Comes at Night
State Conservationist, 
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
Sam Cook
Executive Director of Forest Assets, VP of Natural Resources Foundation, 
North Carolina State University
Adrienne Cooper
Founder and CEO, 
Manden Strategy, LLC
Dara Cooper
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, 
National Black Food and Justice Alliance
Corbin-Marks, Cecil
Cecil Corbin-Marks
In Memoriam, 
Elizabeth Corr
Associate Director, Arts & Cultural Partnerships, Communications, 
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nat McKeller Crosby
President , 
The Richmond LGBTQ Chamber

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.