Meet our Advisory Board Members
National Advisory Board
Stacey Abrams
Founder of Fair Fight and the Southern Economic Advancement Project
Amanda Aguirre
Former Director of Public Engagement at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Mustafa Ali
VP of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, National Wildlife Federation
Carol Browner
Chair, Board of Directors, League of Conservation Voters
Brandi Colander
Principal, The Raben Group, and former Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Assistant Secretary during the Obama Administration
Michelle Deatrick
Founder and Chair of the DNC Environmental and Climate Crisis Council, Poet, Former County Commissioner
Abdul El-Sayed
Physician, Epidemiologist, Progressive Activist. Chair of Southpaw Michigan
Mike Fishman
Climate Jobs National Resource Center, and former Secretary Treasurer, SEIU
Rhiana Gunn-Wright
Co-Author of the Green New Deal
Dr. John Holdren
Former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Abigail Ross Hopper
President and CEO of Solar Energy Industries Association
Jim Hunter
Former Director, Utility Department IBEW, and former President, Unions for Jobs & Environmental Progress (UJEP)
Kaniela Ing
Climate Justice Campaign Director for People's Action, formerly a Hawaii State Legislator
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Founder/CEO, Ocean Collectiv
Secretary John Kerry
Former Secretary of State
Bill Lipton
Working Families Party
Thomas López
Climate Strike Partnerships Coordinator at the Future Coalition, co-founder of the International Indigenous Youth Council
Greisa Martínez
Deputy Executive Director, United We Dream
Gina McCarthy
President and CEO of the NRDC Action Fund and former EPA Administrator
Representative Harold Mitchell Jr. (SC)
South Carolina State House, founder of ReGenesis Project
Secretary Ernest Moniz
Former United States Secretary of Energy
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin
Advocate for People and Planet and North America Director at 350.org
Bill Peduto
Mayor of Pittsburgh
John Podesta
Advisor to Presidents Clinton and Obama
Former UN Ambassador Samantha Power
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School
Varshini Prakash
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Sunrise
Jamal Raad
Co-founder and Campaign Director for Evergreen Action
Senator Harry Reid
United States Senator from Nevada
Tom Steyer
Former Investor, Philanthropist, and Founder of NextGen America
Nick Tilsen
President and CEO, NDN Collective
María Urbina
Chief of Staff, National Political Director, Indivisible
Say Yang
Program Coordinator for Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy
Creative Council Advisory Board
Cristela Alonzo
Comedian, Producer, and Actor
Rosanna Arquette
Actress, Producer, and Activist
Vic Barrett
Climate Justice Activist
Xiye Bastida
Climate Justice Activist
Connie Britton
Actress, Producer, and Activist
Zooey Deschanel
Actress, Singer, Songwriter, and Activist
Jerome Foster II
Virtual Reality Developer and Executive Director of OneMillionOfUs
Debra Messing
Actress and Activist
Kevin J. Patel
Founder and Executive Director of OneUpAction
Piper Perabo
Actress and Activist
Ashley Renne
Environmental Activist and Sustainability Expert
Ryann Richardson
Activist, Entrepreneur, and Miss Black America
Mj Rodriguez
Actress, Singer, and Activist
Stephanie Shepherd
Entrepreneur, Advocate, Co-founder of Future Earth
Lauren Singer
CEO of Package Free and Founder of Trash is For Tossers
Leah Thomas
Intersectional Environmental Activist, Eco-Communicator, and founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist Platform
State Co-Chair Advisory Board
César Chávez, Arizona
State Representative
Kirsten Engel, Arizona
State Representative
Alejandra Gómez, Arizona
Co-Executive Director of LUCHA Arizona
Rebecca Ríos, Arizona
State Senator
Eduardo Sainz, Arizona
Arizona State Director of Mi Familia Vota
Howard Chou, Colorado
Vice-Chair of the Colorado Democratic Party
Nicole Johnston, Colorado
Mayor Pro-tem and Aurora City Councilwoman
Dr. Kristopher Larsen, Colorado
Mayor of Nederland
Ean Thomas Tafoya, Colorado
Co-chair of the Colorado Latino Forum
Dr. Frances Colón, Florida
Former Deputy Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State at the U.S. State Department
Valencia Gunder, Florida
Founder of The Smile Trust and New Florida Majority Campaign Director
José Javier Rodríguez, Florida
State Senator
Dr. Philip K. Stoddard, Florida
Former Mayor of South Miami
Jonathan Webber, Florida
Deputy Director, Florida Conservation Voters
Natasha Dyer, Georgia
Sustainable Smyrna board member
Dr. Na'Taki Jelks, Georgia
Assistant Professor of Environmental & Health Sciences at Spelman College
Dr. Mildred McClain, Georgia
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Harambee House/Citizens For Environmental Justice
Brionté McCorkle, Georgia
Executive Director at Georgia Conservation Voters
Valerie Rawls, Georgia
Director of Black Green Agenda with the New Georgia Project
Tyler Olson, Iowa
City Councilmember and clean energy business owner
LaTricea Adams, Michigan
Founder CEO & President - Black Millennials 4 Flint
Lauren Bealore, Michigan
Political Director, America Votes, Michigan
Nicholas Jansen, Michigan
Regional Organizing Director at the Sunrise Movement
Mallory McMorrow, Michigan
State Senator
Melissa Hortman, Minnesota
Minnesota State House Speaker
Justin Jones, Nevada
Clark County Commissioner
William J. Barber III, North Carolina
Strategic Partnerships Manager-Climate Justice Initiative, The Climate Reality Project; Founder and President, The Rural Beacon Initiative, LLC
Jay Chaudhuri, North Carolina
State Senator
DeAndrea Salvador, North Carolina
Founder and Executive Director of RETI -Renewable Energy Transition Initiative
Erica Smith, North Carolina
State Senator
Susannah Tuttle, North Carolina
Director of North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
Sara Innamorato, Pennsylvania
State Representative
Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania
State Representative
Janet Bewley, Wisconsin
State Senate Minority Leader
David Cieslewicz, Wisconsin
Former Mayor of Madison
Darrol Gibson, Wisconsin
Managing Director of LIT Milwaukee
Jennifer Giegerich, Wisconsin
Government Affairs Director, Wisconsin Conservation Voters
Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin
State Treasurer
Chris Larson, Wisconsin
State Senator
Cory Mason, Wisconsin
Mayor of Racine
Jeff Smith, Wisconsin
State Senator
