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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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
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
Adrienne Cooper
Founder and CEO, 
Manden Strategy, LLC
Corbin-Marks, Cecil
Cecil Corbin-Marks
In Memoriam, 
Crouch, Carol Vallee
Carol Vallee Crouch
State Tribal Liaison, 
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
Cruz, Ramon
Ramon Cruz
President, 
Sierra Club
Naomi Davis
Founder and CEO, 
Blacks in Green
Davis, Felicia M.
Felicia M. Davis
Founder and Managing Director, 
HBCU Green Fund
de Sá, Rafael
Rafael de Sá
Professor and Dennon Endowed Chair, 
University of Richmond
Danielle Deane
Senior Fellow, 
Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School
Antoinette Dendtler
Managing Partner, 
90°N Consulting
Doi, Roy
Roy Doi
In Memoriam, 
Dozier, Ivan
Ivan Dozier
State Conservationist (Retired), 
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
Durett, Daniel
Daniel Durett
Former Director (Retired), 
African American Environmentalist Association
Edmondson, Dudley
Dudley Edmondson
Wildlife Photographer, Author, and Speaker, 
Ekunwe, Stephen
Stephen Ekunwe
In Memoriam, 

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.