People of Color Environmental Professionals: Profiles of Courage and Leadership

People of Color Environmental Professionals:
Profiles of Courage and Leadership

A database created by JEDSI
At the school of the environment

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Tome, Whitney
Whitney Tome
Principal + Head of the Beyond Diversity Strategies Practice, 
The Raben Group
Paul Turner
Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 
Yale University
Venegas, Bertha
Bertha Venegas
Owner, 
Tenoch Distribution LLC
Vongkhamdy, Phoukham
R. Phou Vongkhamdy
State Conservationist, 
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Washington, Sylvia Hood
Sylvia Hood Washington
CEO & Founder, 
One Drop Rule Health Foundation
Witherspoon, Nsedu Obot
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon
Executive Director, 
Children's Environmental Health Network
Wright , Beverly
Beverly Wright
Founder and Executive Director, 
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Wright , Gwen
Gwen Wright
Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations, 
Duke University
"Deepsea Dawn" Wright
Chief Scientist, 
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
Zigbi, Kolu
Kolu Zigbi
Independent Consultant, 
WKZ Consulting LLC.
Evan Zusy

About the People of Color Environmental Professionals Database

Yale School of the Environment’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) is honored to share the updated People of Color Environmental Professionals database. The database 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 with 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, and Tabitha Sookdeo. 

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

Email jedsi@yale.edu with questions and comments.