Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Dorceta E. Taylor
James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Chair and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Annie Leonard

Beverly Wright
Founder and Executive Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice

Kyle Powys Whyte
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University

David Pellow
Dehlsen and Department Chair of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California Santa Barbara

Deeohn Ferris
Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the National Audubon Society

Gerald Torres
Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Peggy Shepard

Vernice Miller-Travis

Gregory Jenkins
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Geography, and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University

Shelton Johnson
Park Ranger at Yosemite National Park

Rachel Morello-Frosch
Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health

Donele Wilkins

Malik Yakini

Kim Moore Bailey
Chief Executive Officer at Youth Outside

Tony Reames
Assistant Professor at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Eva Hernandez-Simmons
Deputy National Program Director at the Sierra Club

Rosita Scarborough
Interim Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at The Nature Conservancy

Rachel Leon
Executive Director at the Environmental Grantmakers Association

Nayyirah Shariff
Director of Flint Rising

Savi Horne
Executive Director at the Land Loss Prevention Project

Jamie Williams
President at The Wilderness Society

Denise Porche
Executive Director at the Island Foundation

Manuel Pastor
Distinguished Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity; Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE); Director, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII)
University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Other Confirmed Featured Speakers

Kerry Ard
Associate Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology at The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources

Marccus Hendricks
Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation at University of Maryland

Carla Dhillon
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Bryn Mawr College

Mona Munroe-Younis
Executive Director at Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint

Manu Maunganidze
Member of the board of directors at Bristol Green Capital Partnership CIC

Xueying Yu
Associate Professor of Economics at Beihang University School of Economics and Management
Confirmed Workshop Leaders

Ashley Richardson
Associate Director of Career Services at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Kim Elliott
Director of the Office of Academic Programs and Chief Enrollment Manager at University of Michgan School for Environment and Sustainability

Mary Adelzadeh
Senior Program Officer at First Nations Development Institute

Cedric Taylor
Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Central Michigan University

Kate Levy
Filmmaker at Kate Levy Productions

Max Weintraub
Regional Lead Enforcement Coordinator at the Environmental Protection Agency

Mayra Cruz
Climate Resilience Program Manager at Catalyst Miami

Mary Jones
Community Organizer for Western Massachusetts and Connecticut with the Toxics Action Center

Saachi Kuwayama
Legislative Intern for the House Committee on Natural Resources

A.J. Hudson
Environmental Fellow at UPROSE and Ph.D. student at University of Miami

Elena Huisman
Grants and Program Manager at Growald Family Fund

Ogonnaya Dotson Newman
Senior Program Officer in the Environment Program at The JPB Foundation